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Pharoah Bloomberg: Paying Workers Enough to Live Is 'Communism'

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. May 18, 2012.

New York's billionaire mayor is so opposed to a tiny raise for workers at companies that get public money that he's vowed to sue. What's the deal with living wage laws anyway?

Are "Sentient Cities" That Track Your Personal Data To Design Your Life For You On the Way?

Will Doig, Salon. April 29, 2012.

Humans will act in ways that even the smartest computer model can fail to anticipate — which is fine, until you put your entire city in its hands.

Will New York City Mayoral Front-Runner Kill Paid Sick Leave Again?

Josh Eidelson, In These Times. March 20, 2012.

With a changed economy, targeted concessions and an approaching primary, progressives mount a renewed push for a citywide law.

Why We Need to Get Boomers to Move to the Cities

Will Doig, Salon. February 21, 2012.

If boomer retirees keep flooding suburbs, the cost of providing for them soars. Here's how we could get them to cities instead.

How Yelp Destroyed the Thrill of Exploring

Will Doig, Salon. January 29, 2012.

Zero of five stars! The Internet is loaded with crowdsourced opinions, making authentic, new experiences impossible.

Screwing Over Urban America: Why the GOP's Top Contenders Hate Cities

Daniel Denvir, Salon. January 3, 2012.

For the Republican contenders, urban areas are out of sight and out of mind.

Participatory Budgeting in New York City? City Council Members Try a New Kind of Citizen Involvement

Kate Malongowski, YES! Magazine. December 12, 2011.

What if you could weigh in on how your city’s money is spent? In some districts of New York City, you can.

Is the Myth of City Life More Significant Than the Real City Itself?

Lewis Lapham, Lapham's Quarterly. September 8, 2010.

The city, as we imagine it -- myth, aspiration, nightmare -- is maybe more real, than the hard city one can locate on maps and statistics.

Woman Sees Her Home Confiscated Over a Water Bill

Fred Schulte, Ben Protess, Lagan Sebert, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. June 6, 2010.

Vicki Valentine lost the two-story brick row home after the city sold her debt to investors through a contentious and byzantine legal process called a "tax sale."