BOOK: VANISHED KINGDOMS

Davies, Norman

PROVIDING WATER TO THE HOMELESS

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/12/running-water-can-ease-the-effects-of-homelessness/547505/?utm_source=feed

PROVIDING WATER TO THE HOMELESS

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/12/running-water-can-ease-the-effects-of-homelessness/547505/?utm_source=feed

LOS ANGELES AFFORDABLE HOUSING TRUST FUND

http://beta.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-linkage-fee-city-council-20171212-htmlstory.html

BOOK: SCALE

West, Geoffrey

BOOK: GHETTOSIDE

Leovy, Jill

BOOK: THE METROPOLITAN REVOLUTION

Katz, Bruce

IMPROVING CHILD CARE

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2017/11/we_need_to_better_regulate_child_care.html

THE RETURN OF PORCHES

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/11/front-porches-are-having-a-moment/546176/?utm_source=feed

BOOK: DOUGHNUT ECONOMICS

Raworth, Kate

BOOK: WHERE WE WANT TO LIVE

Gravel, Ryan

DID A PANDEMIC END THE ROMAN EMPIRE?

http://beta.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-harper-pandemics-rome-20171015-story.html

THE SCIENCE OF THE GUT

https://www.ted.com/talks/giulia_enders_the_surprisingly_charming_science_of_our_gut/up-next?rss#t-831460

BOOK: THE END OF LOYALTY: THE RISE AND FALL OF GOOD JOBS IN AMERICA

Wartzman, Rick

COUNTERING EXTREMIST RECRUITING

https://www.ted.com/talks/erin_marie_saltman_how_young_people_join_violent_extremist_groups_and_how_to_stop_them/up-next

THE SCIENCE OF INTERROGATION

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/oct/13/the-scientists-persuading-terrorists-to-spill-their-secrets

CAPE CORAL, THE BOOM TOWN THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/20/fastest-growing-city-america-florida-cape-coral-215724?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

BOOK: WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN NO ONE IS EXPECTING

BOOK: BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME

Coates, Ta-Nehisi

THE DECLINE OF THE AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/decline-american-laundromat-gentrification/535257/?utm_source=feed

THE WAR ON SEATING

https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/10/cities-take-both-sides-in-the-war-on-sitting/542643/?utm_source=feed

ADVERSE SELECTION

https://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2017/8/13/adverse-selection-a-primer

MORAL HAZARD

https://www.moneyandbanking.com/commentary/2017/9/24/moral-hazard-a-primer

INCENTIVES AND PUNISHMENT

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2017/10/bias-incentives-reinforcement/

WHY BIG CITIES ARE DOING BETTER THAN SMALL CITIES

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/10/business/economy/big-cities.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=

BOOK: LOCKED IN

John Pfaff

WHAT TO DO ABOUT BLIGHT

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/9/22/blight

PARKING WITHOUT MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/9/28/a-thoughtful-approach-to-parking-after-minimums-are-removed

DEMOGRAPHIC DRIVERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

http://voxeu.org/article/demographic-drivers-americas-will-reduce-illegal-immigration-us

BOOK: LOSING OUR COOL

Stanley Cox

WALKABILITY IS NOT A LUXURY

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/10/3/why-walkability-is-not-a-luxury

BOOK: GRIT

Angela Duckworth

BOOK: THIS MUSLIM AMERICAN LIFE

DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES OVERVIEW

https://venturebeat-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/venturebeat.com/2017/09/25/study-finds-the-most-prosperous-u-s-cities-are-nearly-all-in-the-west/amp/

NEW YORK'S SUCCESSFUL PRE-K PROGRAM

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-lessons-of-mayor-bill-de-blasios-universal-pre-k-initiative/amp

FLOOD CONTROL IN NASHVILLE

https://www.citylab.com/solutions/2017/09/nashville-keeps-flooding/540366/?utm_source=feed

WHY LABOR'S SHARE OF THE ECONOMY IS FALLING

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-09-20/why-workers-are-losing-to-capitalists

STOP INVESTING IN NEW INFRASTRUCTURE

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/9/17/everything-thats-wrong-with-america-in-two-charts-not

LESSONS LIVING OFF THE GRID

https://longreads.com/2017/08/08/hard-lessons-in-living-off-the-grid/amp/

NEW HOPE FOR COLLEGE TOWNS

http://www.governing.com/gov-institute/funkhouser/gov-college-towns-metrolab.html

CAN A SMALL COLLEGE SAVE IT'S SMALL TOWN?

http://www.governing.com/columns/eco-engines/gov-small-college-town.html

CAN SMALL RUST BELT CITIES SURVIVE?

http://www.urbanophile.com/2017/08/09/can-small-rust-belt-cities-survive/

OVERLOOKED CITIES OF THE RUST BELT

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/09/the-overlooked-cities-of-the-rust-belt/538479/?utm_source=feed

WHY FEMA FLOOD MAPS DON'T WORK

http://amp.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/09/here_s_why_fema_s_flood_maps_are_so_terrible.html

REFORMING FLOOD INSURANCE

https://theintercept.com/2017/08/30/national-flood-insurance-program-harvey-who-gets-to-rebuild/

OMAHA'S FAILING ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT

https://strongtowns.squarespace.com/journal/2013/3/13/lets-end-entertainment-districts.html

ROCHESTER'S COLLEGE TOWN STRUGGLING

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/28/college-town-and-the-money-island

ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS WHERE NO ONE HAS FUN

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/19/urban_entertainment_districts_blocks_where_no_one_has_fun/

CINCINNATI'S BAD STADIUM DEAL

http://www.businessinsider.com/worst-stadium-deal-cincinnati-2011-7

THE PITFALLS OF ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2012/5/8/the-pitfalls-of-entertainment-districts.html

MICROBIOME VARIABILITY

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/a-grand-unified-theory-of-unhealthy-microbiomes/537945/

