Cleveland

Multimedia artist Julia Christensen took video cameras to Lake Erie to document the ice that keeps the lake healthy—and what its absence could mean in the future.

A real estate broker's maps recall the days when certain neighborhoods in the city were denied access to loans based on the demographics of the population.

For older, inner-ring suburbs in the Northeast and Midwest, the best hope often lies in merging with the city.

By measuring place, the Distressed Communities Index does a poor job of assessing people.

Recent research about ways to deal with police misconduct, and some of its unintended consequences.

The basketball star isn't the only one moving back to Ohio. Even with manufacturing on the decline, Cleveland is drawing talented migrants from other areas.

Lessons from Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

Another example of how population growth is outdated as an important economic metric.

And other findings from a couple of thought-provoking troublemakers.

The loss of the U.S. Airways hub signaled the start of Pittsburgh's remarkable turnaround. Does that make United Airlines' departure from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport a cause for celebration?

Why bother with the high talent costs of London, San Francisco, or even Warsaw?

Questioning our understanding of "gentrification" is a necessary first step toward helping people who are stuck in impoverished neighborhoods.

Can a city's suburbs be a source of dynamism, cool places where people are eager to live and play and work?

Return migration—native sons and daughters coming home after cutting their teeth in a Big City—is responsible for a burgeoning world-class restaurant culture in previously forgotten or ignored locations.

Depending on the neighborhood, maybe North Korea.