New policies to stimulate the struggling U.S. economy must include America's inner cities. Urban recovery could serve as a national model; neglect could be devastating. MIAMI -- At a time when economic uncertainty is spreading across the country, a broad coalition of corporate, civic, policy, and academic leaders from...
New policies to stimulate the struggling U.S. economy must include America's inner cities. Urban recovery could serve as a national model; neglect could be devastating. MIAMI -- At a time when economic uncertainty is spreading across the country, a broad coalition of corporate, civic, policy, and academic leaders from...
NEW ORLEANS -- The repopulation of New Orleans three years after Hurricane Katrina slowed drastically last year and may be hitting a plateau, a study released today finds. The city's population grew 3% from 2007 to 2008, compared with a 19% increase from 2006 to 2007,...
On a hot day this week in a big building in the imperial city, the chicken and the egg renewed their age-old dispute. The site was the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank. The topic was Pennsylvania, the Wisteria Lane of state governments. Here was the day's chicken-or-egg riddle: Why...
With many Americans concerned about the fragile state of the nation's economy, some researchers at the Brookings Institution are promoting a new way to think about our economy. Before an audience of some 850 gathered in the Washington Hilton, the concept of "MetroNation" was rolled out at a recent forum...
WASHINGTON -- Utah's lower-income workers and families would benefit from expanded earned income tax credit policy proposals offered in the latest study from the Brookings Institution. While it would be up to Congress to ultimately pass any new rules for the tax credit, a study by the Metro...
Tom Loveless, editor Brookings Institution Press. While math scores are bandied about in the modern era, how much do we really know about what they mean or what they can teach about practice and policy? In this dense but thought-provoking volume, Brookings scholar Tom Loveless and an impressive cast...
WASHINGTON -- Utah's lower-income workers and families would benefit from expanded earned income tax credit policy proposals offered in the latest study from Brookings Institution. While it would be up to Congress to ultimately pass any new rules for the tax credit, a study by the Metro Policy...
WASHINGTON -- Sprawling, car-dependent metropolitan areas with low-cost electricity emit more carbon dioxide per capita than densely populated cities with extensive mass transit systems where electricity is more expensive, according to a report from the Brookings Institution, a liberal-leaning think tank. Per capita carbon emissions were...
As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Washington, D.C., Monday, May 05, 2008 Thank you, Strobe. It is an honor to be with so many distinguished guests and friends from different walks of American life. As some of you know, I've been on the road...
Twenty-first century gateways; immigrant incorporation in suburban America. Ed. by Audrey Singer et al. Brookings Institution Press 2008 331 pages $26.95 Paperback James A. Johnson series JV6475 Singer Brookings Institution, Hardwick (U. of Oregon) and Brettell (Southern Methodist U.) have edited...
To: CITY EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105 WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following event announcement is being issued by The Brookings Institution: Monday, April 7, 2008, 2:00 pm -- 3:30 pm The Brookings Institution, Saul/Zilkha rooms, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC The Rev. Martin...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105 WASHINGTON, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Brookings Institution: A Hamilton Project Discussion with the Commission on Growth & Development Monday, April 14, 2008, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The National Press Club Ballroom,...
Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind. Adam Gamoran, editor Brookings Institution Press. This conference volume has an identity crisis. Its marketers clearly want to ride the No Child Left Behind NCLB wave, but at least half of the book (the more interesting half!)...
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105 A Hamilton Project/Metropolitan Policy Program Discussion Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Saul/Zilkha Lounge, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC WASHINGTON, March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Public investments in our nations infrastructure have been an...
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Jonathan DeWald of the Concord Coalition, +1-703-894- 6222, jdewald@concordcoalition.org WASHINGTON,March 13/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 25, The Concord Coalition will join with former Comptroller General of the United States David M. Walker and federal budget analysts from The Brookings Institution and The Heritage Foundation for a...
To: REAL ESTATE EDITORS Contact: Brookings Office of Communications, +1-202-797-6105 WASHINGTON, March 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the Brookings Institution: Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis: A Hamilton Project Policy Discussion Friday, March 14, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Falk Auditorium, The Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts...
A Brookings Institution recently ranked the 30 biggest cities according to the number of "regional-serving walkable urban places" (places that have jobs, retail stores or cultural institutions that attract people who don't live there) relative to the area's population. The top 10 are: Washington, D.C., Boston,...
To: URBAN AFFAIRS EDITORS Contact: Roderick Hawkins of Chicago Urban League, +1-773-451- 3536, +1-773-892-5427 cell Chicago Urban League releases powerful study and poll on the future of African Americans in Chicago, the first of its kind Study makes direct connection between Chicagos ability to compete globally and the economic...
In major policy address at the Brookings Institution, John Rowe outlines comprehensive vision for addressing climate change WASHINGTON -- Please replace the PDF with the accompanying corrected PDF. The release reads: EXELON CEO CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP IN FOSTERING LOW-CARBON ECONOMY In major policy address...