TEARING DOWN FLOOD PRONE HOMES IN NASHVILLE

http://www.npr.org/2017/09/08/549460214/nashville-s-answer-to-flood-proofing-homes-tear-them-down

THE DOWNSIDE TO VIRTUAL LEARNING

https://www.aeaweb.org/research/virtual-classroom-online-learning-college

BOOK: THE ROPE

Makiya, Kanan

THINKING VERSUS GOING WITH YOUR GUT

https://www.thecut.com/article/a-thinking-persons-guide-to-going-with-your-gut.html

TRAFFIC AND HURRICANE EVACUATION

https://qz.com/1073562/hurricane-irma-evacuations-are-not-doomed-to-create-traffic-jams-if-done-right/

LIVING IN THE PRESENT

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/opinion/the-problem-of-living-in-the-present.html?referer=

HOW TO READ A HURRICANE MAP

https://qz.com/1073503/hurricane-irma-many-floridians-are-now-in-danger-because-they-didnt-know-how-to-read-a-hurricane-map/

ENDING PANHANDLING AND HOMELESSNESS IN ALBUQUERQUE

https://www.ted.com/talks/richard_j_berry_a_practical_way_to_help_the_homeless_find_work_and_safety/up-next

STARVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA

https://harpers.org/archive/2017/09/class-dismissed/?single=1

DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGES

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/08/the-diverging-diamond-interchange-is-coming-to-a-road-near-you/537222/?utm_source=feed

RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL

https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/business-negotiations/right-first-refusal-potentially-win-win-negotiation-tool/

THE NEXT HOUSTON

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/whats-the-next-houston/538200/?utm_source=feed

WORKER OWNED COMPANIES

https://www.ted.com/talks/niki_okuk_when_workers_own_companies_the_economy_is_more_resilient/up-next

PILING ON HOUSTON

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/30/houston

WHY PEOPLE RETURN TO THE RUST BELT

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/08/returning-to-the-rust-belt/538572/?utm_source=feed

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/14/strength-test-accessory-dwelling-units

POPULATION DENSITY AND MASS TRANSIT

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005716-why-rail-transit-doesnt-work-atlanta

UNBUNDLING HOUSING CHOICES

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/3/15/unbundling-our-housing-choices

SENIORS PREFER WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/18/seniors-walkability

CAN ANYTHING STOP RURAL DECLINE?

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/08/japan-rural-decline/537375/?utm_source=feed

HOUSTON'S INADEQUATE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/why-cities-flood/538251/?utm_source=feed

THE LOSS OF HOUSTON'S WETLANDS AND FLOODING

https://qz.com/1064364/hurricane-harvey-houstons-flooding-made-worse-by-unchecked-urban-development-and-wetland-destruction/

DON'T BLAME FLOODING IN HOUSTON ON THEIR LAND USE PLANNING

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/30/houston-hurricane-harvey-land-use

WHEN SHOULD THERE BE BIKE LANES?

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/29/ask-r-moses-when-are-bike-lanes-helpful-and-when-are-they-not

REFUSING TO ANTICIPATE DISASTERS

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2017/08/the-disasters-we-refuse-to-imagine/538356/?utm_source=feed

WHY PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE BIG RISKS

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2015/07/why-you-dont-really-care-about-the-next-big-one/398969/

SNAP BENEFITS LOCAL ECONOMIES AND RETAILERS

https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-boosts-retailers-and-local-economies

WHAT PROBABILITY MEANS TO PEOPLE

http://lifehacker.com/heres-what-phrases-like-highly-likely-and-probably-n-1798557048/amp

COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS IN NEW YORK

https://www.thenation.com/article/the-solution-to-our-housing-crisis-is-to-let-communities-own-property/

IDENTIFYING GENTRIFICATION EARLY

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/08/29/546980178/what-does-it-take-to-see-gentrification-before-it-happens

WHY HOUSTON IS PRONE TO FLOODING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/investigations/harvey-urban-planning/?tid=a_inl&utm_term=.6b0853c93b0c

THE RING THEORY - WHAT TO SAY IN A CRISIS

http://lifehacker.com/use-the-ring-theory-to-keep-from-saying-the-wrong-thi-1798540880/amp

HOUSTON'S 3RD 500 YEAR FLOOD IN 3 YEARS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/29/houston-is-experiencing-its-third-500-year-flood-in-3-years-how-is-that-possible/

DJIBOUTI'S MILITARY BASES

https://qz.com/1056257/how-a-tiny-african-country-became-the-worlds-key-military-base/

SURVIVAL RULE OF THREE

http://www.backcountrychronicles.com/wilderness-survival-rules-of-3/

SURVIVAL TIPS FROM THE HOMELESS

http://www.primalsurvivor.net/survival-tricks-learned-from-homeless-people/

THE SPREAD OF AIR CONDITIONING

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/upshot/the-all-conquering-air-conditioner.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0&referer=

WHY WE NEED MORE LOW WAGE IMMIGRANTS

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/business/economy/immigrants-skills-economy-jobs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&referer=

COHOUSING INCREASES HAPPINESS AND HEALTH

https://www.ted.com/talks/grace_kim_how_cohousing_can_make_us_happier_and_live_longer/up-next

HOW BIG A THREAT IS CHINA?

