A New Approach to Poverty
As the poet Philip Larkin said, "sun destroys the interest of what’s going on in the shade." And what’s going on in the shade is that Paul Ryan has proposed a plan to tackle poverty that isn’t just about cutting the welfare bill.
Do Cities Tear Us Apart?—Part 2
In part 2 of this series, Andrew Lynn investigates two dominant trends of urban life that will have tremendous consequences for the future of cities.
Snapshots of City Life: Music, Commuter Cycling, and Other Stories
A collection of recent online stories that highlight and examine different facets of city life.
Deans Care About Books
By clinging to the idea that that humanities and humanistic social science scholarship must take the form of a print book, scholars and deans threaten the future of university presses and erode their ability to evaluate and distribute high-quality scholarship.
Assessing Urban Complexity: Thriving Cities Conference Recap
Last month, the Thriving Cities Project gathered together practitioners and scholars from around the country for a two day conference to recap and assess research, project goals, and current findings.
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