Nov 08 Watch Conservatives face tougher time in elections as urban burbs take on city trends As urban suburbs grow, they tend to take on characteristics of the cities they surround. This shift in demographics has led these communities to lean more left in elections. Judy Woodruff speaks with Dante Chinni of the American Communities Project… Continue watching
Nov 06 Watch Urban politics shift with fresh faces elected mayor in America's largest cities Urban politics shift with fresh faces elected mayor in America's largest cities… Continue watching
Apr 18 Watch World Bank President on Urgency of Climate Change Issues World Bank President on Urgency of Climate Change Issues… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch More Americans Live in Economically Segregated Neighborhoods Than 30 Years Ago More Americans Live in Economically Segregated Neighborhoods Than 30 Years Ago… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch News Literacy Project Trains Young People to Be Skeptical Media Consumers A program called the News Literacy Project is training young people in several major cities how to separate fact from fiction in the news they consume. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue watching
Sep 27 Watch Cities Hit Hard by Slump, Adding to Cloudy Economic Picture As the nation's economic woes mount, evidence of continuing trouble can be found in city revenues, the housing market and high unemployment rates. Gwen Ifill discusses the big picture with Patchwork Nation Director Dante Chinni, Howard Wial of the Brookings… Continue watching
Feb 08 Watch Cities, States Face Tough Choices on Debt Amid Cash-Flow Concerns Wall Street investors and some in Congress recently have raised concerns about the risk of cash-strapped municipalities defaulting on bonds they issued. Judy Woodruff talks to the National League of Cities' Chris Hoene and Richard Larkin of Herbert J. Sims… Continue watching
Jan 19 China's 10 Largest Cities China's urban population has exploded in the last 20 years and more than 200 cities in China are expected to have a population of more than 1 million people by 2025. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch Foreclosures on the Rise in Big Cities A new report shows that 133 out 206 American metropolitan areas had an increase in foreclosure activity this summer. Ray Suarez explores the spread of the foreclosure epidemic with Patchwork Nation director Dante Chinni and Rick Sharga of Realty Trac. Continue watching
May 12 Watch World's 'Better City' Wonders on Display at Shanghai Expo As China kicks off its five-month World Expo festivities in Shanghai, Jeffrey Brown talks to Ray Suarez about what is on displayed in the international pavilions at the largest, most expensive World's Fair in history. Continue watching