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Jack Russell Terrier proudly holding a poop bag dispenser in his mouth (Anna Reshetnikova/Getty Images)

Whose dog poop is in your trash can?

Andi Zeisler
Donald Trump visits the U.S. Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility, Aug. 21, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

What about rural crime, Mr. President?

Kirk Swearingen
A black widow spider, a venomous species now common in the American West, wrapping up its prey. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Who's the real invasive species?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance speaks during a fundraising event at Discovery World on July 17, 2024, on the third day of the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The "two different JD Vances"

Chauncey DeVega
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Dayton International Airport on November 7, 2022 in Vandalia, Ohio. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Rural America must break free of MAGA

Chauncey DeVega
A view of an art installation against gun violence at March For Our Lives 'Road To Change' & Life Camp Unity Celebration on August 11, 2018 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Small cities seeing gun violence spike

Matthew Rozsa
(Getty/Ida Jarosova)

Drought is complicating urban forestry

Blanca Begert - Grist
Sun Shining Through Oak Tree Branches (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/bruev)

Best of 2021: Sex in trees

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
Sun Shining Through Oak Tree Branches (Getty Images/bruev)

Sex in trees

Abbigail Nguyen Rosewood
The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images)

Dangerous heat exposure has tripled

Cascade Tuholske, Chris Funk, Kathryn Grace - The Conversation
(Getty/Ida Jarosova)

Inequality is engrained in the trees

Adam Mahoney - Grist
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, US President Donald Trump and police confronting demonstrators as Black Lives Matter supporters demonstrate in Portland, Oregon (Getty Images/Salon)

Trump declares war on America's cities

Amanda Marcotte
A rat eats on the platform at the Herald Square subway station in New York City on July 4 2017. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

Rat control starts with changing habits

Michael H. Parsons - The Conversation
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The benefits of telecommuting

Fynnwin Prager, Mohja Rhoads - The Conversation
(<a href='url to photographer'>Helko Kiera</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Super rats or sickly rodents?

Jonathan Richardson - The Conversation
Street in Allentown residential district, Pennsylvania, USA (Getty Images/iStock)

The "urban renewal" lie

Anthony DiMaggio
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City air pollution linked to lung damage

Mike Wehner - BGR
Skyline of Montreal, Canada, as seen from the Grande Roue De Montreal ferris wheel in the Old Port on July 2, 2018. (Photo by EVA HAMBACH / AFP) (Photo credit should read EVA HAMBACH/AFP/Getty Images) (Eva Hambach/Getty Images)

Your city may feel different in 30 years

Justine Calma - Grist
A super slim skyscraper at 432 Park Avenue competes with the Empire State building as it juts above the Manhattan skyline as seen from the One World Observatory, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, in New York. Among the structures going up in the construction boom of recent years, there are a few that are reshaping the look of the skyline and doing it with footprints that take up a fraction of the space at ground level. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (AP)

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Stop hand economic outs to companies

Nathan Jensen - The Conversation
Travis Stanley, who said he has been homeless for three months and is a U.S. Navy veteran, sits on donated bedding, where he normally sleeps, beneath an overpass on June 5, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Getty/Mario Tama)

Trump's next target: Homeless people

Heather Digby Parton
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-718624p1.html'>pisaphotography</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Designing cities to counter loneliness?

Tanzil Shafique - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

The inclusive approach to housing

Cheryl Gladu - The Conversation
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The US needs to improve crime statistics

Liberty Vittert - The Conversation
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