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One Region, Two Plans? How Chicagoland Can Take Economic Flight

March 12th, 2012 - Policy in Practice

Two new reports highlight the challenges and opportunities for economic development in the Chicagoland area. More »

Policy Radio | Meghann Moses on Workforce Development

March 8th, 2012 - Claire O'Hanlon

Meghann Moses discusses the issues workforce development is trying to address and why creating jobs is not enough to reduce chronic unemployment. More »

Postdisaster Housing Policy: Lessons from Katrina

March 1st, 2012 - Charlie Barlow

How can we best support low-income survivors after natural disasters? More »

Has the Green Metropolis Sprouted?

February 27th, 2012 - Samantha Superstine

The <em>New Yorker</em> scribe details the environmental perks of cities---and why we have a long way to go to escape our manifest destiny of sprawl. More »

Most Unequal, More Separate: How Income Segregation Skyrocketed In U.S. Cities

February 27th, 2012 - Mike Sitkowski

A pair of researchers explain why our cities have been pulled apart and how we can mend them back together. More »

Ushering In the Creative Age

February 27th, 2012 - Mark Bergen

Alan Freeman writes that the age of creation lies before us---if we can rediscover the lost art of investing in humans. More »

Spacing Out: Geographic Boundary Setting by Drug Treatment Courts

February 21st, 2012 - Mike Reddy

Should drug treatment courts subscribe to that age-old adage "out of sight, out of mind"? More »

The Inner City Boom Goes Bust

February 8th, 2012 - Sam Quinney

Downtowns aren't dead. They just don't have any capital. More »

Missing the Middle

February 3rd, 2012 - Mike Sitkowski

The nation's neighborhoods increasingly segregate by income. More »

It Pays to Price Congestion

January 31st, 2012 - Samantha Superstine

It saves commuters time and money, so why is it so unpopular? More »

The Windy City Path: Funding the Future of Transit In Chicago

January 31st, 2012 - Marisa O'Donnell

A transportation analyst sums up how far the city has come on restructuring its transit infrastructure---and how far it has yet to go. More »

Pulling the Purse Strings: Choice and Competition in Public Schools

January 27th, 2012 - Jacob L. Rosch

Urban school districts spend to compete. More »