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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
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)

Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump (AP/Noah Berger/Reuters/Steve Marcus)

Wealth's war on Christianity

Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig
(AP/Bebeto Matthews)

Fixing Bloomberg's New York

Alex Pareene
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Jennifer Kabat - The Weeklings
The Asian Cairns farmscrapers (Vincent Callebaut Architects)

Kyle Chayka - Hyperallergic
Charles Baudelaire, 1844 (Wikimedia Commons/Shakko)

Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu - LA Review of Books
(Shutterstock/Salon/Benjamin Wheelock)

We need a Cities Party!

Will Doig
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A still from "Detropia"

Can Detroit be saved?

Andrew O'Hehir

Jake Scobey-Thal - Next American City
A helicopter flies past an oil production vessel in the South China Sea, May 23, 2006

Emily Lodish

Cities gone broke

Michaela Krauser - Next American City
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Mason Currey - Imprint 2012
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership has played a central role in the ongoing redevelopment of Fulton Mall. (Flickr/Sean Marshall)

Can Brooklyn gentrify right?

Brian Browdie - Next American City

Gail Anderson - Imprint 2012

Welcome to your new government

Anna Clark - Next American City
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(wsilver on Flickr)

Raillan Brooks - Next American City
(Flickr user Victoria Belanger)

Michaela Krauser
(Scott Moore on Flickr)

Andrew Zaleski - Next American City
Candy Chang created the social media app Neighborland after making street art that asked people to participate in their surroundings. Credit: Candy Chang

David Thier - Next American City
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Fireworks (bayasaa on Flickr)

Michaela Krauser - Next American City
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