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/are-china-and-the-united-states-headed-for-war

REMEMBERING THE MURDER YOU DIDN'T COMMIT

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/remembering-the-murder-you-didnt-commit

HOW LUXURY HOUSING BECOMES AFFORDABLE

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/8/1/how-luxury-housing-becomes-affordable

THE STAGES OF EXPERTISE

http://www.lifehack.org/618686/why-its-time-to-reboot-expertise

THE MASSACHUSETTS MODEL FOR EXPEDITING APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

PLANNING FOR THE LONG TERM

3 ways to plan for the (very) long term | Ari Wallach https://www.ted.com/talks/ari_wallach_3_ways_to_plan_for_the_very_long_term?rss

SALMON ON THE SANTA MARIA RIVER

https://californiawaterblog.com/2017/07/30/fish-flows-and-5937-legal-challenges-on-the-santa-maria-river/amp/

YOUNG MEN ARE NOT UNEMPLOYED SO THEY CAN PLAY VIDEO GAMES

https://qz.com/1025141/young-men-are-working-a-lot-less-its-not-just-because-of-video-games/

WHERE STUFF IS MADE IN AMERICA

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-03/where-stuff-gets-made-in-the-usa

GETTING CIVIL FORFEITURE UNDER CONTROL

http://amp.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/trials_and_error/2017/07/how_nebraska_and_new_mexico_banned_civil_forfeiture.html

HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHT

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/07/jimmy-carter-believes-housing-is-a-human-right/533973/?utm_source=feed

EMPLOYMENT CHALLENGES IN SMALL CITY DOWNTOWNS

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/07/jobs-in-smaller-cities-private-sector-growth/535329/?utm_source=feed

ALL MODELS ARE WRONG BUT SOME ARE USEFUL

https://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2017/06/all-models-are-wrong/

JOB MIGRATION BETWEEN CITIES ON LINKEDIN

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/blog/linkedin-workforce-report-july-2017

HOW SALESPEOPLE WIN OR LOSE SALES

https://hbr.org/2017/06/6-reasons-salespeople-win-or-lose-a-sale

FACTORING TRANSPORTATION COSTS INTO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/06/the-problem-with-how-we-measure-affordable-housing/531378/?utm_source=feed

BUILDING COMMUNITY TIES WITH SHARED TOYS

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/07/one-tool-for-equitable-play-a-warehouse-of-shared-toys/535104/?utm_source=feed

SIDEWALKS DO NOT EQUAL WALKABILITY

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/7/26/video-able-to-be-walked-is-not-walkable

HOW TO HANDLE EMPLOYEE ERRORS

https://qz.com/1039957/the-ultimate-case-against-using-shame-as-a-management-tactic/

FOUR MYTHS ABOUT SUBURBS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/7/24/busting-4-common-myths-about-the-suburbs

CLASSIFYING CALIFORNIA'S STREAMS

https://californiawaterblog.com/2017/07/16/a-simplified-method-to-classify-streams-and-improve-californias-water-management/amp/

SHORT TERM RENTAL IMPACT ON SMALL TOURIST TOWNS

https://www.outsideonline.com/2198726/did-airbnb-kill-mountain-town

DEPORTING ILLEGAL WORKERS CHANGED NOTHING IN GRAND ISLAND

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

CALIFORNIA WATER AFFORDABILITY CRISIS

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

ATTACKING ISIS WON'T MAKE AMERICA SAFER

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/03/why-attacking-isis-wont-make-americans-safer/426861/

INVESTING IN WATER RIGHTS

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/03/a-plan-to-save-the-american-west-from-drought/426846/

THE MATH REVOLUTION

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/03/the-math-revolution/426855/

THE HISTORY OF DATING

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/05/23/why-dating-is-drudgery/amp

SMARTER DESIGN FOR HOMELESS HOUSING

https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/06/design-for-skid-row/532020/?utm_source=feed

FIXING THE SICKEST PATIENTS

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/06/fixing-the-5-percent/532077/?utm_source=feed

IMPACT OF LAND USE RESTRICTIONS ON GROWTH PATTERNS

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/06/the-other-side-of-hard-to-build-cities/530310/?utm_source=feed

RECESSIONS HIT THE POOR THE HARDEST

https://qz.com/1017074/shocking-statistics-show-how-the-great-recession-reshaped-america-for-the-poor/

Companies Refuse to Increase Wages

http://www.urbanophile.com/2017/06/30/red-state-conundrum/

TESTING UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

HARM REDUCTION THROUGH SAFE INJECTION SITES

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

CLEAN CLOTHES FOR THE HOMELESS IN DENVER

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

EXCESS ENERGY IN CALIFORNIA

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/latimes/default.aspx?pubid=50435180-e58e-48b5-8e0c-236bf740270e

BENEFITS OF NONCONFORMING NEIGHBORHOODS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/6/9/learning-from-a-non-conforming-neighborhood

DECONSTRUCTION VS DEMOLITION

https://www.citylab.com/life/2017/06/portland-deconstruction-demolition-workforce-training/529902/?utm_source=feed

STAGNATING NEIGHBORHOODS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/6/15/three-neighborhoods-in-arrested-development

ELIMINATING HIGH DENOMINATION NOTES

https://bankunderground.co.uk/2017/06/16/eliminating-high-denomination-notes-and-making-the-mob-miserable/

OYSTER FARMING IN THE GULF COAST

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/06/10/532102196/7-years-after-bp-oil-spill-oyster-farming-takes-hold-in-south

HOW TO BE HAPPY

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/want-to-be-a-lot-happier-never-do-any-of-these-9-things.html

WHY COAL IS DYING

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2017/06/what-is-killing-us-coal.html?m=1

WHITE SUPREMACISTS GET A PASS

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/trials_and_error/2017/06/how_the_portland_police_s_racist_gang_database_missed_white_supremacist.html

HOUSING MIGRANT FARMWORKERS

http://enewspaper.latimes.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=931547db-0cdc-49b9-893e-4aa3d6699e23

FOUR GENERATIONS OF DISABILITY

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2017/06/02/generations-disabled/?utm_term=.8d0a7d15e8b9&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

INVESTORS VS EMPLOYEES

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/05/is-socially-responsible-capitalism-losing

WHAT DRIVES INCREASES IN COLLEGE TUITION?

