http://www.metrotrends.org MetroTrends | Urban Institute's report card on social and economic trends in urban America. en-us Copyright 2011 Urban Institute http://backend.userland.com/rss Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:58:39 EST http://www.metrotrends.org/images/metrotrends-rss.jpg 143 60 http://www.metrotrends.org <p> "Disconnected" youth - both unemployed and out of school-who they are and the implications post-recession </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/11/disconnected-losing-ground-race-region-education-recession/ pubaffairs@urban.org (MetroTrends staff) Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MarlaMcDaniel">Marla McDaniel</a> - Senior Research Associate - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population </li> </p> </ul> <p> Youth Disconnectedness by Education </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.metrotrends.org/commentary/index.cfm">MetroTrends Commentary</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://www.metrotrends.org/commentary/disconnected.cfm pubaffairs@urban.org (Marla McDaniel) Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> Lowest Attendance in Library Children's Programs in Metros with Highest Need </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.metrotrends.org/commentary/index.cfm">MetroTrends Commentary</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://www.metrotrends.org/commentary/libraries-imls.cfm pubaffairs@urban.org (Deanne W. Swan and Carlos A. Manjarrez) Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MargeryAustinTurner">Margery Austin Turner</a> - Vice President for Research - The Urban Institute </li> </p> </ul> <p> Leaving distressed neighborhoods can boost health - what can public policy to do to help </p> <ul> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/10/neighborhood-sick/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Margery Turner) Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/GregoryBMills">Gregory B. Mills</a> - Senior Fellow - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population </li> </p> </ul> <p> If social scientists followed the computer industry's model for testing, their trials and studies would improve. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/10/alpha-testing-randomized-control-trials-improving-gold-standard/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Gregory Mills) Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> Not to rain on the New York City parade, but the much ballyhooed nosedive in the city's homicide rate is mainly the reflection of a national trend. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/olXbcQ pubaffairs@urban.org (John Roman) Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> A recent Pew Hispanic Center report shows that, during the great recession (2005-2008), the sheer number of Latino children in poverty overtook the number of non-Hispanic white children for the first time in US history. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://bit.ly/qeWIPb pubaffairs@urban.org (Molly M. Scott) Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/SusanJPopkin">Susan J. Popkin</a> - Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> An innovative community garden helps combat the chronic disease plaguing so many public housing residents </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/10/public-housing-authorities-lead-promoting-health/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Susan Popkin) Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MargeryAustinTurner">Margery Austin Turner</a> - Vice President for Research - The Urban Institute </li> </p> </ul> <p> Half of US kids today are black, Asian or Latino. Leaving them out of policy debates risks US prosperity. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/10/federal-policymakers-talking-children/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Margery Turner) Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/RandyRosso">Randy Rosso</a> - Research Associate - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Nearly One Quarter of Housing Units Vacant in Detroit </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.metrotrends.org/spotlight/index.cfm">MetroTrends Metropolitan Spotlights</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://metrotrends.org/spotlight/index.cfm pubaffairs@urban.org (Randy Rosso) Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MargaretSimms">Margaret Simms</a> - Institute Fellow and <br>Director - Low Income Working Families Project - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population </li> </p> </ul> <p> How much do you have to earn to stay above poverty? How easy is that to do in today's economy? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/10/low-wage-work-raise-family/ pubaffairs@urban.org (et Simms) Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/CharlesCadwell">Charles Cadwell</a> - - Center on International Development and Governance </li> </p> </ul> <p> What cities the world over - including America - could learn from nation-building in Muslim-Christian Kosovo </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/intolerance-local-government/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Charles Cadwell) Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/GregoryBMills">Gregory B. Mills</a> - Senior Fellow - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population </li> </p> </ul> <p> New census poverty data indicate minorities, unmarried higher chances of poverty in future </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/census-data-suggest-stay-poor/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Gregory Mills) Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/ErwindeLeon">Erwin de Leon</a> - Research Associate II - Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy </li> </p> </ul> <p> With $1.9 billion in revenue, Greater Washington's nonprofits likely still can't tackle soaring poverty </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/dc%e2%80%99s-metro-area-nonprofits-match-hard-times-unrealistic-expectations/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Erwin de Leon) Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> </ul> <p> Which metro stations have the most crime? Why the numbers tell a different story than the press </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/crime-dc-area-metro-stations-numbers-justify-hype/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Megan Denver) Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/KimRueben">Kim Rueben</a> - Senior Fellow - Tax Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> City leaders and citizens weigh tradeoffs, balance budgets. What lessons can Congress learn? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/federal-state-governments-learn-cities/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Kim Rueben) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> Our debut interactive map tracks unemployment by region and over time. How does your metro compare? