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  • Letters that start the name of a city are combined with letters that start the name of its state to spell a word. What are the city and state? For the word "latex," the answer would be Laredo, Texas.
  • Robert Neuwirth, author of Shadow Cities, finds the world's squatter sites — where a billion people now make their homes — to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour.
  • Jeff Jurgens, a longtime employee of the city who's been deputy city manager just more than a year, is set to become city manager once Tim Gleason leaves early next month.
  • Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti says many modern cities feel cold, austere, and anonymous. He advocates for designing more vibrant and inclusive cities that are reminiscent of the scale of older cities.
  • Despite its wholesome image, Kansas City has a decades-long history of mob involvement in city affairs. In a rebroadcast, host Alex Chadwick visits Kansas City to check out the old gang scene.
  • Heatwaves are already sweeping across Europe, with stifling heat felt most acutely in cities.
  • Steve Rasmussen is expected to be named interim city manager at a special Bloomington City Council meeting on Thursday.If approved, Rasmussen will take…
  • Henry plays Alfred, aka the rapper "Paper Boi," on the FX series Atlanta. As his character becomes more successful, Henry says, he's getting "a little further away from the essence of who [he] is."
  • The 2000 census shows more cities grew during the 1990s than in the previous decade. Host Bob Edwards talks to Bruce Katz, director of the Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy at the Brookings Institution, about why some cities performed better than others.
  • City officials aren't running the Instagram account but they would like to know who is. They're cool with the account — but they would like the person to stop linking to the city's website.
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