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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 26th, 2012 | Topic: Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Industry doesn’t progress as a single unit. Oftentimes, a particular field will thrive or stagnate depending on which city you’re talking about. Now an interactive map from the Urban Institute shows how different sectors are faring in different American cities—and yields some interesting factoids. (
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Eric Mayes|The Philadelphia Tribune | Jan 13th, 2012 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: East Coast | Cities: Philadelphia |
Under the law, which was signed into law by Mayor Michael Nutter in April, employers with 10 or more employees are forbidden, on employment applications, to ask whether a candidate for a job has a criminal history — nor can the question be asked in a first interview. The law goes into effect today. (
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Neil deMause | Jan 5th, 2012 | Topic: Economy | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
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Gayle Christiansen | May 24th, 2011 | Topic: Economy | Region: East Coast | Cities: |
Camden makes news for its entrenched poverty, failing schools, high crime rate, and a redevelopment strategy focused on educational and medical facilities. Unfortunately, its small businesses go largely unnoticed; they are one of the city’s overlooked assets. (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Sep 2nd, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast, Midwest | Cities: New York, St. Louis |
If transit investment produces jobs, why isn’t there more of it? A new study from the Transportation Equity Network suggests the government has an obligation to shift funding away from highways and towards transit. (
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Michelle Kuly | Aug 7th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Jeffrey Hill | Jul 26th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
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… (
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Jeffrey Hill | Jul 9th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
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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Diana Lind | Next American City | Jun 9th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
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. (
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Dave Steele | May 19th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: Central | Cities: Milwaukee |
After forty years in the statistical doldrums, what does Milwaukee make of a sudden, slight increase in population? Local expert and urban enthusiast Dave Steele reports. (
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Industry doesn’t progress as a single unit. Oftentimes, a particular field will thrive or stagnate depending on which city you’re talking about. Now an interactive map from the Urban Institute shows how different sectors are faring in different American cities—and yields some interesting factoids. (keep reading…)
Under the law, which was signed into law by Mayor Michael Nutter in April, employers with 10 or more employees are forbidden, on employment applications, to ask whether a candidate for a job has a criminal history — nor can the question be asked in a first interview. The law goes into effect today. (keep reading…)
New York City’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood has seen the highest jump in unemployment since the Recession began three years ago. Where are the jobs? Neil deMause of The Brooklyn Bureau investigates. (keep reading…)
Camden makes news for its entrenched poverty, failing schools, high crime rate, and a redevelopment strategy focused on educational and medical facilities. Unfortunately, its small businesses go largely unnoticed; they are one of the city’s overlooked assets. (keep reading…)
If transit investment produces jobs, why isn’t there more of it? A new study from the Transportation Equity Network suggests the government has an obligation to shift funding away from highways and towards transit. (keep reading…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
After forty years in the statistical doldrums, what does Milwaukee make of a sudden, slight increase in population? Local expert and urban enthusiast Dave Steele reports. (keep reading…)