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-disinvestment-hypothesis-dont-blame-state-budget-cuts-for-rising-tuition-at-public-universities/amp/

WHAT'S GOING WRONG IN CONNECTICUT?

http://www.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/06/something_is_wrong_with_connecticut.html

AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN PHILADELPHIA

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/6/1/what-makes-philadelphia-so-affordable

BOOK: NARCONOMICS

Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1610395832/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_rNElzbNAC80CT

THE POWER OF PREDICTABLE PAYCHECKS

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/05/financial-diaries-predictable-paychecks/527100/?utm_source=feed

USING AUCTIONS TO SET PRICES

http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2017/05/23/united_airlines_re-accommodation_could_have_so_easily_been_avoided_102704.html

PEOPLE AVOID INFORMATION

http://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2017/march/information-avoidance.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

MIDDLE EASTERN REFUGEES IN GERMANY

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/apr/19/102-villagers-750-refugees-one-grand-experiment

FIXING MEDICAL CARE PRICING

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/29/a-bipartisan-way-to-improve-medical-care

YOUR BRAIN CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH FOCUS

https://hbr.org/2017/05/your-brain-can-only-take-so-much-focus?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

MIND WANDERING AND CREATIVITY

https://www.brainpickings.org/2013/10/09/mind-wandering-and-creativity/

THE ILLUSION OF COMPETENCE

https://aeon.co/ideas/what-know-it-alls-dont-know-or-the-illusion-of-competence?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

POVERTY IS LIKE A DISEASE

http://m.nautil.us/issue/47/consciousness/why-poverty-is-like-a-disease

RELATIONSHIP PATTERNS IN HIGH SCHOOL

https://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/chains.htm

SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS ON NEW HOUSING

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-23/the-return-to-sprawl-is-more-about-supply-than-demand

LEAD POISONING IN NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC HOUSING

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/the-poisoned-generation/527229/?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

DECLINING LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION

https://www.brookings.edu/research/what-we-know-and-dont-know-about-declining-labor-force-participation-a-review/amp/

WHY KIDS REJECT OTHER KIDS

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/05/a-new-study-looks-at-why-kids-reject-other-kids.html

BALTIMORE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND FOR IMMIGRANTS

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/05/20/529176360/facing-a-population-decline-baltimore-set-up-a-legal-defense-fund-for-immigrants

PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN COURT

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/15/taking-down-terrorists-in-court

IS THE GIG ECONOMY WORKING?

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/15/is-the-gig-economy-working

BOOK: THE SYMPATHIZER

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Sympathizer-Novel-Pulitzer-Prize-Fiction/dp/0802124941&ved=0ahUKEwj6i4an_fzTAhURxGMKHcB_CuEQFgh7MA8&usg=AFQjCNFJdCnX3P41Zx6_2bEXJXHZP1BtrA&sig2=Of33GUnk8qRKCuYAHqRFbQ

BOOK: THE ROAD TAKEN

SMALL TOWN VALUES

http://www.urbanophile.com/2017/05/16/what-makes-you-think-youre-better-than-anyone-else/

GENTRIFICATION IN CHARLESTON SC

http://amp.slate.com/articles/business/metropolis/2017/05/can_charleston_emulate_the_high_line_without_deepening_gentrification.html

MAKING HOUSING AFFORDABLE

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/5/8/immutable-laws-of-affordable-housing

HOUSTON IS AMERICA'S MOST DIVERSE CITY

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-houston-diversity-2017-htmlstory.html

ALTERNATIVES TO THE GAS TAX

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/05/higher-gas-taxes-wont-work/525651/?utm_source=feed

DWAYNE JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT

http://www.gq.com/story/dwayne-johnson-for-president-cover

LIHTC PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/09/527046451/affordable-housing-program-costs-more-shelters-less

WHY INSURERS ARE LEAVING OBAMACARE

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/05/why-so-many-insurers-are-leaving-obamacare/526137/?utm_source=feed

HIGH RETURN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/5/10/highest-return-on-investment-city-not-where-you-think

MORE FISH THROUGH LESS FISHING

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2017/05/more-fish-through-less-fishing.html?m=1

BOOK: BULLIES

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Bullies-Friendship-Alex-Abramovich/dp/0805094288&ved=0ahUKEwiRjtzbsevTAhXLSiYKHTY8D9QQFggdMAA&usg=AFQjCNG3fTd__98elhcNgaVhXkvvIKH14w&sig2=PgxdeR2URlxICutE2lKOnw

BOOK: THE CLIMATE CASINO

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Climate-Casino-Uncertainty-Economics-Warming/dp/030021264X&ved=0ahUKEwjgmau27-PTAhXqlVQKHVUuDVMQFggcMAA&usg=AFQjCNHjqngiwYRXho4huxmep2Z8MC2mbw&sig2=ys0zbokXo7AVNzzSTYRpEQ

BOOK: WE WANTED WORKERS

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/Wanted-Workers-Unraveling-Immigration-Narrative/dp/0393249018&ved=0ahUKEwiBodv37OPTAhVBj1QKHUnQD0QQFggcMAA&usg=AFQjCNH47QvX6gd17Xi0DFbqmNYGJT24jw&sig2=fGfa8XrAuP-fS_2hEgx7lg

WHY GERMANY HAS SO MANY MANUFACTURING JOBS

https://hbr.org/2017/05/why-germany-still-has-so-many-middle-class-manufacturing-jobs

WHEN THINGS GO MISSING

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/13/when-things-go-missing

ANTHONY BOURDAIN'S MOVABLE FEAST

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/13/anthony-bourdains-moveable-feast

THE LIONS OF LOS ANGELES

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/13/lions-of-los-angeles/amp

WHAT CALLING CONGRESS ACHIEVES

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/06/what-calling-congress-achieves

SURVIVING SOLITARY

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/16/how-albert-woodfox-survived-solitary

HOW REDISTRICTING TURNED AMERICA FROM BLUE TO RED

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/27/ratfcked-the-influence-of-redistricting

MAKING A KILLING - THE POLITICS OF SELLING GUNS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/27/after-orlando-examining-the-gun-business

