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george ruiz / Flickr The Persistence of America’s ‘Easy White Enclaves’
As long as many white people choose to move out of suburbs as they diversify, one law professor argues, residential segregation will remain common.
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Destination Worcester / Flickr A Canal District With Everything but an Actual Canal
In Worcester, Massachusetts, just the idea of a waterway is enough to inspire a local-business boom.
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Paul Sangha Landscape Architecture When Infrastructure Doubles as Public Art
A Canadian seawall that’s also a sculpture shows how function and beauty can coexist.
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Library of Congress Selling Water: How Hot Springs Became a 19th-Century American Tourist Attraction
Some of the country’s most renowned doctors argued that "hydropathy" could cure everything from hiccups to cancer.
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Rick Wilking / Reuters A Washing Machine That Recycles Its Own Water
Three grad students have invented a filter that allows washers to reuse 95 percent of the water from each load.
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Wong Campion / Reuters China Wants to Build ‘Sponge Cities’
Floods are becoming a national scandal. But no one seems quite sure how to implement the trendy new idea in water infrastructure.
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Michaela Rehle / Reuters Where Seniors Go When Their Nursing Homes Close
When assisted-living facilities shut down, their elderly residents often have to scramble for a new home—and health and financial concerns can make it hard to find a fit.
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Matt Sullivan / Reuters Why Students Want to Lower the Voting Age
A group of activists in San Francisco want the city to grant 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds the right to vote.
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Humanitas To Save on Rent, Some Dutch College Students Are Living in Nursing Homes
Everybody wins: In exchange for a bit of volunteer work, the students get free housing, and retirement facilities get people who can teach the elderly how to send emails and use Skype.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Why Towns Are Falling In Love With Golf Carts
For one thing, parking’s a lot easier.
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Reuters Why Japanese Kids Can Walk to School Alone
Even in big cities like Tokyo, small children take the subway and run errands by themselves. The reason has a lot to do with group dynamics.
