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Are States' Rights Right?

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Preemption, Marijuana, Financial Services, Education, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Progressives, Urban Policy, Health Care, States' Rights, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Democrats have been increasingly willing to embrace state -- and local -- governments as partners rather than adversaries in both oversight and in substantive policymaking.

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The Remembered Cause of the Forgotten Columnist

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Bob Herbert, New York Times, Unemployment, Washington Monthly, Cities, T.A. Franks, Urban Policy, Media News
Harry Moroz

Focusing on the benefits of city living seem to obscure with a rosy tint the issues of crime and poverty, not to mention access and tolerance and equity, with which Bob Herbert wants us to reengage.

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New York State of Mind

David Byrne | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York

Read More: Traffic, David Byrne, Urban Policy, Talking Heads, Rio De Janeiro, Urban Planning, New York City, Bicycling, Streetscapes, Bike Lanes, Cities, Berlin, New York News
David Byrne

Does living in New York City foster a hard-as-nails, no nonsense attitude? Is that how one would describe the New York state of mind?

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The Impact of the Economic Crisis on New York City Business

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

Read More: Kathy Wylde, Harlem, Retail Sales, Financial Services, Urban Policy, New York Real Estate, Charles Rangel, David Paterson, Lehman Brothers, Economic Crisis, Fiscal Crisis, Financial Crisis, Harlem New York, Partnership for New York City, New York City, New York News
Kathryn Wylde

For small business, the recession will be a difficult trial, but it may turn out to provide the wake up call that New York City and State needed to support entrepreneurial companies.

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Realigning The Third Wheel

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: James Surowiecki, Mayors, Urban Policy, Federalism, Paul Krugman, Stimulus, Third Stimulus, Cities, States, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Politics News
Harry Moroz

While the stimulus package directed $140 billion to state governments, the recovery act sent very little money directly to cities, which would generate longer-term dividends for federalism.

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Summer Night Lights

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Snl, Los Angeles, Police, Urban Policy, Crime, Gangs, Gang Violence, Politics News
Antonio Villaraigosa

Last summer, our City came forward with a simple -- yet radical -- idea. For two months, we dared to challenge the conventional wisdom that gun violence and gang battles plague the summer months.

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Putting Carter to Rest

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Philadelphia, Office of Urban Affairs, Economist, Great Chicago Fire, Urban Policy, Fred Siegel, Jimmy Carter, Cities, Denver, Barack Obama, Manhattan Institute, Politics News
Harry Moroz

President Obama seems committed to shifting federal urban policymaking from a reactive, "Marshall Plan"-type strategy to a proactive, cooperative approach.

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Green Shoots, Urban Policy Edition

Harry Moroz | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Office of Urban Affairs, Urban Policy, National Journal, Politico, Adolfo Carrion, Washington Post, Barack Obama, Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable, Cities, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Though this is less robust a beginning than urban policy advocates might have liked, Obama will address the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable, which demonstrates his continued commitment to cities.

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Changing the Climate for Cities?

Harry Moroz | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Agriculture Committee, Urban Policy, Energy and Commerce Committee, Cities, Energy, Collin Peterson, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Pollution, Climate Change, Green News
Harry Moroz

Speaker Pelosi has snuck game-changing climate change legislation onto the House of Representatives calendar for a vote -- and likely passage -- this Friday.

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Define "Urban Lit" ...

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 07.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Literature, Urban Policy, Ghettos, Ghetto, American Literature, Black, Reading, African Americans, Urban, Style News
Charles D. Ellison

Rage against the Mullah machine fumes in Iran, economy is wrecked, and health care reform is a rubbery roast of ripped tire on the road to political h...

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Want A Successful Stimulus? Reactivate Obama's Grassroots Operation in Cities

Harry Moroz | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conference of Mayors, White House, Mayors, Virginia Dupuy, Tom Coburn, Office of Urban Affairs, Urban Policy, Stimulus, Cities, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, Waco, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Why not set up stimulus accountability outposts of the White House in cities? Obama came into office with a metro mandate and now is the time to claim it.

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Why Americans Ignore the Poor

Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hunger, Poverty, Food Stamps, Chicago Public Schools, Summer, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Food, Chicago Tribune, Urban Policy, Politics News
Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston

Urban populations across this country don't have enough food to eat in a country that pays farmers not to grow food.

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Getting Steamy About the Administration's Unrequited Love

Harry Moroz | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conference of Mayors, White House, Tom Coburn, Mayors, Richard Flanagan, Fred Siegel, Urban Policy, Politico, White House Office of Urban Affairs, Stimulus, Cities, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Manhattan Institute, Barack Obama, Politics News
Harry Moroz

America's mayors, as Politico puts its, are "steamed" about the White House's decision to pull hundreds of administration officials out of last weeken...

