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Lee Shaker | Oct 13th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
Lee Shaker reports and comments on a new report from the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, a response to the downward spiral of local newspapers across America. The report offers 15 recommendations to secure the future of journalism. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Jul 7th, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation, Governance | Region: Urban Nation, East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
The media starts to notice the deafening silence from the White House Office of Urban Affairs. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Dec 10th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
When gas was above $4 a gallon, most cities reported a rise in mass-transit ridership. Now, with gas at half the prices seen earlier this year, Americans are still taking more trips on mass transit. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Nov 17th, 2008 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
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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.
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Jeffrey Hill | Apr 7th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Austin, Dallas |
Tibetan protesters continue their focus on China’s olympic march, UPenn students win student urban design competition, Florida HUD returns to local control, Hispanics contribute $60 billion to the telecommunications industry ... this and more in today’s headlines. (
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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…)
