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New Yorkers for Parks A plan to build a soccer stadium raises this question: If you have enough money, you really can buy anything in New York?
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How Much Should a Bankrupt City Pay Its Retired Police Officers?
A former chief in Stockton, California, is making $204,000 a year. This is unsustainable, and it needs to stop.
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Decline of the Day: Stop and Frisk Down 34 Percent in New York
With legal challenges mounting, the NYPD conducted 70,000 fewer stops last quarter.
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Greenland Might Not Be Melting As Fast As We Thought
A new study in Science suggests the ice sheet may be able to slow its melting rate.
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The Increasingly Connected Countries of Latin America
The informal shift to a more united (and powerful) continent.
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Mapping a City's Surnames
An amazing new tool tracks the names and nationalities that dominate parts of London.
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Manila, Under Water
Days of rain have flooded giant swaths of the city.
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The Failure of Walmart's Sustainability Measures
The retail giant's push has generated a lot of publicity, but it's not fixing the fundamental problems.
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The Link Between the U.S. Drought and Climate Change
We’re not creating weather patterns we’ve never experienced before, but they're exacerbated by a warming climate.
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Is Toronto's Mayor a Barrier to Good Planning?
As the city finally hires a new chief planner, concerns about politics persist.
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The Secrets Frackers Are Allowed to Keep
How much do you know about natural gas drilling? Turns out, it depends a lot on what state you live in.