HOW TRUMP COULD BE FIRED

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/how-trump-could-get-fired

FRENCH POLITICS 2017

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/the-future-of-europe-hinges-on-a-face-off-in-france

PRISONS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/05/the-economics-of-prison-boomtowns/524364/?utm_source=feed

CHICKEN PROCESSOR TAKES ADVANTAGE OF IMMIGRANTS

https://www.propublica.org/article/case-farms-chicken-industry-immigrant-workers-and-american-labor-law

SOLAR VS COAL EMPLOYMENT

http://www.npr.org/2017/05/06/527047720/as-coal-jobs-decline-solar-sector-shines

RECREATING THE VILLAGE

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/cultura-cura-salinas-milpa-at-risk/525729/?utm_source=feed

BOOK: HILLBILLY ELEGY

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062300547/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493327784&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=hillbilly+elegy

BOOK: THE ONE MINUTE WORKOUT

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0399183663/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493327515&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=the+one+minute+workout

BOOK: THE GLASS CAGE

https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Cage-How-Computers-Changing/dp/0393351637

MINIMUM WAGE HIKES HURT BAD RESTAURANTS

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/524274/

VAN LIFE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/vanlife-the-bohemian-social-media-movement/amp

WHY YOU SHOULD DONATE A KIDNEY

http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/11/12716978/kidney-donation-dylan-matthews

THE END OF INDEPENDENT FILM AS WE KNOW IT

https://theringer.com/netflix-amazon-studios-independent-film-sundance-5def390a69ef

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005588-universal-basic-income-a-social-vaccine-technological-displacement

RECORD NUMBER OF MILLENIALS LIVING WITH PARENTS

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/04/millennials-living-at-home-but-not-burnouts.html

GI BILL VETERANS OFTEN DON'T GRADUATE

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/why-is-the-student-veteran-graduation-rate-so-low/523779/?utm_source=feed

BOOK: THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION

https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Illusion-Never-Think-Alone/dp/039918435X

ONE WAY STREETS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/4/18/are-one-way-streets-really-that-bad

CALIFORNIA IS DOING WELL

http://www.middleclasspoliticaleconomist.com/2017/04/how-wrong-is-ibd-on-california-let-us.html?m=1

THE USELESSNESS OF JOB INTERVIEWS

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/opinion/sunday/the-utter-uselessness-of-job-interviews.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&referer=

THE PRACTICAL SOLUTION TO AIRLINE OVERBOOKING

http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2017/04/julian-simons-almost-practical-solution.html?m=1

BOOK: THE POLITICS OF RESENTMENT

https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Resentment-Consciousness-Wisconsin-American/dp/022634911X

THE JUST WORLD FALLACY: BLAMING THE VICTIM

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/04/the-just-world-fallacy-could-explain-victim-blaming.html

WHY COAL WON'T COME BACK

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2017/04/pruitt_s_coal_mine_is_owned_by_people_who_want_to_get_out_of_coal_mining.html

VITAMIN D

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/10/health/vitamin-d-deficiency-supplements.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fscience&action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfron&pagewanted=all&referer=

CALIFORNIA'S EXTREME WEATHER

https://californiawaterblog.com/2017/04/09/californias-drought-and-floods-are-over-and-just-beginning/amp/

COASTAL CALIFORNIA VS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005581-the-other-california-a-flyover-state-within-a-state

THE HIGH WATER MARK

https://longreads.com/2017/04/04/the-high-water-mark/amp/

WHERE THE STUPID PEOPLE LIVE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/04/04/the-shockingly-low-seat-belt-use-in-some-parts-of-the-country/?utm_term=.f347f3323967#comments

DESALINATION BY FILTRATION

http://inhabitat.com/new-graphene-sieve-can-remove-even-small-salts-from-seawater/

IT'S HARD TO FIND WORK WHEN YOU ARE UNEMPLOYED

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2017/04/how-do-people-find-jobs.html

CROWD FUNDING MEDICAL CARE 3

https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/real-peril-of-crowdfunding-healthcare?utm_term=.lh3Kn0VeB#.lqlZKV07G

CROWD SOURCING MEDICAL CARE 2

https://www.buzzfeed.com/annehelenpetersen/who-should-pay-for-evan-karrs-heart?utm_term=.wf5QbYXZ8#.paKmVG5jX

CROWD SOURCING MEDICAL CARE

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/03/is-it-fair-to-ask-the-internet-to-pay-your-hospital-bill/387577/

LEAP FORWARD IN ROBOT CAPABILITIES

https://qz.com/952240/righthand-robotics-has-automated-a-new-type-of-warehouse-work-that-could-help-amazon-amzn/

UNDERSTANDING HOMELESSNESS

http://www.understandhomelessness.com/

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/4/6/accessory-dwelling-units-a-flexible-free-market-housing-solution

CALIFORNIA SOLAR POWER

https://qz.com/953614/california-produced-so-much-power-from-solar-energy-this-spring-that-wholesale-electricity-prices-turned-negative/

BOOK: COMING UP SHORT: WORKING CLASS ADULTHOOD IN AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY

https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Short-Working-Class-Adulthood-Uncertainty/dp/0190231890

DOES BANK CAPITAL MATTER?

http://voxeu.org/article/what-has-bank-capital-ever-done-us

LANDLORDS LEVERAGING THREATS OF DEPORTATION AGAINST TENANTS

https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/04/landlords-are-threatening-immigrant-tenants-with-ice-deportations/521370/?utm_source=feed

CAN LOUISIANA REFORM ITS APPROACH INCARCERATION?

http://amp.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/trials_and_error/2017/04/is_louisiana_finally_ready_for_criminal_justice_reform.html

WHY CARMAGEDDONS DON'T HAPPEN

https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/04/what-happened-to-atlantas-carmageddon/521805/?utm_source=feed

HOW WELFARE REFORM FAILED

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/moneybox/2016/06/how_welfare_reform_failed.html

