Writing
Longform Journalism and Personal Essays
News
What’s Even More Alarming Than Gentrification? One Researcher Urges Cities Like Pittsburgh to Take a Broader View
Community development guru presents research on inequality and neighborhoods in decline.
economic development, gentrification, neighborhoods, housing, PublicSource
Feature
The Parallel Pursuit of Amazon HQ2 and an Equitable ‘City For All’: Can They Co-Exist?
A concerted and costly effort to attract a tech giant to Pittsburgh raises questions about what kind of development project would in fact be suitable for all Pittsburghers.
neighborhoods, economic development, gentrification, Pittsburgh, PublicSource
Sublimescapes
Birding Beginnings: Field Notes on Birds Spotted Around Eau Claire, Wisconsin
A family visit becomes a weeklong bird watch.
birds, Personal Field Guide
Sublimescapes
The Girls
A family welcomes an urban chicken foursome to their new home, a pretty fly A-frame chicken tractor.
Personal Field Guide, birds, family, parenting
Mark's Book
For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. And one in every three of these urban residents now lives in what the United Nations terms a slum — an informal settlement where land ownership is insecure.
Mark traveled around the world to gather stories from these places, to hear residents talk about their fears and struggles, their hopes and joys ... Read more.
Mark's Book
For the first time in human history, more people live in cities than in the countryside. And one in every three of these urban residents now lives in what the United Nations terms a slum — an informal settlement where land ownership is insecure.
Mark traveled around the world to gather stories from these places, to hear residents talk about their fears and struggles, their hopes and joys ... Read more.