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/northeast-midwest-fared-recession/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Graham MacDonald) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> Current job recovery in the top 100 metros slower than in the last 3 previous recessions </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.metrotrends.org/commentary/index.cfm">MetroTrends Commentary</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://www.metrotrends.org/commentary/brookings-metro-monitor-14-quarters.cfm pubaffairs@urban.org (Howard Wial and Richard Shearer, Brookings Institution) Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/AustinNichols">Austin Nichols</a> - Senior Research Associate - Income and Benefits Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> New Census numbers reveal every 5th citizen in core metro areas in poverty; interactive map </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/rising-poverty-metropolitan-distress/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Austin Nichols) Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/SusanJPopkin">Susan J. Popkin</a> - Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/RobinESmith">Robin E. Smith</a> - Research Associate I - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Moving to better neighborhoods can stop sexual torment for inner-city girls - for those lucky enough to move. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/what-violence-means-for-girls/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Susan Popkin and Robin Smith) Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/RolfPendall">Rolf Pendall</a> - Center Director - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Can we truly call rising poverty in the outskirts of large metros "suburbanization?" </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/suburbanization-you/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Rolf Pendall) Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends Blog: How can metros help the largest population of senior job seekers get back to work? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/metrotrends-week-review/ pubaffairs@urban.org (MetroTrends staff) Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/JenniferComey">Jennifer Comey</a> - Research Associate I - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MichelGrosz">Michel Grosz</a> - Research Associate II - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Why are 22% of 9-11 graders in DC exiting the public school system? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/dc-schools-stunning-exit-rate/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Jennifer Comey and Michel Grosz) Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MeaganCahill">Meagan Cahill</a> - Research Associate - Justice Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Hope VI revitalization changes the face of public housing, and lowers crime </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/09/public-housing-drive-neighborhood-transformation/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Mitch Downey and Meagan Cahill) Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> Subprime Mortgages and the Foreclosure Crisis in Metropolitan Philadelphia </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.metrotrends.org/spotlight/index.cfm">MetroTrends Metropolitan Spotlights</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://metrotrends.org/spotlight/philadelphia.cfm pubaffairs@urban.org (David W. Bartelt) Wed, 31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/SheilaRZedlewski">Sheila R. Zedlewski</a> - Institute Fellow - Income and Benefits Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Unemployment rocketed up by 88% since the recession started but TANF caseloads increased by only 14% </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/todays-welfare-match-high-unemployment/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Sheila Zedlewski) Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/ZachMcDade">Zach McDade</a> - Research Assistant - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MargeryAustinTurner">Margery Austin Turner</a> - Vice President for Research - The Urban Institute </li> </p> </ul> <p> Though segregation has declined since 1980, important social and policy problems remain </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/broad-improvements-mask-stark-differences-metropolitan-racial-segregation/ pubaffairs@urban.org (McDade and Margery Turner) Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MariaRosarioJackson">Maria Rosario Jackson</a> - Senior Research Associate - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> More and more artists use their craft for social good. How can we meaningfully assess that? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/artists-hybrid-work-challenges-challenges-ways-evaluating-quality-impact/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Maria Rosario Jackson) Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/ErwindeLeon">Erwin de Leon</a> - Research Associate II - Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy </li> </p> </ul> <p> Maryland's DREAM act is a good economic investment </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/maryland%e2%80%99s-dream-act-deferred/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Erwin de Leon) Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/KimRueben">Kim Rueben</a> - Senior Fellow - Tax Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> How will the national debt drama affect states? Kim Reuben's somewhat surprising answer </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/federal-debt-drama-means-state-local-governments/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Kim Rueben) Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/GThomasKingsley">G. Thomas Kingsley</a> - Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Not all poor neighborhoods are the same; policy must match them </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/high-poverty-neighborhoods-%e2%80%93-goodbye-stereotypes/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Tom Kingsley) Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/GregoryBMills">Gregory B. Mills</a> - Senior Fellow - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population </li> </p> </ul> <p> Historically low interest rates fail to provide low-income borrowers access to good credit </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/?p=286 pubaffairs@urban.org (Gregory Mills) Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/RobertILerman">Robert I. Lerman</a> - Institute Fellow - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population </li> </p> </ul> <p> Let's put government-owned, foreclosed homes to work housing people and creating jobs </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/let%e2%80%99s-stop-wasting-houses-start-creating-jobs/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Robert Lerman) Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/JohnRoman">John Roman</a> - Senior Fellow - Justice Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> John Roman asks if the US is at risk of riots </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/uk-style-riots-happen-cities-next/ pubaffairs@urban.org (John Roman) Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends bloggers from the UI Academy for Policy Analysis and Research </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/voices-public-policy-research/ pubaffairs@urban.org (MetroTrends staff) Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/JoeParilla">Joe Parilla</a> - Research Associate II - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/SusanJPopkin">Susan J. Popkin</a> - Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> How an urban farm helps transform a Chicago Public Housing development </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/growing-opportunity-chicagos-public-housing/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Susan J. Popkin and Joe Parilla) Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/RichardWJohnson">Richard W. Johnson</a> - Senior Fellow<br>Director of the Program on Retirement Policy - Income and Benefits Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> How retirement villages help seniors stay in homes </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/takes-village-seniors-stay-homes/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Richard Johnson) Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MargaretSimms">Margaret Simms</a> - Institute Fellow and <br>Director - Low Income Working Families Project - Center on Labor, Human Services and Population </li> </p> </ul> <p> Median white household wealth: $113,149; black households: $5,677; Hispanic households: $6,325. Why the gap is growing </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/wealth-gap/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Margaret Simms) Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/PeterATatian">Peter A. Tatian</a> - Senior Research Associate - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> For all the public housing "Not In My Back Yard"ers, try, "Why Not In My Back Yard?" </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/nimby-wimby/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Peter Tatian) Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/RolfPendall">Rolf Pendall</a> - Center Director - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Detroit gained 50,000 poor while losing 35,000 overall. What explains this US metro trend? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/poverty-grows-metro-grows-cities-and-suburbs/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Rolf Pendall) Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> MetroTrends blog: Will Chattanooga's history of revitalization lift it out of the recession? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/chattanooga-success-story-prevail/ pubaffairs@urban.org (MetroTrends staff) Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/JohnRoman">John Roman</a> - Senior Fellow - Justice Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> John Roman on why the debt ceiling debate can't possibly result in rational policy </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/08/costs-and-benefits-matter-debt-ceiling-debate/ pubaffairs@urban.org (John Roman) Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/NancyMPindus">Nancy M. Pindus</a> - Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> 3700 neighborhood post offices may close. Would you pay more to keep yours open? </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/07/pay-neighborhood-post-offices/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Nancy Pindus) Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST <p> Chattanooga's strong history of urban revitalization could help lift the city out of the recession </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.metrotrends.org/spotlight/index.cfm">MetroTrends Metropolitan Spotlights</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://www.metrotrends.org/spotlight/chattanooga.cfm pubaffairs@urban.org (Kara Serrano ) Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/JohnRoman">John Roman</a> - Senior Fellow - Justice Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> A novel perspective on why crime levels are at their lowest since the 1960s. </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/07/deciphering-crime-decline/ pubaffairs@urban.org (John Roman) Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/MargeryAustinTurner">Margery Austin Turner</a> - Vice President for Research - The Urban Institute </li> </p> </ul> <p> Each year $131b in housing subsidies go primarily to wealthy suburbanites </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/07/biggest-housing-subsidies/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Margery Turner) Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/ZachMcDade">Zach McDade</a> - Research Assistant - Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Community coalition takes on foreclosures in Prince George's County where others don't </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/07/community-driven-solutions-community-wide-foreclosure-crisis/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Zach McDade) Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/BarbaraAOrmond">Barbara A. Ormond</a> - Senior Research Associate - Health Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Should health care make you sicker? Simple improvements in hospitals could save lives, billions </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/07/health-care-problem-information-cure/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Barbara Ormond) Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/KimRueben">Kim Rueben</a> - Senior Fellow - Tax Policy Center </li> </p> </ul> <p> Government job losses contribute to weak job recovery despite modest private sector growth </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/07/employment-numbers-grim/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Kim Rueben) Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://www.urban.org/ErwindeLeon">Erwin de Leon</a> - Research Associate II - Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy </li> </p> </ul> <p> Over 135,000 gay couples are married or in civil unions but taxed differently than straight couples </p> <ul> <p> <li> <a href="http://blog.metrotrends.org">Metrotrends Blog</a> </li> </p> </ul> http://blog.metrotrends.org/2011/07/compensating-gay-public-servants-equally-good-business-practice/ pubaffairs@urban.org (Erwin de Leon) Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST