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Category: Cities

Municipalism: the next political revolution?

July 19, 2018 Bojan Francuz Activism, Cities, Community/Common good 2 comments

Glancing at the national headlines it is easy to feel hopeless. Turning to the “World” section one becomes defeated. Scrolling through the social media,

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TIF

Death by TIF: Another African-American neighborhood faces extinction

May 24, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Corporations, Government, History, Missouri region Leave a comment

Local history may be about to repeat itself in suburban St. Louis, as another well-established African-American neighborhood faces extinction by buyout, demolition and commercial

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9 billion

Houston flood: How much is 9 trillion gallons of water?

August 28, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Climate Change, Environment Leave a comment

Houston and Southwest Texas are drowning in what the National Weather Service estimates to be 9 trillion gallons of rainwater—so far [as of two

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charlottesville

Fears and hopes after Charlottesville

August 25, 2017 James Wilson Cities, Crime/Violence, Democracy, Trump Leave a comment

Two frightening historical questions faced our species at the beginning of the 21st Century. Would humanity accelerate its compulsive consumption to the point of

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23 million people with no health insurance: Here’s what that looks like

July 25, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik ACA/Obamacare, Cities, Congress Leave a comment

Republicans in the US Senate are going ahead with “debate” [July 25, 2017] on repealing [and possibly replacing] the Affordable Care Act—a decision that

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Janesville, WI

What’s the Matter with Janesville?

May 7, 2017 Arthur Lieber Capitalism, Cities, Community/Common good, Employment, Republican Brain Leave a comment

Each Thursday on the PBS NewsHour, plain-speaking economist Paul Salmon explains difficult issues in his “Making Sen$e” segment. This past week he focused on

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Tribalism in baseball and politics: World Series edition

October 25, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Politics, Sports, Uncategorized One comment

The Chicago Cubs are in the 2016 World Series. Good for them. They’re a great team. So, why am I so bitter and resentful?

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St. Louis is the Number 1 city for liberals? Probably not.

October 3, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, History, Missouri region One comment

A new report by Livability.com calls St. Louis the Number 1 city for liberals. And while as a St. Louis resident and a liberal

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“Where to Invade Next:” Notes and thoughts on Michael Moore’s movie

July 7, 2016 Susan Cunningham Capitalism, Children, Cities, Civil Rights, Community/Common good, Good government, International, Justice, Literature/Arts/Film One comment

Should I recommend Michael Moore’s 2016 movie,” Where to Invade Next”? On the plus side, there are some really good jokes.  The biggest laugh

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How the federal government may not be serving St. Louis well

July 1, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Cities, Federalism, Good government, Government, Infrastructure, Transportation Leave a comment

One of the challenges that progressives frequently face is that they like to be sticklers for facts, at least wherever possible. And since a

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