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