What if war was waged not with bombs but with blueprints? Urban planning’s promise of an improved city of the future is especially bright in postconflict cities, where planning is expected to bring ...

Emma Shaw Crane
Emma Shaw Crane is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. She is coeditor, with Ananya Roy, of Territories of Poverty: Rethinking North and South (University of Georgia Press, 2015).
No Peace for Refugees
This past June, the Supreme Court temporarily reinstated a version of President Trump’s ban on travelers from six Muslim-majority countries. The “Muslim ban” made good on Trump’s campaign promise to ...
Life After Wartime
Fisher House looks like any other suburban American home: a well-manicured lawn; a kitchen stocked with Girl Scout cookies, Maseca, and ice cream; a living room with a flat-screen TV and children’s ...