Urban Edge
Turf Wars: What racial boundaries tell us about 311 calls in the city
By analyzing nearly 8 million 311 reports in New York City, researchers paint a portrait of what drives local tensions.
Why there’s a disconnect between Texas voters and their lawmakers
Increasingly, Texans and their elected officials aren't seeing eye-to-eye. That's not just a coincidence.
What Millennials Think of Homeownership (and why it matters)
Optimistic about their own economic futures, they're still leery of the housing market almost a decade after the real estate bubble burst.
Urban inequality is not just about the concentration of poverty. It is also about the concentration of wealth. The renewed focus on wealth has received recent media attention – and rightfully so. But researchers need to take careful steps as they tell the story of wealth concentration in cities that are racially and ethnically diverse.
Global Lens, Local Focus: How Brownsville turned tragedy into opportunity
Site of tragedy now showing signs of life.
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