The Globalist

An man from the slums of India makes his living by doing the dangerous work of painting high-rise towers in Kolkata.

Can China’s cities by 2030 really accommodate one billion residents — equal to one in every eight people on the planet?

What lessons can other cities learn from Mexico City?

What would the Sahara desert look like if there were no human inhabitants?

How are the world’s bustling slums coping with the issue of sanitation?