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Village Green: Putting the "UD" Back in HUD, Sustainably

F. Kaid Benfield | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Housing, Neighborhoods, Urban Policy, Urban Planning, Sustainability, Community, Smart Growth, Shaun Donovan, Green News
F. Kaid Benfield

Let's be honest -- HUD has become the Department of Subsidized Housing, and that must change. We've got to put the "UD" (urban development) back in HUD.

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Chicago: The Privatized City of the Future

Michael Moreci | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Privatization, Chicago Parking Meter Privatization, Chicago Parking Tickets, Privatization, Urban Policy, Chicago News
Michael Moreci

This is the dream of business-minded elected officials: Boatloads of cash come in and none goes out. As Chicago sells off more and more, they'll be required to do less and less.

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Ask What You Can Do for Your Hood

Rev. Lennox Yearwood | Posted 04.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Congress, Hip Hop, Urban Policy, Nancy Pelosi, President Obama, Politics News
Rev. Lennox Yearwood

This recession is a mess caused by the mistakes of the old, but the young possess the sole ability to clean it up.

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Tailoring Assistance: How Antipoverty Policy Can Address Diverse Needs within the Poverty Population

Dr. Margaret Simms | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Recovery, Child Welfare, Unemployment, Economics, Urban Policy, Politics, Economic Stimulus, Race, Poverty, Stimulus, Politics News
Dr. Margaret Simms

f we are going to make a serious dent in poverty, the US will have to develop an integrated set of policies that address the diverse and interrelated needs of the poor.

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A New President for Urban America

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Miami, Philadelphia, President Obama, Urban Policy, Chicago, George W. Bush, Energy Policy, Los Angeles, New York, Sarah Palin, Dallas, Cleveland, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, San Francisco, Houston, Obama First Hundred Days, 100 Days, Illinois State Senate, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

The Obama presidency is an opportunity for our political leadership, of both parties, to stop denigrating big cities, and ignoring the positive role they play in our political life.

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Is this Politician too Green?

Reverend Billy | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Politics, Surrealism, Green Living, Ecology, Urban Policy, Green, Green News
Reverend Billy

If elected I will ask the citizens of the city to break this town open; to descend upon the concrete and pavement with a wave of amateur jackhammers. ...

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Forging an Equity Agenda Aimed at Inclusion Across America

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Equity, Public Policy, White House Office on Urban Policy, Urban Policy, Design for Disease, H.O.M.E., Civic Engagement, Equity Agenda, Youth Build, Infrastructure Equity, Center for American Progress, Urban Sprawl, Angela Glover Blackwell, Social Empowerment, Policy Link, White House Office on Civic Engagement, Fresh Food Financing Initiative, Smart Growth, Digital Divide, Urban Strategies Council, Public Advocates, Urban Agenda, Economic Equity, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

There is no better time for implementing an equity agenda than now. 37 million people live in poverty and many more are one paycheck away. All it takes is one health crisis or a downsizing at the office.

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There's Something About Print

Harry Moroz | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Fcc, James Surowiecki, Media, Urban Policy, Matt Yglesias, Detroit Free Press, Corporatization of the Media, Detroit News, Newspaper, Cities, Conglomerates, Media News
Harry Moroz

If local papers disappear entirely (that is, if their digital versions fail), the evidence suggests that "untraditional" sources like blogs just won't be able to pick up the displaced audience.

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WHOUP There It Is! Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak for Urban Policy Czar?

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.22.2008 | Business

Read More: R.T. Rybak, Mayors, Obama Transition, Urban Policy, Minneapolis, Mayortv, Business News
Harry Moroz

The Minnesota Independent picked up on an interesting conversation Minnesota Public Radio had with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak. The Minneapolis Mayo...

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Tech-Enabled Bike Sharing Rolls Into North America

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Bike Sharing, Bicycles Denver Convention, Urban Policy, Bicycles, Bike to Work, Green News
Graham Hill

Time just gave Montreal's public bike system Bixi an award as one of the 50 best inventions of 2008.

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Let's See That Audacity In Action

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Bailout, Barack Obama, Urban Policy, Recession, Cities, The Wire, Obama Priorities, President Obama, Tom Sugrue, Obama Administration, Obama Transition, Obama Issues, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Julian E. Zelizer

Obama should push for measures to deal with a variety of urban issues in exchange for the financial assistance sought by auto makers, Wall Street investors, middle class homeowners and the rest of America.

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The New Narrative: Cities Aren't Cesspools

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.07.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, Heritage Foundation, Cory Booker, Ronald Reagan, Conservatives, Urban Policy, Politics, Election 2008, Conservativism, Los Angeles, Election Results, Barack Obama, Cities, Economy, Media News
Harry Moroz

That Barack Obama won the "city vote" - 83% of Philadelphia County, 76% of Chicago's Cook County, 68.5% of Cleveland's Cuyahoga County - is no surpris...

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