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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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Yolanne Almanzar|The New York World | Jan 9th, 2012 | Topic: Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: New York |
A taxpayer-funded affordable housing development in a racially divided section of Brooklyn has been halted by a lawsuit alleging the project will benefit the area’s Hasidic Jewish community to the detriment of other residents in the area. (
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Theodore Brown | Dec 27th, 2011 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Remember the debt ceiling crisis? Back in July, Theodore Brown wrote about what the national debt crisis has to do with cities. (
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Gordon Feller, Cisco IBSG Public Sector Practice | Nov 28th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: |
The Internet has become the very fabric of human evolution and communication. Shouldn’t all citizens of the world have a right to partake of it? (
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Ruth Miller | Oct 28th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Economy | Region: West Coast | Cities: |
It’s a funny thing seeing your city engulfed in protestors and tear gas, again. But it’s also encouraging to see a peaceful response emerge over the following days. There’s hope for Oakland, and democracy, yet. (
keep reading…)
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This Big City | Oct 27th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
During the 2010 UN-HABITAT and UNESCO International Seminar on international migrants and cities, it was revealed that one out of seven people in the world are migrants. This led to much discussion from global representatives, with differing attitudes regarding the challenges created by immigration. (
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Michael Hooper | Oct 25th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: |
Over the past two years, a growing number of voices have criticized the role of public participation in urban planning. Is it true, in the words of one critic, that “most folks lack the knowledge to make intelligent decisions about the future of our cities”? (
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This Big City | Oct 13th, 2011 | Topic: Governance, Built Environment | Region: | Cities: |
London has a long history of gang culture, once being considered the gang capital of the world. Yet despite handing that title over to American cities in the mid-twentieth century, gangs have remained a consistent problem – a problem which in recent years appears to be on the increase.
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Mike Lydon | Oct 4th, 2011 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance, Culture, Economy, Built Environment | Region: East Coast | Cities: New York |
Small-scale incremental interventions are increasingly viewed as an economical way to instigate positive change in the built environment. This approach, called tactical urbanism, is the subject of the first Tactical Urbanism Salon, to be held on October 15, 2011, in New York City. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Sep 27th, 2011 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Next American City is live blogging at http://americancity.org/livingcities20 for the entire day. Also follow tweets on Twitter tagged with #LC20. (
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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…)
A taxpayer-funded affordable housing development in a racially divided section of Brooklyn has been halted by a lawsuit alleging the project will benefit the area’s Hasidic Jewish community to the detriment of other residents in the area. (keep reading…)
Remember the debt ceiling crisis? Back in July, Theodore Brown wrote about what the national debt crisis has to do with cities. (keep reading…)
The Internet has become the very fabric of human evolution and communication. Shouldn’t all citizens of the world have a right to partake of it? (keep reading…)
It’s a funny thing seeing your city engulfed in protestors and tear gas, again. But it’s also encouraging to see a peaceful response emerge over the following days. There’s hope for Oakland, and democracy, yet. (keep reading…)
During the 2010 UN-HABITAT and UNESCO International Seminar on international migrants and cities, it was revealed that one out of seven people in the world are migrants. This led to much discussion from global representatives, with differing attitudes regarding the challenges created by immigration. (keep reading…)
Over the past two years, a growing number of voices have criticized the role of public participation in urban planning. Is it true, in the words of one critic, that “most folks lack the knowledge to make intelligent decisions about the future of our cities”? (keep reading…)
London has a long history of gang culture, once being considered the gang capital of the world. Yet despite handing that title over to American cities in the mid-twentieth century, gangs have remained a consistent problem – a problem which in recent years appears to be on the increase. (keep reading…)
Small-scale incremental interventions are increasingly viewed as an economical way to instigate positive change in the built environment. This approach, called tactical urbanism, is the subject of the first Tactical Urbanism Salon, to be held on October 15, 2011, in New York City. (keep reading…)
Next American City is live blogging at http://americancity.org/livingcities20 for the entire day. Also follow tweets on Twitter tagged with #LC20. (keep reading…)
