Social / Demographics

ESPN Radio's Colin Cowherd talks to Richard Florida about cities and talent migration in the sports world.

March 2, 2011 - ESPN Radio

As housing costs rise and supplies dwindle in Caracas, more than 2500 squatters have occupied a downtown skyscraper.

March 2, 2011 - The New York Times

The city of New York has been trying to encourage an increase in bike lanes throughout the city. But the issue has become increasingly political, and progress has been slowed.

March 2, 2011 - The Gotham Gazette

Will digital communications make cities obsolete, or can online connections actually complement the face-to-face interactions and the cities that support them?

March 1, 2011 - New York Times

Long a majority-white city, Salt Lake City is gradually becoming more diverse.

March 1, 2011 - USA Today

A Cairo native who had returned home before the recent unrest and revolution looks at the role of the city's Tahrir Square, and how recent events have given additional meaning to this public space.

March 1, 2011 - Places

The results are in from Travel + Leisure's America's Favorite Cities Survey and MSNBC has the winners from various categories such as America's Best Coffee City.

March 1, 2011 - MSNBC

Each year Mattel asks the public to vote on Barbie's next career. After a ten-year campaign, Mattel has decided to make Architect Barbie. The company hopes that Architect Barbie will inspire the next generation of female architects and designers.

March 1, 2011 - GOOD Magazine

The new jobs in New York City aren't in Manhattan, but in the boroughs. For low-income workers to be able to access those opportunities, improved bus service will be necessary, says a new report.

February 28, 2011 - Streetsblog

As popularity of "temporary urbanism" initiatives rises, there are increasingly efforts to regulate these sites. Jonna McKone of TheCityFix analyzes the trend.

February 27, 2011 - TheCityFix

Between 2000 and 2010, Oregon jumped from the 28th most populous state to the 27th. This article from The Oregonian looks at what's behind the shift.

February 27, 2011 - The Oregonian

Some researchers say that crowded sidewalks in cities like New York are contributing to "sidewalk rage".

February 26, 2011 - CBS

As the city of Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, residents there say many of the projects underway are violating their rights.

February 26, 2011 - The Globe and Mail

About a quarter of the counties in the U.S. are seeing more deaths per year than births, according to census data.

February 26, 2011 - ABC

An emerging design movement is trying to counteract obesity in American cities.

February 26, 2011 - Fast Co. Design

In this piece from Metropolis, Joel Kotkin argues that as the world urbanizes, cities are becoming increasingly unequal and do not provide the opportunities they once did.

February 25, 2011 - Metropolis

The video was created by a group of Kenyan teenagers who submitted it for the "1 Minute to Save the World Video Contest," which they won.

February 24, 2011 - GOOD Magazine

Jay Walljasper discusses the role of public spaces in recent protests and revolutions from Madison, Wisconsin to Cairo, Egypt.

February 24, 2011 - On The Commons

Common conceptions about suburbs are fading away, according to William Upski Wimsatt.

February 24, 2011 - The Washington Post

Joel Kotkin describes recent trends that he says may surprise city planners who have long pursued policies to attract college-educated citizens to their cities.

February 23, 2011 - New Geography