SOME of the world's earliest cities were brought to their knees 4,000 years ago after they were hit by a one-two punch of climate change and runaway overpopulation, according to
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American Cities That Went From Rich to Poor
Per capita income in the United States has more than doubled in the last 60 years. In 1959, Americans’ average per capita income was about $15,000. As of 2019, the
Continue reading »Best Cities to Own a Vacation Rental
Owning a second home, whether as an investment or a vacation getaway, may seem like a luxury to most of us, but a surprising number of American households — almost
Continue reading »Hong Kong Faces Difficult Road to Recovery After Record Slump
Hong Kong is on a difficult road to recovery after two years of unprecedented economic weakness triggered by massive political upheaval and a global pandemic. Official data due Friday is
Continue reading »Tokyo Covid Cases Jump to Record 949 With City on Highest Alert
Japan’s capital found a record 949 new coronavirus cases Saturday as Tokyo authorities urged residents to stay home. That compared with 884 new cases on Friday and the previous high
Continue reading »Phoenix Didn’t Just Feed the Hungry. It Saved Farms and Restaurants.
In this article By April of this year, small farms in greater Phoenix were devastated. Restaurants and markets had scaled back to curb the spread of Covid-19, leaving the many
Continue reading »The Worst Cities For Black Americans
In the nation’s ongoing pursuit of racial equality, 2020 has been a year of reckoning. A series of high-profile police killings of unarmed Black Americans sparked protest demonstrations in over
Continue reading »These 6 cities and this state will pay you to move to them
It’s a ‘sellers’ real estate market: National Association of Home Builders CEO National Association of Home Builders CEO Jerry Howard discusses mass movement from large cities to the suburbs amid
Continue reading »David Dinkins, New York City’s Only Black Mayor, Dies at 93
David Dinkins, New York’s only Black mayor, whose struggles with civil unrest and racial strife in the early 1990s overshadowed his success in beginning the city’s two-decade trend of reduced
Continue reading »Hong Kong Virus Cases Surge Again as City Sees ‘Fourth Wave’
Hong Kong will impose new social restrictions and ask more students to stay home as local cases jump by the most in about three months, signaling the arrival of a
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