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Quicken Loans is headquartered at the One Campus Martius building, located in DOwntown Detroit. (Photo courtesy of Quicken Loans Press Room)

Downtown Detroit revival but not for all

Jodie Adams Kirshner
(Tamara Pearson / Truthout)

Airbnb displacing Mexico City residents

Tamara Pearson - Truthout
Workers make repairs to the Sunrise Church of Christ in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 29, 2012. (AP Photo/David Duprey) (AP Photo/David Duprey)

A new solution for empty churches

Ashima Krishna - The Conversation
In this image released by Paramount Pictures, Zachary Quinto, left, and Karl Urban appear in a scene from "Star Trek Beyond." (Kimberley French/Paramount Pictures via AP) (AP)

Star Trek’s and sustainable innovation

Sylvie Albert - The Conversation
An abandoned vehicle sits in flood waters on the I-10 highway in Houston, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

flooding: everywhere

Nina Lam - The Conversation
Business owner Larry Swygert, left, talks with Anthony Raynail Higgenbottom as Higgenbottom prepares to install Christmas lights on one of Swygert's buildings on Livernois Avenue, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 in Detroit. The city's longtime Avenue of Fashion on the city's west side has been seeing new businesses and shoppers in recent years. The surrounding area remains one of Detroit's most stable, but the avenue lost flair as merchants closed or moved to suburbs and malls. The boulevard seeks its own vibe through one-of-a-kind apparel shops, restaurants and art galleries. () (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Detroit's recovery?

Laura A. Reese, Gary Sands - The Conversation

5 early gentrification signs

D. Watkins
Paul Krugman (Reuters/Zainal Abd Halim)

De Blasio for the win

Scott Eric Kaufman
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (AP/Seth Wenig)

Henry Grabar
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-1926113p1.html'>Cvandyke</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

The suburb of the future

Henry Grabar
(<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=3499054'>franckreporter</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-658339p1.html'>Vadim Georgiev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Welcome to the permanent dusk

Henry Grabar
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-572056p1.html'>Songquan Deng</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

The revolution starts here

Lindsay Abrams
Spike Lee (AP/Andy Kropa/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-658339p1.html'>Vadim Georgiev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Taming gentrification: A guide

Henry Grabar
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-235897p1.html'>Andrey Bayda</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-658339p1.html'>Vadim Georgiev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

How China could save Detroit

Henry Grabar
Bill de Blasio (Reuters/Keith Bedford/<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-658339p1.html'>Vadim Georgiev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

The rent's still too damn high

Henry Grabar
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-732238p1.html'>Christopher Boswell</a>, <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-658339p1.html'>Vadim Georgiev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

Tram wars!

Henry Grabar
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