Assessments

Assessments

Over a half-century in office — and running for office — this man of paradox broke virtually every rule in the politico's rulebook. Californians loved him for it.

Assessments

They've been trying for a long time to attract city dwellers by installing amenities that urbanites crave. COVID-19 fears are providing them with a new opportunity to get it right.

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A scholar who's been studying the place for half a century thinks so, and it does seem to be ahead of other cities in some respects. But there also are some ways it's behind the curve.

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White blue-collar families and their racial fears defined the urban landscape of 50 years ago, as Black Americans struggled through destabilizing change. The cities of today are very different places.

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We used to look to Washington for leadership in times of national crisis. Those days are gone, and we're seeing a transfer of power. Which level of government will come out on top?

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The factors that led to the revival of our city centers will still be there in the aftermath of the coronavirus shutdown: low crime, a craving for entertainment and the desire for physical proximity.

Assessments

It may seem hard to believe that the time of a deadly pandemic might one day be remembered wistfully by those who lived through it. But something like that has happened before in American life.

Urban

Cities are increasingly viewing parking in a negative light and rethinking its place in metropolitan America.

Finance

The stadiums that cities invest in often end up losing money. There’s another, more profitable option: music festivals.

Commentary

By clustering in cities, even small ones, they have weakened their political impact.

Finance

Most public policy decisions are best described as transfers of wealth where somebody wins and somebody loses.