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• The Daily Report

  Gas Tax Holiday: Boon or Bane?

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 30th, 2008 | Category: Guests | Tags: obama, clinton, republican, energy, infrastructure, cnn, evan miller, jobs, the new argument, construction, money, oil, highway, mccain, labor, hillary, taxes, average, nominee, christmas | 3

  As families prepare for summer road-trips, lawmakers are wondering if a proposed gas tax holiday will make it easier for travelers to make it out of the city without exhausting their funds for summer fun. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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• The Daily Report

  City Transit May Need More Than “Technical Corrections”

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 16th, 2008 | Category: Guests | City: Seattle | Tags: transportation, california, republican, growth, seattle, transit, evan miller, legislation, the new argument, democrats, construction, highway, gop, laws, congress, advocate, nevada | 0

  Rail transit systems across America increase urban livability and contribute to the development and growth of cities. With this in mind, will members of congress fight for this much sought after form of city transit, or will they be blinded by partisanship and legislative technicalities? Evan Miller of The New Argument reports. 

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• Headlines

  King Corn, Sexual Abuse Victims Confront Benedict, East LA’s Taco Trucks, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Mon, Apr 14th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: los angeles, construction, beijing, pollution, olympics, corn, street vendors, sexual abuse, pope, clean electricity, sunlight, agribusiness, mirrors, catholic church, yale, tacos | 1

  Los Angeles cracks down on taco vendors, mirrors are the next big thing in sustainable energy, Yale grads release documentary on the pervasiveness of corn in American agribusiness, and more

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• Headlines

  Hospitals’ suburban push, fundamentalist children, blue-collar hybrids, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Apr 10th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: transportation, headlines, downtown, boston, construction, china, oil, police, taxpayers, consumers, chinese, new york times, olympics, hybrids, sect | 0

  Hospitals’ stir fears, sect youths conditioned to deceive outsiders, Olympic torch relay switches route and more in today’s headlines.

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• The Daily Report

  Subconscious Segregation: Boundaries Still Separate Cities.

  Jeffrey Hill | Fri, Apr 4th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, downtown, crime, education, infrastructure, transit, construction, metro, art, baltimore, bus, mcdonalds, utopia, buses, minorities, racial segregation, martin luther king, dr. martin luther king jr. | 0

  The newswire is flooded with memorials today—odes to a man who gave his life to racial harmony. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered on this day 40 years ago. As journalists, writers and broadcasters compare his legacy to the progress of race relations in America, there are still many barriers, both physical and subconscious, that separate cultural communities in cities. 

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• Headlines

  Denver mortgage woes, L.A. mayor’s skid-row fiasco, Jackson’s portrait, MORE

  David Anderson | Wed, Apr 2nd, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: news, david anderson, headlines, downtown, crime, energy, foreclosure, homeless, mortgage, atlanta, construction, police, denver, alphonso jackson, dollar, founder, churches, skid row | 0

  Mortgage defaults force Denver exodus, protestors interrupt Los Angeles mayor at Skid Row announcement, a silent killer stalks world of urban farming, former HUD secretary Alphonso Jackson forgets to pack painted portrait on his way out and a developer’s mixed-use project pays homage to Savannah’s roots. This and more in today’s headlines.

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• Headlines

  What Elections have become, Outsourcing to America, the $1 Bus, Cheap Housing, Safety, and more

  David Anderson | Wed, Mar 26th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: obama, david anderson, clinton, seattle, homeless, construction, bus, alphonso jackson, toilet, dollar, canada, dallas, missouri, new york, whopper, vancouver, airline, crane, tent city | 0

  A “Whopper”, the infamous Alphonso Jackson, Canadians outsourcing to Kansas City?, $1 fares from Toronto to New York, demolition in the Tent City, the burden of housing illegal immigrants, increased safety regulations for city construction, and proper disposal of “public waste.”

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• Headlines

  Dangerous Obesity, Mississippi Skyline, Halted Downtowns, more

  Hayley Richardson | Mon, Feb 25th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hayley richardson, new york city, los angeles, downtown, construction, katrina, skyliine, traffic plateau, green cart, mississippi skyline, obesity, st louis, architectural tension, traffic growth, small business | 0

  Manhattanville’s Architectural Tension

  “Beyond the glass and steel illustrations of Columbia’s planned Manhattanville buildings is a tension between preserving the aesthetic aspects of the neighborhood and convincing local residents to embrace a modern look.Although architecture alone does not create a space, design wields powerful force in helping to sculpt not only the physical characteristics, but also the emotional and psychological mood of a neighborhood. “What the community…

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