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Mexico City: History of the Present
Places Journal
An unpopular president, a myth-making architect, and a multibillionaire tycoon build a giant airport in a nature preserve.
Havana: History of the Present
Places Journal
As the post-Castro era looms, Havana is poised between impoverishment and the specter of rapacious redevelopment. Can it find a better path, balancing democracy and prosperity?
The Chinese Dream
Places Journal
In booming Guangzhou, rural migrant workers find their first footing in one of the city’s many urban villages. But what happens when the land becomes more valuable than the village?
Houston’s Quiet Revolution
Places Journal
A modern settlement house movement is brewing in Texas. Have organizers figured out the secret to reviving the immigrant dream?
Post Trump
Places Journal
Those who knew Donald Trump during his years as a property developer in New York cannot be surprised by his eccentric and disturbing behavior as a presidential candidate.
Inside Mexico City's C4I4 Surveillance Center
Places Journal
Mexico City has one of the world’s most ambitious urban surveillance programs. Here is a tour of the command center through the eyes of researchers who were allowed inside.
On the Trail of the Berlin Wall
Places Journal
A trek along the 100-mile scar of the old geopolitical divide gives a writer time to reflect on the complicated merging of east and west, past and present.