"In the face of the most perilous challenges of our time -- climate change, terrorism, poverty, and trafficking of drugs, guns, and people -- the nations of the world seem paralyzed. The problems are too big for governments to deal with. Benjamin Barber contends that cities, and the mayors who run them, can do and are doing a better job than nations. He cites the unique qualities cities worldwide share: pragmatism, civic trust, participation, indifference...

"At a time of anxiety about the effectiveness of our national government, Rahm Emanuel provides a clear vision, for both progressives and centrists, of how to get things done in America today--a bracing, optimistic vision of America's future from one of our most experienced and original political minds"-- Cities are the most ancient political institutions, dating back thousands of years, and they have reemerged as the nation-states of our time. Mayors...

"The story of a band of volunteer cybersecurity experts who use their computer skills to crack ransomware and help victims of cybercrime"-- "Scattered across the world, an elite team of code crackers is working tirelessly to thwart the defining cyber scourge of our time. You've probably never heard of them. But if you work for a school, a business, a hospital, or a municipal government, or simply cherish your digital data, you may be painfully familiar...