Primary contests tomorrow in 24 states – with Illinois now in the Super Tuesday pack for the first time – shift the focus to voters in Chicago and other top metropolitan areas. Bruce Katz and his colleague MarySue Barrett argue that presidential candidates should start heeding the concerns of America’s top metro areas: traffic congestion, affordable housing, outdated and crumbling infrastructure, the need to weave new immigrants and their families into communities and more. Leia Mais »
Opportunity 08: Climate Change
John McCain pledged last week in California that he would work to leave the planet in better shape than it currently is. In an Opportunity 08 interview, William Antholis reiterates that it will take American leadership to improve the effectiveness of international institutions that face the challenge of global warming.
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Opportunity 08: Poverty
With John Edwards out of the Democratic race, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are vying for his supporters, many of whom were motivated by his fight against poverty. Isabel Sawhill and Ron Haskins argue that the most effective ways to reduce poverty are to increase work levels, reverse the growth of single-parent families and improve educational outcomes.
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