maryereynolds

<p>After black teenagers from Cleveland severely beat a white man, Shaker Heights residents reconsider the safety of their community.</p>

<p>Ohio never recovered from the 2001 recession, and today 16 percent of families live below the poverty line. The state continues to lose high-paying factory jobs, and adult children and moving back in with their parents to make ends meet.</p>

<p>The first 4.7 miles of a streetcar network have been funded along a major corridor in Northern Virginia.</p>

<p>In Washington, D.C., the historic preservation office will not allow a ramp to the front door of a 1930s rowhouse, so elderly residents must live in the basement that has access to a back alley.</p>

<p>Around the world, urban areas have new names -- micropolis, aerotropolis and city-region. But are they cities?</p>