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 Big Fix
The Street Hacker, Officially Embraced
Can cities make it just as easy for citizens to engage in the physical world as the digital one?
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In Praise of Smelly Places
Your sense of smell is intimately connected to your experience of a place and your memory of it. So why don't cities take greater advantage of this?
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The Evolution of the American Dream, from Colonial Times to Today
A big new exhibit at the National Building Museum explores the history of house and home in the U.S.
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Have Guitar, Will Sing Songs About Urban Planning
Melanie Hammet wants to turn obscure zoning ordinances into the universal language of song.
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Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?
ArrivalStar claims it invented live transit alerts. Your apps, taxpayer dollars, and the open data movement are all at stake.
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Extreme Placemaking: Inside the Army's Mock Afghan Villages at Fort Polk
For several years now, the U.S. military has been trying to replicate Afghan and Iraqi towns on U.S. soil to prepare soldiers to go there.
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How to Green Southern Cities Built in the Age of Cars and Air Conditioning
U.S. cities in the South have their own set of challenges to face in going green. But Atlanta, for one, is trying.
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The Big Fix
Greening an Entire Block Instead of Just One Building
Most smaller commercial buildings can't afford energy retrofits on their own. But what if they banded together?
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Big Box Stores Linked To the Presence of Hate Groups
New research suggests that stores like Walmart may undermine the social capital of communities.
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Would You Be Better Off in a Different City?
A new tool from the Sunlight Foundation aims to quantify real-world differences in quality of life across the country.
