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The Pittsburgh massacre wasn't the first—or last—act of anti-Semitism in the past week.

When a young Jewish woman was murdered at my university a decade ago, the crime seemed unthinkable. Today, such events can feel almost chillingly unsurprising.

New research pinpoints how the desire for excitement inspires support for violent extremism.

Violence driven by racial or religious hatred is as American as apple pie, according to a cultural anthropologist who has studied the white-power movement.

In his two years in office, Trump has done plenty to legitimize views previously considered too extreme for political discourse—and that, in turn, has opened the door for political violence.

People arrive for a vigil at the Allegheny County Soldiers Memorial in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 28th, 2018.

How shifting economies, demographics, and provincial neighborhoods shaped the well-known accents of many Midwestern cities.

What happens when a grocery store opens in an inner-city neighborhood?

The rest of the president's economic platform isn't great for the city either.

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

Get ready for an unprecedented economic boom in the United States.

The later the economic boom, the greater the municipal area.

Pittsburgh is the best place in the United States to flip property. What explains the real estate boom?

I'd like a dollop of ketchup on that paradigm.

Atlantic Canada is reportedly dying. I'll spend this week explaining why that isn't the case.

In a global era of demographic decline, the quality of employment trumps the number of jobs.

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

What will happen when young talent starts refusing to subsidize the creative industries that aren't really profitable in America's most expensive cities?

Not really. Common problems, regardless of place, will lead to common solutions.

Lessons from Pittsburgh and Cleveland.

Concerns about population growth and decline are artifacts of the 19th century and the industrial revolution. For them to make any sense today, we need to look at the numbers in a much different way.

With real estate markets tapped out in primary markets, investors will look to secondary ones—Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Phoenix—with legacy assets.