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A Brief History of the Barnes Dance
Cities have largely given up on pedestrian scrambles — but some are bringing them back.
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This Most Recent Decline in U.S. Violent Crime Is Different From the Last One
Homicide rates have fallen significantly in some places. Does economic development deserve the credit?
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To Get America Growing Again, We Have to Look to Our Most Productive Metro Areas
The United States is not just as a single national economy but a collection of city and metro economies, and they're growing at starkly different rates.
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Will Obama Fight Colorado and Washington's New Pot Laws?
On Tuesday, voters in those states legalized marijuana for recreational use. But the administration could make implementation very difficult.
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Team Name of the Day: The Denver Nuggets
Heh, heh.
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This Could Boil Down to Turnout in Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Miami
America's major cities lean Democratic, but these swing state metropolises could end up playing a deciding role.
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As Local Governments Shrink, Private Consultants Reap Rewards
Meet the high-paid experts who are pitching our cities and states on how to save money.
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How Historic Preservation Helped Save Denver's Downtown
Back in the 1980s, the area lost a fifth of its building stock.
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The Geography of the Latino Vote
Hispanic voters could influence the presidential race in key battleground states.
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The Tragic Geography of Disconnected Youth
One in seven young Americans are neither working nor going to school.
