When swastikas appeared on David Bloom’s predominantly Jewish dorm at Indiana University and someone threw rocks through the Chabad and Hillel houses, many students blamed
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In the hours after a Muslim man massacred 49 people in a gay nightclub, as Donald Trump used the shooting to bolster his argument that
A city is more than just tall buildings, busy streets and traffic jams during rush hour. To Saskia Sassen, cities are a place where anyone
When it comes to race, the Rev. Thomas G. Long believes we are on the edge of a “major social adjustment” on the magnitude of
Starting in the 1920s in New York, black artists, musicians and writers spawned a Harlem Renaissance that celebrated African-American expression in an era of
The largest amount of growth across the globe will occur in small, developing cities like Mangshi, China; Hosur, India; and Segura, Spain. Over the
The Cleveland Foundation, presenting sponsor of Week Six “The Future of Cities,” in partnership with The City Club of Cleveland, will be putting a cherry
Heaven on Earth. A perfect world. Utopia. Throughout history, people have sought to create communities that reflected their higher aspirations, that tried to improve daily
Southern Gospel musician Yara Allen sang “Woke up this morning with my eyes … .” Wednesday’s Hall of Philosophy crowd finished the
Chautauquans know the Rev. John Philip Newell from his sermons this week and Diana Butler Bass from Monday’s Interfaith Lecture — but today they
Stop worrying about New York City, London and Tokyo. They’re fine. It’s the small cities people should be worrying about. Two specialists in city
Bullets sprayed the party bus as 20-year-old Brionna Boddy stepped onto its steps. She had been with friends at a house party. She wanted
Cairo-based architect and urban planner Kareem Ibrahim referred to the 21st century as the “era of cities” — in his native country, Egyptians occupy
Timur Yuskaev worked in New York City before, during and after the 9/11. A Tatar Muslim from St. Petersburg, Russia, Yuskaev witnessed how the tragedy
Sergio Fajardo never saw himself as a politician. He went to school to study mathematics with the goal of becoming a professor. Fajardo lived
Looking out upon the sprawling smog-scape of 19th-century London, William Blake decried the “dark, satanic mills” that had replaced the pastoral agricultural landscapes. If