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The starry night sky has fascinated humanity for countless millennia. For most of that time, it was an untouchable, immutable and vast expanse that was beyond the influence of anyone. But the present-day commercial space race has created new threats to the relationship between people and the celestial expanse by crowding the night sky and polluting the atmosphere.

When someone yo-yos between government and commerce, the word “self-serving” hovers, but it is heartening when urban planner Marc Norman moves between academia and enterprise, between theory and practice, putting his ideas to the test.

Karin Lin-Greenberg is an English Professor at Siena College and the author of the new bestselling novel, "You are Here." As a once-bustling mall prepares to shut its doors for the final time, the residents of an upstate New York town must reckon with a shocking act that forces them to reevaluate who they are and what they want.

The global advertising industry, the invisible fuel powering media and commerce, is in crisis. Of all the industries impacted by the digital age, few have…