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Affordable Housing in Affluent Communities

May 23, 2014


Rob Anthony of Community Partners for Affordable Housing and CUPPA Respondent, Janet Smith, discuss affordable housing in the Chicagoland suburbs.

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Categories: Real Time Chicago, Videos

Great Cities, Great Schools: A Conversation With Dr. Pedro Noguera

May 21, 2014


Dr. Pedro Noguera, a professor of Education at New York University and Linda Lutton, the education reporter of WBEZ, have a discussion on the reforms of urban schools over the past 30 years.

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Categories: Poverty to Prosperity, Videos

The Poverty Puzzle: Ending Poverty in America

May 12, 2014


CAN TV taping of The Poverty Puzzle: Ending Poverty in America featuring Bob Herbert, Former New York Times Columnist, Pundit, and Author.

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Categories: Poverty to Prosperity, Videos

Photos: The Poverty Puzzle: Ending Poverty in America

April 24, 2014

Photos from the April 24 event featuring Bob Herbert.

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Categories: Photos, Poverty to Prosperity

Casinos as Tools for Economic Development in Suburban Chicago

March 31, 2014


Ryan Gallagher and Michael Wenz, Assistant Professors in the Department of Economics at Northeastern Illinois University, consider impacts of casino growth and creation for communities and government.

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Categories: Real Time Chicago, Videos

New World DisOrder: The Decline of U.S. Power

March 31, 2014


Dave Ranney, Professor Emeritus in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at University of Illinois at Chicago, presents his arguments from his most recent book, New World Disorder: the Decline of US Power.

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Categories: Poverty to Prosperity, Videos

Oil Shale Fracking: Implications for Community Planning & Safety

March 5, 2014


Teresa Córdova and Susan Christopherson discuss the Bakken Formation, gas and oil extraction, and planning issues around fracking.

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

Great Cities, Great Schools: A Conversation with Pedro Noguera

March 3, 2014

Photos from the March 3, 2014 event featuring Pedro Noguera.

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Categories: Photos

How Does Financialization Affect Manufacturing Investment?

February 17, 2014

Susan Christopherson, Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University, considers if advanced manufacturing can flourish in post-industrial economies such as those in the United States and Britain.

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Categories: Special Events, Videos

Pursuing Fairness, Prosperity and Localism in a Superdiverse, Supercomplex, and Disassembled City

February 14, 2014


Cities Across the Globe: People and Places Across Borders Symposium: Session III.

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Categories: Cities Across the Globe, Videos

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