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Jori Lewis | Sep 28th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: |
Jori Lewis on the Sundance Channel’s series about Cory Booker and Newark. (
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Next American City | Jul 20th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
In a feature article from NAC’s summer issue, Urban Leaders Fellow (and Urban Nation blogger) Ben Adler takes an in-depth look at the many factors that make crime in Washington, D.C., particularly hard to reduce. (
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Brendan Crain | Apr 8th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
The average American sees several thousands of advertisements each day—the most commonly accepted estimate is 3,000. It is no secret in our society that a large chunk of advertising and marketing efforts are directed at children ... Whether or not you think that advertising’s influence on young minds is positive or negative, no one can deny the fact that this massive onslaught of commercialism has some sort of effect, developmentally, on children. And, since these children will, in a generation or so, be reshaping our cities, how might these developmental changes effect the urban environment? Perhaps some clues are already rising to the surface. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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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David Anderson | Apr 2nd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta, Kansas City, Miami, Tampa |
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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Hayley Richardson | Mar 3rd, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Hayley Richardson | Feb 27th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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David Anderson | Feb 20th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston |
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John Reinhardt | Nov 16th, 2007 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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John Reinhardt | Oct 24th, 2007 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston |
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The average American sees several thousands of advertisements each day—the most commonly accepted estimate is 3,000. It is no secret in our society that a large chunk of advertising and marketing efforts are directed at children ... Whether or not you think that advertising’s influence on young minds is positive or negative, no one can deny the fact that this massive onslaught of commercialism has some sort of effect, developmentally, on children. And, since these children will, in a generation or so, be reshaping our cities, how might these developmental changes effect the urban environment? Perhaps some clues are already rising to the surface. (keep reading…)
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. (keep reading…)
