Michael Dudley

<p>Aging gerbils unable to generate electricity and ancient curses add to America's infrastructure woes, according to the Onion.</p>

<p>Collective action and micro financing are two promising models for improving the livability of informal settlements, writes Neal Peirce.</p>

<p>A lack of attention to the problem of homelessness is turning our public libraries into homeless shelters.</p>

<p>Louisiana's eroding and sinking coastline also happens to be the site of a major proportion of America's oil infrastructure.</p>

<p>Maintaining and rebuilding America's infrastructure could cost over $1 trillion. What's needed is the political will to create a "Federal Infrastructure Bank".</p>