John Metcalfe
John Metcalfe is a staff writer at The Atlantic Cities.
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Nude Portrait of Canada's Prime Minister Inspires Censorship
Get your eye bleach handy, folks.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Massachusetts City Plagued by Horrible Saxophonist
Salem has had it up to here with inept jazz musicians. Also outlawed recently: noisy electronica in Santa Cruz, payday lenders in Iowa and the entire vice squad of Salt Lake City.
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Urban Wonk
Why Aren't Cities Littered With Dead Pigeons?
A wildlife expert and Smithsonian scientist help solve one of life's enduring urban mysteries.
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The Solar Eclipse on Sunday: Will Your City Be Able to See It?
A yawning black hole opening up in the dead center of the sun is on the bill for May 20.
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Heart-Stopping Art of the Day: Giant Inflatable Tentacles
An artist from the U.K. makes it look as if buildings are being strangled by a malignant Kraken.
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Could Electric Truck Lanes Reduce L.A.'s Horrific Pollution?
Plans are emerging for an electric-powered truck highway in the ports of L.A. and Long Beach.
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Plastic Straw Bans Are the New Plastic Bag Bans
Environmentalists have kicked off a campaign called "Straw Wars" to rid London's Soho district of drinking straws.
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This Armored Wallpaper Can Stop People from Stealing Your Wi-Fi
Researchers in Grenoble, France, have developed a wallpaper that blocks wireless internet signals from leaking out of your home.
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Photos
Why Does This Bench Need an Instruction Sign?
Has the city's public-works department gone rogue?
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Hockey Fans Throwing Weird Crap on the Ice: A City-by-City Breakdown
Depending on where you live, you might see hockey nuts chucking fish, octopi, beef, or sex toys.
