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• The Daily Report

  Economic Success Of Megaregions Depends On Infrastructure

  Jeffrey Hill | Wed, Jul 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Atlanta | Tags: jeffrey hill, transportation, news, obama, california, economy, growth, infrastructure, president, jobs, internet, democrats, metro, atlanta, 2008, china, florida, mccain, development, cuts, editorial, 1960s, investment, france, commerce, gas, birmingham, maria saporta | 4

  Maria Saporta’s editorial on economic global competitiveness and megaregions hones in on the most important issue for the future of southeastern U.S. cities - mobility. However, the rest of the world isn’t waiting for experts from the Piedmont-Atlantic megaregion to unite and find direction.

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• The Daily Report

  Wither American City: Change and Hope for Urban Areas?

  Diana Lind | Tue, Apr 22nd, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: suburbs, republican, infrastructure, transit, pennsylvania, democrats, diana lind, ohio, texas | 1

  It’s election day in Philadelphia. And Diana Lind is not voting. Read on to find out why. 

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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, growth, republican, seattle, transit, evan miller, legislation, democrats, the new argument, 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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• The Daily Report

  ‘Green Collar Jobs” and the Democratic Candidates Bickering Over Them

  Mike Muller | Tue, Apr 8th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: mike muller, hillary clinton, obama, barack obama, election 2008, president, democrats, hillary, presidential campaign, presidential candidates, presidential urban agenda, democratic hopefuls, pittsburgh, green collar jobs, democratic candidates, green jobs, green collar, good jobs, green jobs conference | 0

  With the next Democratic primary being held in Pennsylvania on Earth day, we turn our attention today to “green collar jobs.” While there is certainly no one-size-fits-all panacea for the nation’s struggling industrial cities, proponents of the movement see wide ranging benefits from creating a new economy around environmental awareness.

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• Headlines

  Philly Presidential Debate, Chinese Super-Cities, Carl Rowe Interview, Alphono Jackon Blues, MORE

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Mar 25th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, news, building, obama, clinton, energy, green, interview, sustainability, democrats, atlanta, architects, china, art, economics, michael nutter, carl rowe, alphonso jackson, chinese, music, austin | 0

  Philadelphia Daily News reports: “Mayor (Michael) Nutter said yesterday that he wants to get presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to Philadelphia for a public discussion of urban issues before the April 22 Democratic primary ... Nutter said that issues affecting American cities haven’t gotten enough attention in the campaign. ‘Health care is very important,’ Nutter said. ‘The war is very, very important. But if you live at 56th and Master, you’re not as focused on what al Qaeda is doing.” MORE

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• Headlines

  National parks 5-0, the Sesquipedalian spark of the Right, jailbirds, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Feb 28th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: meredith aska mcbride, democrats, police, austin, agribusiness, incarceration rate, park service, farm bill, the scourge of liberalism, sxsw, one percent, william f. buckley, jr. | 0

  Dems work to keep subsidies for agribusiness

  The negotiators agreed Tuesday to find $10 billion in extra money in a last-ditch effort to save the farm bill, once seen as an opportunity to reform commodity programs and divert scarce funds to conservation, nutrition, organic research and California fruit and vegetable growers who are locked out of the Depression-era programs. The money is needed to appease these interests while still maintaining the commodity subsidies. Yet in proposals…

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