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Eighth Machine Gun Cavalry in action on the Mexican border. | Library of Congress
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Big Cities: Chi Fu Valley in Hong Kong
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A government plan to rebuild a large public housing estate has raised the flags because the redevelopment site would include an old dairy farm built among a verdant valley in 1886.
Big Cities: La Memoria Del Sonido
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"La Memoria Del Sonido" builds an arc of experiences and connections between noise and the sounds in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Q’eswachaka Bridge in Peru
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Community members have been preserving the cultural heritage of the Q’eswachaka bridge, the last living legacy of Inca architecture, by using ancestral techniques, creativity and solidarity.
Big Cities: Rice & Roses
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Rice and Roses in Malaysia is dedicated to feeding the rising number of homeless individuals who are being displaced by the rapid development in the city of George Town.
Caring for the Elderly
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Migiwa Sugimoto is a visiting nurse who works as an assistant manager at “Kurashi no hokenshitsu” (counseling room), where many Tokyo senior citizens visit to consult about their health and other worries. 
Angela Brussel's Armenian Family | Courtesy of the author
An author's cathartic culinary journey as she reflects on her family's harrowing experience through the Armenian genocide.
Dessert selections at Porto's | Courtesy of Porto's
Porto's Bakery sells about 1.2 million cheese rolls and 550,000 potato balls per month. But this bakery that could was once a black market business born in Communist Cuba.
Big Cities: Seven
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Urban planners and average citizens in Thailand and Bogota are seeking solutions to ease congestion in their crowded cities.
A baby plays alongside a woman braiding rope for the Q'eswachaka Bridge reconstruction.
Having suffered great climatic, social, and political changes for centuries, the people native to Peru's Quehue region have learned to face change armed only with their ancestral knowledge.
Still from QLM's "The Vertical Village"
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Many people are ditching the confines of traditional apartment life and opting for communal living instead.
photo: redzaal via iStock Photo
Amid state housing crisis, why 2 out of 5 California millennials really still live at home
Leigh Adams
Women living in large cities are turning to farming to regain control of their food. Hear their stories and recommendations on how you can grow your own urban garden.
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