For Release Sunday, August 10, 2008
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By Neal Peirce
Tens of millions of Americans tethered to our coasts may be caught short as the Democratic National Convention opens in Denver a week from now.
They’ve likely heard of the Denver Broncos, but what else is out there in those empty spaces except [...]
For Release August 10, 2008
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By Curtis Johnson
An historic $14 trillion of public and personal debt, a fourth of America’s bridges deficient, more than a fourth of adults obese, and nearly half of the nation’s youth not prepared for a 21st century economy - what do these baleful effects have in common?
Each of these effects [...]
Welcome to this week’s edition of Citiwire.net! It delivers each week my column for the Washington Post Writers Group and a parallel commentary by one of my Citistates Group colleagues. This week Curtis Johnson, my valued long-term collaborator and co-founder of the Citistates Group, surveys the kaleidoscope of dramatic changes now impacting American life, with [...]
For Release Sunday, August 3, 2008
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By Neal Peirce
America’s major metro regions may be on the verge of transit independence.
They tap federal aid whenever they can. But increasingly they’re being obliged to find money for system expansion right at home. They’re learning to get cities and suburbs on [...]
For Release Sunday, August 3, 2008
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By Anthony Flint
If there were ever compelling evidence that cities, regions and the natural world are co-dependent, take a look at the climate change news of the last year.
On the one hand, accelerated ice melting in the Arctic, plus growing concerns about the Antarctic’s long-term stability, raise fears of [...]
For Release Sunday, July 27, 2008
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By Keith Schneider
That insistent rumble and scraping you hear. It’s the sound of the American story of the 20th century colliding with the new American narrative of the 21st.
More so than anyplace else, the shift is loudest and most visible in the nation’s cities, signalled by the steel on steel [...]
For Release Sunday, July 27, 2008
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By Neal Peirce
What do America’s state and local governments do with the boatloads of information they’re continually collecting, from zoning permits to illegal billboards, police arrests to public health indicators?
As far as most citizens know, the data disappear into a black hole. Government information specialist [...]
Welcome to Citiwire.net! It’s about America’s cities today — opportunities, challenges, including my weekly column for the Washington Post Writers Group and a parallel commentary by one of my valued Citistates Group colleagues. Keith Schneider has for years kept his finger on a new American future as a New York Times special correspondent, founder of [...]
Welcome to Citiwire.net! It’s about America’s cities today — opportunities, challenges, including my weekly column for the Washington Post Writers Group and a parallel commentary by one of my valued Citistates Group colleagues. Keith Schneider has for years kept his finger on a new American future as New York Times special correspondent, founder of the [...]
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For Release Sunday, May 25, 2008
By Neal Peirce
Only lightly noted on this side of the border, our neighbor Mexico is engulfed in bloody, violent combat with and between death-dealing drug cartels.
In a stunning reversal for President Felipe Calderon’s crusade to subdue the drug trade and its perpetrators, Edgar Gomez, the [...]