From Middle East to Wall Street, Justice Depends on Public Spaces
June 25, 2012
What happens when people have no place to gather as citizens?
Streets of Barcelona
September 15, 2010
The exuberant public life of a great city
What’s Funny About Dead Bicyclists?
October 30, 2008
When cruel partisan humor imperils the spirit of democracy.
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A New Outbreak of Participatory Democracy
July 10, 2007
The internet may bring the U.K. one click closer to direct democracy.
On the Value of Public Spaces
January 5, 2006
A new movement arises to champion public spaces, and it's about more than aesthetics. Without congenial places to gather, democracy withers, and our sense of community disappears.
The Appeal of the Commons
September 10, 2005
Both the left and the right miss something in their debates about climate change; the idea of a sky trust offers a third way.
