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Videos
The Future of Detroit
The fifth installment in a five-part series featuring Richard Florida leading a conversation on the Motor City.
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Videos
Video of the Day: New York's Hidden Basketball Games
Two filmmakers capture pick-up games across five boroughs.
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Democracy in America
Introducing Officials Gone Wild: A Blotter of Local Leaders Behaving Badly
It's hard to keep up with all the minor political scandals out there. Let us help you with this weekly list.
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Urban Wonk
Are These the Fastest-Gentrifying Neighborhoods in the U.S.?
What changes in the white population share can and can't tell us.
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The Big Fix
Is It Time to Stop Building Convention Centers?
The convention center market is over-saturated, but the race to keep building them bigger and better hasn't slowed.
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Videos
Famous Glasgow Slum Meets 600 Lbs. of Explosives
The '60s-era Red Road Flats complex was once seen as the solution to urban overcrowding in Scotland; now it's turning to rubble.
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Postcard
Scenes From Myanmar's Slums
Crushing poverty has fueled violence between the country's Muslims and Buddhist communities.
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Videos
Canaries in the Global Coalmine: Birdsong in a Changing Climate
How increasing CO2 in the atmosphere will affect the songs of birds.
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Potholes Are Big Politics in San Diego
Amid a contested mayoral race, deferred road maintenance costs end up front and center.
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Urban Wonk
The Cost of Sprawl on Clean Water
The way we grow could have a major impact on water quality in the future.

