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Next American Vanguard 2010

Tag: Economy

  • Commercial Decline on Mount Pleasant Street

    The Washington Post reports that my neighborhood, Mount Pleasant is suffering from a plague of shuttered storefronts on its commercial strip, Mount Pleasant Street. Although it was roughly equal parts white, black and Latino in the last census, it appears the population is changing.   (keep reading…)
  • Brookings: U.S. Is Literally Falling Apart

    Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill was on hand at The Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project panel discussion last Friday, validating his predictions over the last few months over infrastructure. As Linda Richman would say - America’s infrastructure is neither “in” nor “structured,” discuss…   (keep reading…)
  • Economic Success Of Megaregions Depends On Infrastructure

    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.   (keep reading…)
  • Philly’s Number One! But Not in a Good Way…

    As Karen Heller writes today on Philly.com — Philadelphia leads the country in percentage of citizens incarcerated. Read on to find out why prisons are a booming industry, how many grams of cocaine you could fit in a sugar packet, and why keeping a prisoner in jail is about the cost of a year’s tuition at a fancy college.   (keep reading…)
  • Federalism and Pollution: Enemies of Los Angeles

    With the recent White House-sanctioned raise in CAFE standards, the battle of federal fuel economy regulations versus state emissions and pollutants standards will clash once again. A fight that killed General Motor’s electric car in the 90s, Los Angeles and cities like it will not let their states loosen environmental standards at the hand of federalism. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.   (keep reading…)
  • Nominee For Housing and Urban Development Faces Opposition

    Faced with the recent resignation of former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson, and a stalling economy, President Bush has been under considerable pressure to put forth a nomination for Jackson’s replacement. Unfortunately, many suspect that the president’s nominee, Steve Preston, is not the man for the job. Evan Miller of The New Argument reports.   (keep reading…)
  • Senate Moves to Solve Housing Crisis

    A deal reached Tuesday by negotiations between congressional leaders allows a housing stimulus package to move forward to committee and asks for a finished product to be produced in 24 hours. A bipartisan legislative priority, this stimulus package is intended to bring much needed relief to crumbling neighborhoods across the country. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.   (keep reading…)
  • NAC exclusive interview: Marc Alt, founding co-chair of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design

    Before he gave a lecture on green design at the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) center in Philadelphia, Marc Alt, the center’s co-founder, sat down for an interview with Jeffrey Hill of Next American City. In their conversation, Alt spoke about the new, trendy environmental focus of many American businesses. Read on to find out why Alt gave an unlikely corporation—Wal-Mart—a green thumbs up.   (keep reading…)
  • Release of Clinton documents, Detroit mayorial scandal, Supreme Court discussion on guns, and more

    Notable excerpts of the day on the election, Supreme Court, stocks, energy, corruption, lobbyists, police, Utah’s STDs, and more from all over the country.   (keep reading…)
  • What you missed, Airwaves S.O.S., Great Googley-Moogley!, Moth Problems, More

    Headlines are back after a brief vacation. Here’s a quick recap of what you missed: 1.) There is still a presidential election in November and you still have thousands of mind-numbing political ads to be subjected to. 2.) The news media has nothing better to cover than the alleged sexual three-way of the former N.J. governor. 3.) J.P. Morgan bought Bear Stearns for two dollars a share showing that companies can now merge together with the help of a script writer and coreographer. 4.) A tornado ripped through Atlanta. 5.) The nation was shocked when New York governor Elliot Spitzer was discovered to be using the services of a (gasp) prostitute - crossing the fine line of politics and ethics which sent the media and an entire civilization into a frenzy. 6.) St. Patrick’s Day gave millions of Americans a reason to drink other than the state of the economy and primetime television. 7.) There is still violence in Tibet. The Chinese are still killing Tibetans. The Tibetans are rioting. The Dalai Lama may resign as Tibet’s head of state. America and CNN thinks N.J. governor three-way story is more important.   (keep reading…)
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