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ReThink There's a lot of fear and misinformation out there, but a new public relations initiative called ReThink is trying to change that.
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Housing Status Plays a Surprisingly Large Role in Post-Disaster Distress
Traditionally, researchers have focused on race, class, and gender to explain mental anguish. A new study suggests they've ignored an key factor.
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A Pantone-Style Color Guide for Beers
Now if only they made a corresponding line of beer-colored paints.
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Renting the American Dream
A new study finds a major shift in attitudes about renting and home ownership.
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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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Beijing's Bomb Shelter-Dwellers May Be Making a Rational Choice About Their Commute
The Chinese capital estimates 10 percent of its population lives in tiny, below-ground apartments. Are they crazy or clever?
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Charts
The More Diverse a Metro Is, the More Segregated It's Likely to Be
The gains towards greater integration over the last four decades aren’t going to the metro areas that need it the most.
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Photos
Here's What It Would Look Like If Paris's Houses Could Fly
An artist reimagines the city's homes against the sky.
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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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Some People Will Do Crazy Things for a Rent-Controlled Apartment in NYC
One example: pretend their dead aunt is alive. For four years.
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Videos
Why It's Problematic That Rural Kenyans Bring Their Cows With Them to Cities
One of the stranger aspects of Africa's rapid urbanization is the influx of livestock in new, unplanned towns -- and the diseases they bring with them.
