Trump Announces $500 Billion-Plus Infrastructure Plan
"Donald Trump on Tuesday proposed a plan to rebuild U.S. infrastructure that costs 'at least double' the amount that Hillary Clinton has floated, in what would amount to a massive new government...
View ArticleOne Major Similarity in the Trump and Clinton Infrastructure Plans
It was only last week that Donald Trump told Fox Business that he'd pay for his $500 billion infrastructure plan through borrowing.Publication Date: Tue, 08/09/2016
View ArticleDoes Place Matter Anymore? Cities and the 2016 Election
A detailed look at Democratic and Republican party platforms and candidate websites shows that it’s quite true that cities are being ignore.Publication Date: Wed, 08/03/2016
View ArticleAffordable Housing and the 2016 Election
Daniel J. McGraw laments the lack of attention given to affordable housing during this year's boisterous presidential campaigning.Publication Date: Tue, 08/16/2016
View ArticleTrump Announces 'America First' Energy Plan
"Donald Trump promised sweeping deregulation of U.S. gas, oil and coal production as part of an “America-first energy” plan," reports John W. Miller.Publication Date: Thu, 09/22/2016
View ArticleWhat the First Debate Taught About the Candidate's Positions on Cities
Daniel McGraw provides a critique of the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, focusing on the "several exchanges that might resonate with Americans who spend their days thinking about...
View ArticleBridgegate Implications for New Jersey and Beyond
Bridgegate, aka the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal, began on September 9, 2013, with the closure of access lanes offPublication Date: Sun, 10/02/2016
View ArticleThe Landlord vs. the Fair Housing Lawyer: Race and Planning in the 2016 Election
The media coverage and dialogue surrounding the 2016 election has shown widely disparate concern for the issues of race and housing policy. Tens of thousands of words have been written to document and...
View ArticleFact Check: What's Really Going on in 'Inner Cities'?
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump described inner cities as "a disaster education-wise, jobwise, safety-wise, in every way possible" during the second presidential debate, inspiring...
View ArticleTuesday's Election May Hinge on the Changing Demographics of Suburbs
"Suburban areas that used to be reliably Republican are now steering Democratic," notes the caption below the newscast video.Publication Date: Thu, 11/03/2016
View ArticleWhite Voters and Polarization: Can We Span the Racial Divide by Emphasizing...
Dowell Myers reflects on an article from the Journal of Planning Education and Research in light of the recent presidential election.
View ArticleThe Political Map of 2016 Looks Like the Carbon Emissions Map of 2016
An article by Ronald Brownstein traces the connection between the 2016 political election and carbon emissions.Publication Date: Thu, 12/15/2016
View ArticleTrump: The Ultimate Unintended Consequence
"(Developer Paul) Petrovich shared with Trump a story that California’s developers, Democrat and Republican alike, know all too well: it has taken him the better part of 15 years to pour concrete at...
View ArticleBridgegate Winding Down
The scandal, initiated by the infamous line uttered by Bridget Anne Kelly, a deputy chief of staff to Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.), "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," appears to be coming to...
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