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Prague without teachers or nurses

How soaring rents are quietly pushing the city’s essential workers to the margins Anna Absolonová’s reporting traces Prague’s housing crisis through the lives of those who keep the city running...

Venice is a video game

How the smart-city dream collides with the lagoon’s unruly, ungovernable heart In this essay for Domani, Stefano Dealessandri explores a Venice that is no longer just a city, but a playable...

When a city loses its name

Fifteen years after Masan, Jinhae and Changwon were merged into a single “megacity”, residents still grapple with the loss of their local identities and autonomy “Everything was taken away, even...

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