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The Comeback Of The Great Lakes States
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes For generations the broad swath of America along the Great Lakes has been regarded as something of a backwater. Educated workers and sophisticated industries have tended to […]
Economic Progress is More Effective Than Protests
/in Demographics, Politics, The EconomyAppearing in: The Daily Beast The election of Barack Obama promised to inaugurate the dawn of a post-racial America. Instead we seem to be stepping ever deeper into a racial […]
Tech Oligarchs Tightening Their Grip on Democrats
/in PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register The current state of the Republican Party may seem like a demolition derby, but there’s an equally fascinating, if less well-understood, conflict within the Democratic […]
An Improbable And Fragile Comeback: New Orleans 10 Years After Katrina
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes In the fall of 2005, many saw in postdiluvial New Orleans another example of failed urbanization, a formerly great city that was broken beyond repair.Yet 10 years after a […]
What Jane Jacobs Got Wrong About Cities
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: The Daily Beast Few people have had more influence on thinking about cities than the late Jane Jacobs. The onetime New Yorker turned Torontonian, Jacobs, who died in […]
The Cities Leading A U.S. Manufacturing Revival
/in The EconomyAppearing in: Forbes Manufacturing may no longer drive the U.S. economy, but industrial growth remains a powerful force in many regions of the country. Industrial employment has surged over the […]
Latino Politicians Putting Climate Change Ahead of Constituents
/in California, PoliticsAppearing in: Orange County Register Racial and economic inequality may be key issues facing America today, but the steps often pushed by progressives, including minority politicians, seem more likely to […]
The Cities Creating The Most White-Collar Jobs
/in The Economy, Urban AffairsAppearing in: Forbes In our modern economy, the biggest wellspring of new jobs isn’t the information sector, as hype might lead some to think, but the somewhat nebulous category of […]
Latinos in California
/in California, Demographics, In the NewsBy: KABC Radio Los Angeles On: McIntyre In The Morning Joel recently appeared on KABC’s McIntyre in the Morning to talk about the Latino population in California and its prospects […]
Countering Progressives’ Assault on Suburbia
/in Urban AffairsAppearing in: Real Clear Politics The next culture war will not be about issues like gay marriage or abortion, but about something more fundamental: how Americans choose to live. In […]