What’s Race Got to Do With It? The Relationship Between Race and Health...
Health researchers have long believed that individual health outcomes are negatively affected by neighborhood segregation. In a joint report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and...
View ArticleNot for Rent: Factors Behind Racial Discrimination in the US Rental Market
Despite the legal strides made toward racial conciliation in the decades since the Civil Rights Movement, race-based discrimination remains a common concern among renters in modern cities. Reports show...
View ArticleStop, Children, What’s That Sound? The Unintended Consequences of Police...
In 2013, a federal judge overturned the New York City Police Department’s policy of “stop, question, and frisk.” Opponents of the policy voiced concern that the constitutional rights of minorities, who...
View ArticleDistrict of Change: Gentrification and Demographic Trends in Washington, DC
No discussion on urban revitalization is complete without addressing the issue of gentrification. This byproduct of redevelopment has proven to be a persistent source of tension between new and old...
View ArticleThe Top Four Policy Issues Surrounding Ferguson
Once a quiet and relatively unknown suburb north of St. Louis County, Ferguson has become a symbol for a variety of issues concerning American citizens across the nation. The death of Michael Brown...
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Will Chicago suffer the same fate as Detroit?
Jane Ridley, Standard & Poor’s Jane Ridley is a Senior Director at Standard & Poor’s Rating Services in U.S. Public Finance, and serves as the analytic manager and team leader for the State...
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Howard Wolfson on post-9/11 Privacy and Security in Urban America
Howard Wolfson, Democratic political strategist Howard Wolfson is a Democratic political strategist who holds a B.A. from the University of Chicago and an M.A. from Duke University. He has served as...
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The New Face of Human Capital: An Interview with Emile Cambry Jr. of BLUE1647
Emile Cambry Jr., BLUE1647 A native of Chicago, Emile Cambry Jr. holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago and an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of...
View ArticleNudging Disadvantaged Students Towards Improved College Application Decisions
Total student debt in the US is $1.1 trillion and climbing. When considered as a financial decision, students’ college choice is one of the most consequential one-time decisions of their lives, and...
View ArticleDowntown Democracy: Municipal Government’s Responsiveness to Mass Policy...
Liberal. Liberal. Left-winged. Liberal. Progressive. Liberal. All of these terms were tossed around in the media’s chatter as Mayor Bill de Blasio continued his push in early August for the Democratic...
View ArticleParticipatory Budgeting: Increasing the Power of the Taxpayer over Public...
Today in the United States, many local governments face a tension between balancing a shrinking budget and addressing a growing demand to increase public expenditures. Government officials are...
View ArticleDriving Innovation: Firm Diversity and the Startup Ecosystem
Much has been written about the startup economy and the budding American entrepreneurial spirit in response to the Great Recession. The fact that the United States has been experiencing the largest...
View ArticleLive Fast, Die Young, Defend Your Status: The Code of Retaliation
At the 2012 Global Empowerment Meeting, Professor Jens Ludwig, Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, told a story of a typical violent crime in Chicago. In the South Shore neighborhood, on...
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A city with soul: Director of Finance Brian Collins addresses the future of...
Brian Collins, Director of Finance, City of Memphis Brian Collins serves as the Director of Finance for the City of Memphis, a position he has held since 2012. After years as a Chicago trial attorney,...
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Chicago’s Changing Financial Landscape: An Interview with the City’s CFO,...
Lois Scott, CFO, City of Chicago Lois Scott is currently serving as CFO for the City of Chicago and co-founded Scott Balice Strategies LLC, one of the largest financial advisory firms in the country....
View ArticleHousing ‘On The House’: The Common Good Problem in French Social Housing
Challenged with urban poverty and shortage of affordable housing, governments around the world have resorted to various interventions to stabilize housing prices. Some have done so through directly...
View ArticleWhy Inclusive Zones are Not Inclusive Everywhere
Are inclusionary policies sufficient to create inclusive communities? New research by Constantine Kontokosta at New York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress shows that as far as...
View ArticleDIY Urban Design: community improvement or an act of crime?
Imagine that on your daily walk home, as you step over that large crack in the sidewalk, you get an idea. Instead of just avoiding this hazard, you consider posting a simple warning sign on the...
View ArticleAre Gayborhoods Driving Economic Growth in US Cities?
Historically, LGBT communities have developed in concentrated areas within cities, in part to promote a shared culture but also to avoid homophobia. However, in recent years, previously neglected...
View ArticleGood Neighbors: Addressing Race in Public Housing Integration
Can new public housing initiatives deal with income inequality while ignoring the issue of race? Amy T. Khare, Mark L. Joseph, and Robert J. Chaskin explore this question in their study, “The Enduring...
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