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From a 20th century of cheap energy, endless automobility, burgeoning suburbs, threatened cities. To a challenge-packed 21st century: resurgence in our cities, but fast-rising energy costs, perilous carbon emissions, deepening have-have not divisions...

May 16
Welcome to Citiwire.net – May 16 : Welcome to Citiwire.net! Housing is one of those knotty issues that never seem to get ‘solved.’ But this week Neal Peirce reports on a bipartisan group’s recommendations that, while t...
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May 16
States’ Power Grab Quashes Local Governments’ Authority : For Release Thursday, May 9, 2013 Citiwire.net In 1996, Democratic President Bill Clinton famously declared, “The era of big government is over.” He deregulated the telecommunications and financial in...
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May 16
A Bipartisan Prescription for America’s Housing Woes : For Release Sunday, May 19, 2013 © 2013 Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON – Is there a shadow of a chance that bipartisan, middle-ground common sense could be applied to solve pressing issues o...
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May 9
Welcome to Citiwire.net – May 9 : Welcome to Citiwire.net! Sometimes things aren’t what they may appear. This week’s columns illustrate that truism, in different ways....
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May 9
Medellín Shows the Power of Innovation and Inclusion : For Release Thursday, May 9, 2013 Citiwire.net Plenty of people who knew of Medellín only through its reputation for drug wars were likely surprised when the Colombian city won City of the Year ea...
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May 9
State ‘Business Climates’ – More Myth than Reality? : For Release Sunday, May 11, 2013 © 2013 Washington Post Writers Group Is there such a thing as a “right business climate” to draw offices, industries, jobs – and in their wake, prosperity – to a state...
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May 4
Welcome to Citiwire.net – May 4 : Welcome to Citiwire.net! With the U.S....
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May 4
American Futures: Greener, Safer, More Compact? : For Release Sunday, May 5, 2013 © 2013 Washington Post Writers Group What will our cities look like by mid-century as America’s population expands a projected 36 percent, to some 440 million? Will the...
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Apr 26
Welcome to Citiwire.net – April 26 : Welcome to Citiwire.net! As more states begin to relax their laws on marijuana use – a move Neal Peirce applauds – he asks some important questions: How should the U.S....
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Apr 26
Resilience: Many Cities, Many Meanings : For Release Friday, April 26, 2013 Citiwire.net CAMBRIDGE, Mass....
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Apr 26
A Smarter Federal Path on State-Voted Marijuana Laws : For Release Sunday, April 28, 2013 © 2013 Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON – The time is at hand for the Obama administration to stop dithering and take a clear position on the rights of Washi...
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