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Nation Dec 02

Why millennials are moving away from large urban centers

By Jeffrey Brown, Mike Fritz

Science Jan 25

In 1919, 1,376 new Norway Maples were planted along streets in Brooklyn. Photo by Department of Parks of the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York.
Not so long ago, cities were starved for trees. That inspired a fight against urban warming

Sixty years ago, urban tree planters stood on the front lines of fighting climate change.

By Sonja Dümpelmann, The Conversation

Making Sen$e Nov 13

Traffic is seen in Long Island City, where Amazon.com is reportedly considering as part of its new second headquarters. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Map: These cities are home to the nation’s biggest companies

By choosing New York City and the Washington, D.C. area, Amazon is joining half of Fortune 500 companies that are headquartered in just 10 cities.

By Gretchen Frazee

Economy Jun 02

A woman walks in a local park while clouds shroud the Empire State Building and the skyline of New York as it is seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S. May 29, 2017. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz - RTX384B4
Column: ‘The New Urban Crisis’ is a crisis of capitalism, writ large

Are cities the great engines of innovation, the models of economic and social progress that the optimists celebrate, or are they the zones of gaping inequality and class division that the pessimists decry? The reality is that they are both.

By Richard Florida

Economy Jun 01

Morning commuters cross the street as the sun shines down 42nd St in New York City on March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson  - RTSAPNF
Is the ‘creative class’ saving our cities, or making them impossible to live in?

The clustering of the "creative class" -- professionals in the arts, in the media, in tech -- has brought growth and innovation to cities, but has also led to "the new urban crisis," author Richard Florida tells the NewsHour's Paul…

By Paul Solman

Sep 04

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Why urban beekeeping is a rising trend in major cities

By Sam Weber, Laura Fong

Bees are critical to agricultural production, but beekeeping is actually increasing in cities like Los Angeles and New York City, where restrictions on the practice were recently lifted. In Philadelphia, where there are thousands of abandoned lots to forage, both…

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Jul 25

How are millennials leaving their mark on the Rust Belt?

By Tim Henderson, Stateline

Baltimore — along with Buffalo, New York; Chicago; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Pittsburgh and St. Louis — is experiencing some of the biggest increases in the number of young college graduates among large cities. They are hoping this wave of young…

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Jun 29

Column: Forget the white picket fence, the American Dream is in the city

By Vikram Mansharamani

The suburbs still offer a great deal, but there’s a powerful countertrend that is increasingly hard to ignore: a renaissance in cities.

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Jan 21

How your neighborhood coffee shop is brewing geniuses

By Paul Solman

Genius, says author Eric Weiner, is not just born, it's created and cultivated, often in cities. And in 1900 Vienna, the coffee shop was imperative to cultivating the creativity necessary for genius.

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Jul 07

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How do you cool down urban violence when summer heats up?

By PBS NewsHour

Along with high-profile cases like the shooting at Emmanuel AME in Charleston and some of the killings of unarmed individuals by police, cities across the U.S. are experiencing a significant surge in gun violence. Gwen Ifill discusses this trend with…

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