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Shutterstock Research looking at African Americans in Houston finds a significant correlation.
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Urban Wonk
Why Community-Based Planning Works Better Than Anything Else
A Boston neighborhood comes together to solve severe disinvestment, illegal dumping, and lot vacancies.
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Photos
A Picture Worth 1,000 Arguments for More Walkable Streets
Some particularly disastrous streets, along with some hope for the future.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Italian Town Outlaws Death
Also, Boston hates moshpits; an Illinois town repeals Prohibition; New York City's teachers should stay far away from Facebook.
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As Sea Levels Rise, Venice Sinks
Research shows the Italian city is still subsiding, a problem made worse by rising sea levels.
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How To Talk About Cities Without Ticking Off Folks Who Don't Live There
Because “smart growth” can sound like code for “the rest of you are dumb.”
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Photos
Restoring Retro Hollywood, One Apartment at a Time
Los Angeles's "Duke of Art Deco" collects and rehabs buildings that once housed Hollywood's greats.
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Olympics 2012
The Local History Behind London's Olympic Unease
Two East London neighborhoods will be irrevocably changed by the Games. Is this a bad thing?
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What U.S. Population Trends From the 2000s Tell Us About the Future
The metro areas that saw the greatest slowdown in the previous decades were the ones that saw the biggest booms in the 1990s.
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Uncovering the World's First Cities
Researchers map the earliest Mesopotamian cities and find that many develop in surprising areas.
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Videos
Won't Somebody Please Stop This Guy Stealing Bikes in New York City?
Filmmaker Casey Neistat explains why he decided to reenact his famous 2005 bike-thieving experiment.
