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The Geography of Hate Reuters

The Geography of Hate

America's racist groups concentrate in certain regions—and their presence correlates with religion, McCain votes, and poverty

Americans Just Don't Trust the Elites Wikimedia Commons

Americans Just Don't Trust the Elites

A new Gallup poll reveals that U.S. citizens are losing faith in their country's institutions

America's Great Passport Divide swimparallel/flickr

America's Great Passport Divide

How income, education, and other factors influence our propensity for globe-trotting

The Geography of Gun Deaths  MikeJMartelli/Flickr

The Geography of Gun Deaths

A look at some factors that common knowledge says should be associated with gun violence, but statistics don't back up

The Psychogeography of Gun Violence Gideon Tsang/Flickr

The Psychogeography of Gun Violence

What can psychology tell us about the specific ways that regional, locational, and geographic factors can affect gun violence and mass shootings in particular?

Damn That (Holiday) Traffic Jam tolomea/Flickr

Damn That (Holiday) Traffic Jam

As one of the busiest travel days of the year approaches, here's a list of the country's most congested roads

The Trick-or-Treater Map Empirically Grounded/Flickr

The Trick-or-Treater Map

As the holiday approaches, which areas will have to dole out the most candy?

The Revitalization of Los Angeles Harshil Shaw/Flickr

The Revitalization of Los Angeles

A video profiling efforts to create a more livable post-sprawl mega city

NYC's Quality of Place Agenda nickdigital/Flickr

NYC's Quality of Place Agenda

A video depicting how New York City is changing to a "city for people"

Love Letter to a Rustbelt City Franco Folini/Flickr

Love Letter to a Rustbelt City

A video demonstrating the transformative role that public art can play

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The Atlantic Monthly

The world may never run out of oil—and the consequences could be dire. Plus: avoiding the worst parts of death, Henry Kissinger's statesmanship, reconsidering hair metal, and more.

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