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Urban Policy

Let's See That Audacity In Action

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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 05.25.2011 | 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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The Best Part of Rachel Maddow's Obama Interview

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Infrastructure, Rachel Maddow, Economy, Progressives, Urban Policy, Cities, China, Barack Obama, Politics, Business News
Harry Moroz

Obama is onto something here when he argues for investment in transportation, communication, and information infrastructure -- this is what could drive American competitiveness going forward.

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Give Mayors a Role in the Obama Administration

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Mayors, John McCain, Politics, Urban Policy, Election '08, Washington Post, Transition, Cities, Wall Street Journal, Barack Obama, Economy, Economics, hud.gov, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Providing mayors a platform for influence, exchange, and coordination would capitalize on the economic power of metro areas while restoring urban policy to its proper place in national discourse.

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Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Obama Senator Obama, Senator McCain, Urban Policy, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Mccain, Suburbs Obama, Politics Infrastructure, Obama Urban Policy, Conference of Mayors, Suburbs Mccain, US Conference of Mayors, Metro Area, Mccain Urban Policy, Brookings Institution, Home News
Peter Dreier

Increasingly, the challenges facing suburbs are the same ones facing cities. The politics that used to divide metro areas have collapsed. Indeed, in this election, suburban voters are up for grabs.

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