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Architect Marwa Al-Sabouni says French colonial design segregated Syria's cities and laid the groundwork for division and civil war. The future of the country may depend on how it decides to rebuild.

Every twelve years, 100 million people descend upon a temporary city built for the Kumbh Mela festival in India. Architect Rahul Mehrotra says other cities can learn from this ephemeral megacity.

Thai landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom designed a way to offset flooding in Bangkok by designing a park with underground tanks. She says her design can protect delta cities that are sinking.

Voters in Jefferson and Union counties just passed measures that will force local officials to consider moving the borders of their counties — and many others — into Idaho. The measure was the work of Move Oregon’s Border, a petition group seeking to move wide swaths of rural Oregon into Idaho, citing similar values and politics.

It's been months of the pandemic and you might be feeling frustrated or upset. But there are lots of different ways to deal with your worries — like giving yourself a big hug!

New coronavirus shutdown measures will impact Oregon winemakers, many of whom were already struggling to recover from the early shutdowns of their tasting rooms and the public-facing parts of their businesses. Over the summer, grape growers in the vicinity of the Oregon wildfires suffered from what’s known as smoke taint. In some cases, growers have lost buyers altogether.

Umatilla County is experiencing one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Oregon. We talk to Umatilla County vice chair George Murdock about how the community is dealing with the setback, and how it’s approaching the political and public health challenges to get COVID-19 cases down.

Books about Black Lives Matter and antiracism have been flying off the shelves of Multnomah County libraries. But how do you build the best anti-racist reading list? Kirby McCurtis, library manager at Multnomah County Library, says it’s important to include Black fiction and stories about Black joy.

For Debbie Millman, host of the podcast Design Matters, design is everywhere. She joins Manoush to explore ideas and curate talks about the role of design in our lives.

Molly Wizenberg and her husband had started three successful restaurants in Seattle and were raising their 4-year-old daughter when suddenly something inside Wizenberg shifted. Wizenberg’s new book, "The Fixed Stars," chronicles her recognition that she is attracted to women, the dissolution of her marriage, and her realization that our sense of who we are as a person is always changing, and that’s a good thing.