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Obama Speaks To U.S. Conference Of Mayors: Live Video

MSNBC | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics


President Obama speaks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting at the White House. The event is scheduled to begin at 10:30am ET. WATCH IT: .msnbc...

Sam Stein

Mayors To Lobby Obama For Stimulus Money Friday

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics


The president is scheduled to host a group of mayors from across the country at the White House on Friday in what will be a lobbying effort for federa...

Homelessness, Hunger On Rise In US Cities: Report

Reuters | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business


Homelessness and demand for emergency food are rising in the United States as the economy founders, a report said on Friday, and homeless advocates ca...

Daley In DC To Push For Bailout Funds

Crain's Chicago Business | Paul Merrion | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago


Mayor Richard M. Daley and other big-city mayors met with U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday morning to contend that cities should get their ow...

Unearthed: News of the Week the Mainstream Media Forgot to Report

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.12.2008 | Media


Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle

U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.

Candidates Must No Longer Ignore America's Metro Areas

Peter Dreier | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home


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.