Tales of the Global City

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Our long-form section Tales of the Global City is where we examine the deep animators of urban life and civic history in our city along with the ways Austin aligns with others also shouldering the new responsibilities of global leadership.

Gentrification: the unbending fulcrum dividing Austin

David Judson - April 26, 2020

The cornerstone of Austin’s plans for its downtown, a convention center built in 1992...

Cracking the land development code in the central city

urbanitus - April 26, 2020

The mayor of ever-so-hip and fast-growing Austin likes to refer to its booming downtown...

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‘Caste,’ an election and the resonance of racism below the surface of liberal, progressive America

Tales of the Global City

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‘Caste,’ an election and the resonance of racism below the surface of liberal, progressive America

Republicans like Sen. Ted Cruz once stood up to Donald Trump — they need to do so again for our democracy

How to make America radical again (and how to remember that in fact it always has been)

The just society and knowledge economy now towering on the post-pandemic horizon

As the fog at last lifts, the future begins to arrive much sooner than we ever expected

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On cities, primary colors and the meaning of ‘geo-urbanism’

How the old ‘all politics is local’ became today’s ‘all local politics are global’

Gentrification is not a byproduct of planned urban growth, it is the plan

Austin’s challenge: a common language of environmental sustainability

Austin may condemn its sordid history — it should condemn its troubled present

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