As cities in developing nations grow rapidly, they face the same challenges that Western ones did during the industrial era. Informal neighborhoods pop up, with housing that is cheap but overcrowded, ...

President Donald Trump‘s announcement that he will launch a federal takeover in Washington, D.C., to crack down on violent crime also came with a warning indicating that he might do the same in other ...

The American revolution is back in fashion, though heaven knows why. After decades of scholarly and popular neglect, the Revolution -- the prologue to it, the war itself, its aftermath -- has been the ...

One of Oakland’s most sprawling homeless camps sits next to a Home Depot parking lot. We spent three months here. Days and nights. In sunshine and rain. We got to know dozens of the 100 or so people ...