Emily Badger
Emily Badger is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities. Her work has previously appeared in Pacific Standard, GOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, and The New York Times. She lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Maps
The Case for (Selective) Squatting
Sometimes, it can be in a city's best interest to encourage the people who do it.
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How Diverse Schools Could Help Fight the Worst Effects of Gentrification
Done right, they might enable "meaningful social interaction" between a neighborhood's new arrivals and its existing residents.
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Urban Wonk
Retail Redlining: One of the Most Pervasive Forms of Racism Left in America?
Why do retailers, restaurants and grocery stores stay out of communities that can afford (and want) them?
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When You Attack a Crowd of People, You Also Get a Crowd of Witnesses
This is more true than ever in the digital age.
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The Big Fix
What Happens to the Olympics Plans of Cities That Don't Win Them?
More importantly: Does a city get anything out of the exercise?
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Urban Wonk
The Problem With Calling Cities 'Post-Industrial'
It's time to come up with a new way of thinking and talking about places like Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
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Photos
El Paso Ushers in Its Downtown Renewal With a 'Demolition Weekend'
The Texas city gets started on a broad downtown improvement plan in dramatic fashion.
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How the Suburbs Could Drive a Compromise on Gun Control
An intriguing theory about the geography of the "middle ground" on guns.
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Maps
Look How Many States Still Allow Housing Discrimination Against Gays
Also: unmarried couples and poor families.
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The Simple Philosophy Behind St. Louis's Spectacular Central Library Renovation
In short: The books should be more prominent than ever.