BOOK: STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1620972255/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491252433&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=strangers+in+their+own+land

BOOK: ELUSIVE VICTORIES: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AT WAR

https://www.amazon.com/Elusive-Victories-American-Presidency-War/dp/0199860939

DEA SEIZES BILLIONS FROM PEOPLE NOT CHARGED WITH A CRIME

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/29/since-2007-the-dea-has-taken-3-2-billion-in-cash-from-people-not-charged-with-a-crime/?utm_term=.9cdbfb0e2472

US INCOME TRENDS

https://qz.com/922658/the-geography-of-american-wage-growth-over-the-last-25-years/

IMPACT OF ROBOTS ON MANUFACTURING EMPLOYMENT

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/30/were-so-unprepared-for-the-robot-apocalypse/?utm_term=.19129c02440d

FEW EMPLOYED BY COAL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/31/8-surprisingly-small-industries-that-employ-more-people-than-coal/?utm_term=.c747edca382c

MASS INCARCERATION AND PROSECUTORS

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/10/how-we-misunderstand-mass-incarceration/amp

THE REAL CALIFORNIA

https://boomcalifornia.com/2017/03/21/state-of-being-envisioning-california/

US DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/30/the-places-where-americans-are-dying-faster-than-theyre-being-born/?utm_term=.aede75289841

CHICAGO'S IMMIGRATION PROBLEM

https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/03/behind-chicagos-population-decline/520611/?utm_source=feed

LIBOR PAINS

http://www.acting-man.com/?p=48956

TROUBLE IN CAIRO ILLINOIS

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521118179/tired-of-promises-a-struggling-small-town-wants-problems-solved

DEPOPULATION IN CHICAGO

http://nypost.com/2017/03/24/chicago-loses-residents-at-rapid-rate-amid-surge-in-violence/

HOW NOISY IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/23/521227214/how-noisy-is-your-neighborhood-now-theres-a-map-for-that

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND THE LAKE WOEBEGON EFFECT

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2017/03/inequality-and-the-lake-wobegon-effect.html

CHALLENGES OF MIDDLE MANAGEMENT

https://hbr.org/2017/03/why-being-a-middle-manager-is-so-exhausting

CAN THE GREAT LAKES REGION RECOVER?

https://www.citylab.com/work/2017/03/rust-belt-revival/520500/?utm_source=feed

POPULATION DECLINES IN THE MIDWEST

https://www.citylab.com/politics/2017/03/the-midwest-is-in-trouble/520545/?utm_source=feed

PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN DENVER

https://www.citylab.com/tech/2017/03/what-is-denver-learning-from-its-public-restroom-pilot-program/519345/?utm_source=feed

BUTTER IS BACK

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/our-messed-up-relationship-with-food-has-a-long-history-it-started-with-butter/2017/03/20/a7e9fe88-0a6c-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html?utm_term=.9e0730e2e925

CONSTRUCTIVE ANGER

https://qz.com/935099/which-anger-leads-us-astray-and-which-anger-gets-results-according-to-a-princeton-philosopher/

BOOK: THE MYTH OF THE LITIGIOUS SOCIETY

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/022630504X/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489600798&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=the+myth+of+the+litigious+society&dpPl=1&dpID=51oqvG1VT5L&ref=plSrch

BOOK: KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR

https://www.amazon.com/Knocking-Heavens-Door-Sharman-Russell/dp/163158068X

OREGON'S TIMBER INDUSTRY

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/12/519638180/oregon-lumber-community-looks-to-trump-and-innovation-to-survive

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/3/9/the-shape-of-things-to-come

ROUNDABOUTS AND ACCIDENTS

https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/03/the-other-side-of-roundabouts-more-crashes/518484/?utm_source=feed

BOOK: RADIO IRIS

https://www.amazon.com/Radio-Iris-Anne-Marie-Kinney/dp/098324717X

BOOK: WHITE TRASH

https://www.amazon.com/White-Trash-400-Year-History-America/dp/0670785970

SWEDISH IMMIGRATION

https://www.citylab.com/politics/2017/02/whats-wrong-with-sweden/517317/?utm_source=feed

WHY CHICAGO HAS BECOME MORE VIOLENT

http://cornersideyard.blogspot.com/2017/02/chicagos-crime-wave-understood-complex.html?m=1

REDESIGNING THE MIDWEST

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005544-the-midwest-redefined

CHICAGO FACING SPENDING CUTS

https://www.citylab.com/crime/2017/02/chicago-braces-for-an-austerity-double-whammy/516621/?utm_source=feed

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PUNISHMENT AND POLITICS

https://qz.com/916680/the-psychology-of-punishment-is-key-to-why-people-vote-against-their-own-interests-says-an-oxford-neuroscientist/

BOOK: TRIBE

https://www.amazon.com/Tribe-Homecoming-Belonging-Sebastian-Junger/dp/144344958X

UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME EXPERIMENT IN KENYA

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/23/magazine/universal-income-global-inequality.html?referer=

THE HEALTHIEST SEEDS

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/healthy-seeds/

THE HEALTHIEST NUTS

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/healthy-nuts/

NUTS AND SEEDS SLOW AGING

http://www.thegeorgetowndish.com/thedish/nuts-and-seeds-reduce-aging-increasing-telomere-length

COMMUTES GETTING WORSE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/22/the-american-commute-is-worse-today-than-its-ever-been/?utm_term=.bbf2b7c83481

BOOK: THE VOICES WITHIN

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0465096808/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487705056&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=the+voices+within

BOOK: CONSIDER THE LOBSTER

https://www.amazon.com/Consider-Lobster-Essays-Foster-Wallace/dp/0316013323

BOOK: EVERYWHERE I LOOK

https://www.amazon.com/Everywhere-I-Look-Helen-Garner/dp/1925355365

RELATIVE DEPRIVATION AND POLITICS

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/06/513306355/the-theory-that-explains-the-anger-of-our-political-moment

