Feb. 1 2018 5:45 AMIn Defense of the Small CityEveryone, including the president, thinks struggling Americans should just move to places like New York. They’re wrong.Henry Grabar
Jan. 18 2018 1:41 PMAmazon Is Totally Putting Its Second Headquarters in D.C., Right?Jonathan L. Fischer
Jan. 11 2018 7:30 AMWe Need More Black-Owned Grocery StoresLocal grocery-store ownership can serve as an anchor and can help build a healthy community.Tom Perkins
Jan. 5 2018 10:15 AMThe Met Museum Will Start Charging Out-of-Towners, and New York City Burns a Little Less BrightHenry Grabar
Dec. 19 2017 3:30 PMBuild It BetterAll the infrastructure spending in the world won’t save us from ourselves.Henry Grabar
Dec. 15 2017 6:49 PMElon Musk vs. the MonorailThe Tesla founder’s disdain for public transportation is all a part of his master plan.Henry Grabar
Dec. 11 2017 5:08 PMNo, Slate Didn’t Fall Into a Coastal Media Trap in Reporting on Middle AmericaThere are real reasons to be (slightly) less pessimistic about immigration in the heartland.Henry Grabar
Dec. 6 2017 5:55 AMWho Gets to Live in Fremont, Nebraska?A new Costco plant could save the town—by bringing hundreds of immigrants to the only place in America that passed a law to keep them out.Henry Grabar
Oct. 25 2017 9:00 AMBuilding GoogletownWhat matters in city-building isn’t high-tech data—it’s boring old infrastructure.Henry Grabar
Sept. 22 2017 4:57 PMPuerto Rico’s Best Hope for Keeping the Lights OnThe indebted island was already eager to hand its electric utility to private owners. Hurricane Maria just made it much more likely.Henry Grabar
Sept. 8 2017 4:54 PMYour City Will Lose the Contest for Amazon’s New HQNo town truly fulfills the company’s demanding wish list.Henry Grabar
Sept. 7 2017 4:56 PMHow We Ruined Airline JobsWorking in aviation has lost its glamor. It happened because the law gave carriers every advantage over their workforces—and because we demanded lower airfare.Jeff Friedrich
Sept. 7 2017 4:55 PMSmaller Is BetterIn praise of calm, low-fuss regional airports.Daniel Gross
Sept. 7 2017 4:54 PMFlying While Brown Is Getting More TraumaticThe screenings that are often forced on travelers send a clearer and clearer message: Go away.Prashant Sinha
Aug. 31 2017 12:00 PMDon’t Blame Houston’s Lax Zoning for Harvey’s DestructionCities with stringent zoning would have been just as vulnerable to the flood.Henry Grabar
Jan. 25 2018 3:24 PMNew York May Finally, Finally Charge People Who Want to Drive Through ManhattanHenry Grabar
Jan. 16 2018 2:21 PMThe Week JFK Airport Stood StillEverything that went wrong as the bomb cyclone hit America’s largest port of entry.Henry Grabar
Jan. 5 2018 4:37 PMThis Bill to Help Solve California’s Housing Crisis Is Too Good an Idea to PassHenry Grabar
Dec. 18 2017 1:32 PMDocks OffU.S. cities are being invaded by dock-less bike share. It’s going to be messy—and worth it.Henry Grabar
Dec. 15 2017 2:13 PMToo Broke to DriveStates have trapped millions of Americans in crippling debt by taking away their driver’s licenses. Can the damage be undone?Henry Grabar
Dec. 8 2017 12:54 PMThe Alarming Rise in Homelessness Doesn’t Tell the Whole StoryHenry Grabar
Nov. 22 2017 10:16 AMDa Vinci in the DesertAbu Dhabi’s new Louvre is a glimpse of our curated urban future, in which no one sees what the state doesn’t want you to see.Henry Grabar
Oct. 18 2017 2:44 PMThe Imaginary AppleA museum exhibition shows off the New York City that designers dreamed up, but which never actually got built.Henry Grabar
Sept. 12 2017 2:16 PMThe Lessons of Marco IslandForty years ago, a battle over this beachfront community changed the way Florida builds. After Irma, could it happen again?Henry Grabar
Sept. 7 2017 4:57 PMTerminalHow the airport came to embody our national psychosis.Henry Grabar
Sept. 7 2017 4:56 PMYour Misery at the Airport Is Great for BusinessRetail in terminals is booming. How else would we soothe our anxiety?Daniel Gross
Sept. 7 2017 4:54 PMAirports Can Be MarvelsIf you look at them the way a pilot does.Mark Vanhoenacker
Sept. 7 2017 4:53 PMPlease Step Aside, SirMy medical devices help keep me alive—and subject me to uncomfortable scrutiny every time I pass through airport security.Jacob Brogan
Aug. 30 2017 3:01 PMHow Can You Stop Cars From Plowing Into Crowds?The sturdy posts called “bollards” are our best defense against the use of vehicles as weapons. They’re also the rare anti-terrorism policy that makes cities more pleasant.Henry Grabar