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Bankrupting Democracy in Detroit (Urban Issues, Cities, Urban Planning and Development, Urban Renewal)

The citizens of one of our largest cities are being shut out of the decisions that will affect their future.

John Nichols
Bloomberg
Bloomberg by the Numbers (The Gilded City, Cities, Urban Planning and Development)

The state of the city isn't quite as wonderful as the mayor claims.

Alleen Brown
Occupy Wall Street: New Ways of Thinking About Space
New Ways of Thinking About Space (Occupy Wall Street, Urban Issues, Activism, Urban Planning and Development)

As last year’s occupations showed, cities need more places the public can call its own.

Richard Sennett
Costumed as the World Trade Center at the Buskers Fare in New York City, June 19
Proving Grounds: On the World Trade Center (Architecture, Urban Planning and Development, Books and the Arts)

How the World Trade Center turned Manhattan into a planned community.

Alyssa Katz
Atlantic Yards construction site
Why Do Mayors Love Sports Stadiums? (Sports, Cities, Urban Planning and Development)

Numerous cities are littered with “downtown catalysts” that failed to catalyze.

Neil DeMause
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Living for the City (Architecture, Urban Issues, Urban Planning and Development, Non-fiction)

There's more to the legend of Jane Jacobs than her showdown with Robert Moses.
 

Samuel Zipp
The Art of Public Space (Urban Issues, Urban Planning and Development, Politics)

Filling the empty streets and turning pedestrian piazzas into true commons.

Benjamin R. Barber
Bourgeois Dystopias (Urban Issues, Urban Planning and Development, Non-fiction, Politics)

The suburbs don't feel suburban anymore.

Eric Klinenberg
Renewing Urban Renewal (Urban Planning and Development, Non-fiction, Politics)

One of the things we do not do well in this country is learn from our mistakes. This is particularly true in the strengthening and rejuvenating of cities.

Roberta Brandes Gratz

Blogs

On Privatization's Cutting Edge
Rick Perlstein

Chicago’s parking meter deal doesn’t just sell off city assets—it uconstitutionally sells off the city’s very power to police itself.

September 5, 2013
What Can We Do About Gentrification?
Christopher Hayes

Are we self-segregating as we get more diverse?

June 18, 2012
Romney’s Bad Math
Ben Adler

Mitt got caught offering some details on how he would cut spending. But they still don’t add up to a balanced budget.

April 16, 2012
Cory Booker and Chris Christie: Teachers Should Live in Downtown Newark
Dana Goldstein

Politicians and developers try to lure 200 teachers to live in a struggling Newark neighborhood. Will it improve the quality of education?

February 10, 2012
What a Difference an Occupation Makes
Laura Flanders

The Occupy movement has always been more about doing than demanding and last week, OWS stepped it up another notch.

December 9, 2011
Occupy the Ballot: Colorado Voters Reject Corporate Power
John Nichols

 Boulder voters reject corporate personhood, and move to replace private power with a public utility.

November 4, 2011
America Plagued by Periodic Paranoia
Nation in the News

Our country has a pattern of losing its mind over issues that later turn out to be insignificant.

August 17, 2010
High School Students Shed Light on New York City's Failure to Enforce Environmental Law
StudentNation

 A group of high schoolers investigate buses and cars idling longer than legally permitted.

August 11, 2010
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