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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How the Cutting Edge in Crowdsourced Crime Fighting Could Do More Harm Than Good
Police in London want you to help hunt for pick-pocketers with your smart phone. It's an idea with serious flaws.
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The Big Fix
How the New iPhone Will Expose Cities Lagging on Open Data
Once Apple releases its new mapping software, you'll only be able to find the bus if you live in a city with open data.
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What Might Gas Stations Look Like When Hardly Anyone Uses Gas?
Some whimsical responses to a serious question.
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Urban Wonk
The Shopping Mall Turns 60 (and Prepares to Retire)
The inventor of the suburban indoor mall came to rue his creations. But now they are dying off anyway.
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Why Crowds Can Turn Deadly
New research confirms that human psychology isn't the cause. Physics is.
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Urban Wonk
Soliciting the Solicitors
Cities are inundated by charity canvassers right about now. So we thought we'd stop and ask them a few questions.
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We Built Way Too Many Cultural Institutions During the Good Years
A comprehensive new report takes a critical look at our oversupply of museums, performing arts centers, and theaters.
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The Big Fix
Debating the Local Food Movement
A new book argues that locavores are terrible for the environment, the economy and global food security.
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In Cleveland, Green Goals Are Transformed Into Community Development
Worker-owned cooperatives are leveraging the city's the biggest institutions to create jobs in the impoverished neighborhoods right next door.
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These Transit Riding Politicians Don't Support Public Transit
Members of Congress who spent much of this year fighting over transportation funding should remember they have the sweetest transit system around.
