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Class-Divided Cities: Chicago Edition
The third in our series mapping the class divides in America's cities and metros.
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Lost Frontiers and Foolish Funding: The Best #CityReads of the Week
Our weekly roundup of the most intriguing articles about cities and urbanism we've come across in the past seven days.
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Photos
These 8 Cities Have America's Crummiest Winters
Celebrate this awful time of year by thinking about the cities that have it even worse.
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This Is How You Respond to Bigoted Bus Ads
An ad campaign targeting transit in San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington corrects a few misinterpretations of the word "Jihad."
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Finding Beauty in the Hypnotic Sound of Police Scanners
A window into the steady rhythm of first responders in a major city.
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Dirty Email of the Day: Chicago Public Schools CEO Sends Parents to a Sexy Website
An "important message" from CEO Byrd-Bennett.
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Postcard
It's So Cold in Chicago, Firefighters Left This Warehouse Covered in Ice
This is what happens when you fight a fire in below-freezing temperatures.
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Maps
A Map for All Possible Routes
How to get where you're going by foot, by car, by transit and bike, all on one map.
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9 Questions About Gun Violence That We May Now Be Able to Answer
We're going to get a windfall of gun research thanks to Obama's new policy. Here's what we want to know.
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The Big Fix
Is There Less Drunk Driving in the South, Or Just Less Data?
We've got a couple of theories.
