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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The Startling Urban Dynamic in Pennsylvania's Voter ID Law
Philadelphia voters are in uncharted territory as the state fights over restrictive new ID legislation.
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Photos
Data-Mining a City's Visual Identity
Researchers train an algorithm to tell us why Paris looks like Paris.
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Confessions From Sin City
Private fears of unrequited love, heartbreak, and dying alone are put on display for all to see.
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The Big Fix
Why New Orleans Should Have a Daily Newspaper
Who does the city's newspaper really belong to? Not the Newhouses.
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Maps
The Rise of Economic Segregation
Increasing income inequality is changing the patterns of where Americans live, according to a new report.
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Maps
Living in Some Parts of Chicago Can Take More Than a Decade Off Your Life
Invariably, the impact falls the hardest on low-income minorities.
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Charts
Visualizing the New York Subway System's 'Data Exhaust'
What do 1.6 billion mass transit trips through the city look like?
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The U.S. Airports Most Likely To Influence the Spread of Global Disease
The worst culprits aren't necessarily the ones you'd expect.
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George Lucas's Lesson to NIMBYs: Careful What You Wish For
The filmmaker lost a long-running zoning battle with his California neighbors. Now they may get something they want even less than a movie studio in their back yard: low-income housing.
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The Secret Lives of Zipcar Drivers
Think the system runs on sharing, community and trust? You're wrong.
