2019 Cities Series
by Marvin Olasky & World Journalism Institute students
Mountain movers
Cities | Medellín, Colombia, once the murder capital of the world, now bustles with better activity
by Jamie Dean
Posted 3/29/19, 10:43 am
Fourth in a series on changing cities
On a clear morning in mid-February, a giant boom and a billowing cloud brought a dramatic turn in one of Colombia’s most infamous storylines. Engineers in the northern city of Medellín triggered 180 detonators and demolished the six-story building that drug-lord Pablo Escobar once called home.
Ambition, money, and mercy: faces of Austin
Cities | People are flocking to Austin for the jobs, education, and hip culture, but the city’s rapid growth is hurting some longtime and low-income residents
by Charissa Koh
Posted 3/28/19, 03:58 pm
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Sin in the city
Cities | An attempt to rank America’s most vice-ridden places provides a flawed but insightful snapshot of modern-day morality