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A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises. “[A] pulsing debut . . . about what it means to find your place in a city as it vanishes before your eyes...

With a new afterword covering the two decades since its first publication, two of Washington, D.C.'s most respected journalists expose one of America's most tragic ironies: How the nation's capital, often a gleaming symbol of peace and hope, is the setting for vicious contradictions and devastating conflicts over race, class, and power. Jaffe and Sherwood have chillingly chronicled the descent of the District of Columbia.

“There's much to take in, and Madrigal's zeal gives the audiobook momentum.”—AudioFile This audiobook, written and read by Alexis Madrigal, reveals how understanding Oakland explains the modern world. In The Pacific Circuit, the award-winning journalist Alexis Madrigal sculpts an intricate...

In the first post-9/11 account of the career of the man who established himself as "America's Mayor" in the dark days after America was attacked, Fred Siegel shows how Rudy Giuliani's successes in New York set a promising example for the rejuvenation of our major cities.

Las señales estaban a la vista, no solo en las calles sino en todos y cada uno de los informes de organismos internacionales. No verlas era un acto voluntarioso de ocultamiento de la realidad. Son más que simples dolores de crecimiento asociados a la modernización de Chile, tan exitosa en algunos aspectos, como el combate a la pobreza o la liberalización de la vida social.

Americans' current trust in journalists is at a dismayingly low ebb, particularly on the subject of national and international politics. It might be tempting to look back to the mid-twentieth century, when the nation's press corps was a seemingly venerable and monolithic institution that conveyed the official line from Washington with nary a glint of anti-patriotic cynicism. As Kathryn McGarr's City of Newsmen shows, however, the real story of what Cold War-era journalists did and how they did it wasn't exactly the one you'd find in the morning papers.

Lucid, forward-looking, and guided by a level-headed optimism that clearly distinguishes between genuine progress and exaggerated claims, Emerald Cities points the way toward a sustainable future for the American city.

Segregation by Design draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early 20th century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation - first within cities and more recently between them.

Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.

"In Mexico City, Comedians Punish Society's Scofflaws with Humiliation" is from the World section of The New York Times. It was written by Azam Ahmed and Paulina Villegas and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Cities for Everyone" is from the April 03, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Krugman and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"City Wages War on Zika in the Lab and on the Street" is from the August 21, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Marc Santora and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"The City Where I Live and Where Alton Sterling Died" is from the July 11, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher J. Tyson and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"A Physician-Turned-Artist Offers a Diagnosis for Islam's Holiest City" is from the December 02, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ben Hubbard and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Deadly Wildfires on Portuguese Island of Madeira Reach Its Largest City" is from the August 11, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Raphael Minder and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"More Births With Zika-Related Problem Reported in New York City" is from the December 07, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Marc Santora and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Group Backed by U.S. Gives ISIS 48 Hours to Leave Syrian City" is from the July 21, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Jeffrey Marcus and narrated by Sam Scholl.

"Life Is Turned 'Upside down' as Jets Pound Rebel-Held Syrian Cities" is from the November 16, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Murder Rates Rose in a Quarter of the Nation's 100 Largest Cities" is from the September 11, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Haeyoun Park and Josh Katz and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Sunny Side of U.S. Economy Shines on Denver and Other Cities" is from the March 31, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Patricia Cohen and narrated by Caroline Miller.