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On London's dying libraries
With libraries increasingly likely to shutter their doors in the digital age, Zung Nguyen discusses the risks London faces as it emphasises public housing over other kinds of social institutions.
Neighbourhood groups defend scarce public parks in Buenos Aires
With so many battles to wage, might the government's divide-and-conquer strategy be winning out?
Why do countries relocate their capital cities?
Following the release of his book Capital Cities: varieties and patterns of development and relocation, Vadim Rossman explains the trends and motivations behind a phenomenon as common as it is misunderstood.
Bangkok's home-based workers find strength in numbers
In the third of a series of photo essays from Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing, Carlin Carr explores how workers in Bangkok’s informal economy came together in a collective movement to advocate for their labour rights.