MEGA REGION OF THE US

http://discovery.dartmouth.edu/megaregions/

HOTEL APPRENTICESHIPS

http://www.citylab.com/work/2017/02/why-a-major-hotel-chain-is-offering-apprenticeships/515601/?utm_source=feed

TRUMP ON ASSET FORFEITURE

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/07/trump-jokes-with-sheriffs-about-destroying-a-texas-legislators-career-over-asset-forfeiture/?utm_term=.3fe2feb8ffc2

THE PLACES MOST EXPOSED TO A TRADE WAR

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/trade-exposure/

YIMBY SUPPORT DENSITY

https://qz.com/905255/americas-affordable-housing-crisis-meets-the-yimby-movement-who-believe-that-private-real-estate-developers-could-be-the-inner-cities-saviors-not-their-downfall/

LYING AS A STRATEGY

https://qz.com/905252/donald-trumps-lies-are-all-part-of-a-debate-tactic-called-the-gish-gallop/

COMPULSIONS

https://longreads.com/2017/02/08/making-sense-of-our-compulsions/amp/

SHARED ADULT HOUSING

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2017/02/what-its-really-like-to-live-in-a-dorm-for-adults/516036/?utm_source=feed

ECONOMICALLY INSECURE ACADEMICS

https://longreads.com/2017/02/09/a-shot-in-the-arm/amp/

RISING WATER COSTS

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/affordable-water-may-soon-dry-especially-live/

THE CASCADING IMPACT OF HIGH WATER COSTS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/2/7/cascading-impacts-of-high-water-costs

WE SHOULD VALUE OUR POLITICAL CONFLICTS

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/opinion/rethinking-our-patriotism.html?_r=0&referer=

THE WISDOM OF CROWDS VS HERD MENTALITY

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-03/the-wisdom-and-madness-of-crowds

THE BORDER WALL'S COSTS

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/01/30/why-the-border-walls-costs-far-outweigh-its-benefits/

THE CASE AGAINST HISTORIC PRESERVATION

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/30/historical-preservation

FIXING EB-5

http://www.citylab.com/politics/2017/01/how-to-fix-the-broken-eb5-cash-for-visas-immigration-program-trump/511265/?utm_source=feed

ROADS TWICE AS BAD OVER THE LAST TWENTY YEARS

https://qz.com/900565/fedex-says-us-roads-are-so-bad-its-burning-through-tires-twice-as-fast-as-it-did-20-years-ago/

STOPPING SURPRISE OUT OF NETWORK MEDICAL BILLS

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/stopping-surprise-medical-bills-federal-action-is-needed/

WHY APPRENTICESHIPS ARE TAKING OFF

http://www.citylab.com/work/2017/02/why-apprenticeships-are-taking-off/514977/?utm_source=feed

BURMESE REFUGEES IN GEORGIA

http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1081-the-garden-of-refugees

ANTI-SMOKING AS CLASS WARFARE

https://thebaffler.com/salvos/off-our-butts-thunderstorm

IDENTIFYING SCIENTIFIC FRAUD

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/01/high-tech-war-on-science

WHY GRANDPA IS HOMELESS

https://psmag.com/radical-efforts-to-end-homelessness-old-sick-and-on-the-street-80ea458ea7ee#.jcqfwsqwc

AMERICA'S WORKING POOR

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/photographic-chronicle-america-working-poor-180961147/?preview

TINY HOUSE REALITY

https://longreads.com/2017/02/04/the-inner-tiny-house-journey/amp/

BOOK: A NATION OF TAKERS

https://www.amazon.com/Nation-Takers-Americas-Entitlement-Epidemic/dp/1599474352

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF WHY LOW PROBABILITY EVENTS ARE SCARY

https://qz.com/898207/the-psychology-of-why-americans-are-more-scared-of-terrorism-than-guns-though-guns-are-3210-times-likelier-to-kill-them/

DEATH SPIRAL DEMOGRAPHICS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005525-death-spiral-demographics-the-countries-shrinking-the-fastest

POLITICS AND CORRUPTION IN THE UKRAINE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/05/reforming-ukraine-after-maidan/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

STUCK WITH STRIP MALLS

https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2016/9/6/strip-malls

MIGRATION PATTERNS BETWEEN STATES

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005380-the-states-gaining-and-losing-the-most-migrants-and-money

THE PROBLEM WITH DENSITY

http://www.citylab.com/amp/article/499571/

DENSITY VS SPRAWL AND AFFORDABILITY

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/09/15/the-ugly-choice-american-cities-face/?utm_term=.8e9931d352c2

1.5 BILLION BIRDS HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM NORTH AMERICA

http://inhabitat.com/1-5-billion-birds-disappear-from-north-americas-skies/

WHY WE NEED SLEEP

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/508781/

WHITEFISH MONTANA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST NEO-NAZIS

https://www.yahoo.com/news/how-the-tiny-montana-ski-town-of-whitefish-defeated-its-neo-nazi-trolls-and-became-a-national-model-of-resistance-225557686.html?src=longreads

NAFTA WINNERS AND LOSERS

https://www.news.virginia.edu/content/qa-uva-economists-study-identifies-naftas-winners-and-losers?utm_source=DailyReport&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news

WHAT DID NAFTA REALLY DO?

