Urban Prospects in the Age of Obama

By Dick Platkin American cities are entering a perfect storm of deepening urban crises despite—and in some cases because of—the hopes that many community activists hold for the Obama administration. Activists fully expect the new administration to effectively address a…

Categories: Summer 2009

Right to the City Builds Alliance, Confronts Mayors

By Jacqueline Leavitt When the U.S. Conference of Mayors arrived in Providence, Rhode Island, this June, it faced an unexpected list of issues and demands from a national organization, the U.S. Right to the City (RTTC) Alliance. RTTC, which promotes…

Categories: Summer 2009

Israel’s Ongoing War Against the Palestinians of Gaza

By Marie Kennedy Gaza Under Siege As I drove northeast from Jabalia last March, all I could see in every direction was swaths of upturned concrete and twisted metal, what used to be factories and dairies in the industrial heartland of…

Categories: Summer 2009