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2017/01/what-did-nafta-really-do.html

SANCTUARY CITIES ARE SAFER AND MORE PRODUCTIVE

http://www.citylab.com/crime/2017/01/sanctuary-cities-are-safer-and-more-productive/514508/?utm_source=feed

KEYSTONE PIPELINE EMPLOYMENT

http://inhabitat.com/the-keystone-xl-pipeline-would-only-create-35-full-time-permanent-jobs/

SKYROCKETING WATER COSTS

http://inhabitat.com/one-third-of-americans-will-be-unable-to-afford-water-bills-in-5-years/

PEOPLE LIVING WITH PREDATORS

https://orionmagazine.org/article/the-panther-you-want/

IMPROVING THE RENTAL HOUSING APPLICATION PROCESS

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2017/01/a-portland-start-up-is-smashing-barriers-to-affordable-housing/514202/?utm_source=feed

ACCESS TO JOBS

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005520-access-city

BODY CAMS REDUCE POLICE COMPLAINTS

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/09/body-cameras-lead-to-astounding-drop-in-police-complaints.html

SMALL BETS ON URBAN TRANSPORTATION

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/20/small-bets-in-urban-transportation

BRING BACK RISKIER PLAYGROUNDS

http://www.citylab.com/navigator/2017/01/can-we-bring-back-riskier-playgrounds/513929/?utm_source=feed

CHICAGO'S SPIKE IN HOMICIDES IS A MYSTERY

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/chicago-homicide-spike-2016/514331/?utm_source=feed

WHY TEXAS CITIES ARE GROWING FASTER

http://www.newgeography.com/content/005398-urbanism-texas-style

CIGARETTE TAXES REDUCE SMOKING

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/27/495439481/would-californias-proposed-tobacco-tax-hike-reduce-smoking

ARE RACCOONS THE ULTIMATE URBAN ANIMAL?

http://amp.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/09/raccoons_are_taking_over_urban_environments.html

THE PROBLEM WITH CONTEMPT

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/opinion/our-new-age-of-contempt.html?_r=0&referer=

HOW EASILY BORED ARE YOU?

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/09/how-easily-bored-are-you-take-this-quiz-to-find-out.html

WHY VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS MAY BE BAD FOR YOU

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161208-why-vitamin-supplements-could-kill-you?src=longreads

EMPATHY AND GUN CONTROL

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/gun-violence-radical-empathy.html

MASS INCARCERATION AND LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES

http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2016/10/out-of-prison-out-of-work.html

WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN JAIL

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/12/how-to-cut-the-prison-population-save-18-billion-a-year-and-keep-america-safe/?utm_term=.f45543e7a815

FEEDING KIDS FOR BETTER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES

http://www.ted.com/talks/sam_kass_want_to_teach_kids_well_feed_them_well

JUSTIFYING TORTURE

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/12/the-ticking-time-bomb-is-psychological-manipulation.html

OPIOD ADDICTION IN SMALL TOWNS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/national/health-science/no-longer-mayberry-a-small-ohio-city-fights-an-epidemic-of-self-destruction/2016/12/29/a95076f2-9a01-11e6-b3c9-f662adaa0048_story.html

WHY AMERICANS FEEL POOR

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-10-04/why-americans-feel-poor-in-one-chart

THE END OF WORK?

https://aeon.co/amp/essays/what-if-jobs-are-not-the-solution-but-the-problem

WHY THE RESTAURANT BUBBLE WILL BURST

https://www.thrillist.com/amphtml/eat/nation/american-restaurant-industry-bubble-burst

PAY FOR PERFORMANCE MEDICAL CARE IN VERMONT

http://www.regblog.org/2017/01/02/campbell-vermont-market-cannot-regulate-itself/

HOW TO REDUCE DRUNK DRIVING DEATHS

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/01/heres-a-simple-way-to-reduce-drunk-driving-deaths.html

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POOR PEOPLE RECEIVE UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/01/the-psychology-of-basic-income.html

HOW TO HAVE BETTER POLITICAL DISCUSSIONS

http://www.ted.com/talks/robb_willer_how_to_have_better_political_conversations#t-709628

CUTTING DOWN ON UNNECESSARY MEDICAL TESTING

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/10/how-inconclusive-medical-tests-spiral-into-overtesting.html

USING WORDS TO THINK

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/10/its-actually-pretty-weird-that-we-think-in-words.html

NIMBYISM AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-09-28/affordable-housing-is-easy-in-theory

FIXING GERRYMANDERING

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/01/death_to_the_gerrymander_paul_smith_might_defeat_unconstitutional_redistricting.html

DEFAULTS AND ABILITY TO PAY VS NEGATIVE EQUITY

http://voxeu.org/article/causes-mortgage-default

EMOTIONS ARE THE REASON FOR RISING HEALTH CARE COSTS

https://hbr.org/2017/01/what-the-cost-of-a-trip-to-the-vet-tells-us-about-why-human-health-care-is-so-expensive

ELIMINATING CURRENCY

http://newmonetarism.blogspot.com/2017/01/review-of-curse-of-cash.html?m=1

FIXING FLINT'S WATER CHEAPLY

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/16/reinventing-the-city-at-scale

HOW POOR NEIGHBORHOODS SUBSIDIZE AFFLUENT ONES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/10/poor-neighborhoods-make-the-best-investment

INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ARE BANKRUPTING CITIES

http://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real-reason-your-city-has-no-money

FIXING HOUSTON'S PENSION MESS

http://www.citylab.com/cityfixer/2017/01/the-great-texas-pension-fix/512060/?utm_source=feed

TAXING MARIJUANA

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/18/the-mistake-most-states-made-when-legalizing-marijuana/?utm_term=.27552520f423

BUILDING A PRISON TO COLLEGE PIPELINE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/12/the-ex-con-scholars-of-berkeley/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

WHAT IT'S LIKE IN ERITREA

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/12/the-soccer-star-refugees-of-eritrea/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC HOUSING IN NEW YORK

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/12/fighting-for-the-poor-under-trump/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

VOTING RIGHTS AND TRUMP'S VICTORY

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/12/the-real-voting-scandal-of-2016/amp?client=ms-android-verizon

AFTER THE ISLAMIC STATE

https://www.google.com/amp/www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/12/after-the-islamic-state/amp

MEDICAID EXPANSION PAYS FOR ITSELF IN MICHIGAN

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/uomh-sme010417.php

AGE OF HOUSING STOCK BY REGION

http://demomemo.blogspot.com/2017/01/age-of-housing-stock-by-region.html?m=1