Tagged ‘Immigration’
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SLIDESHOW: The Italian Market Festival in South Philadelphia
Images from the veritable street ballet that is South Philly’s Italian Market.
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Five Reasons Why Toronto Mayor Rob Ford May Have Smoked Crack Cocaine
What sober politician with his city’s best interests in mind would engage in the following?
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What Cities Face in the Immigration Reform Debate
If immigration reform becomes a reality, cities will have to consider what it will mean when their undocumented communities come out of the shadows.
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Graph: Population Lost and Found through Canada’s Place-Based Immigration Policy
Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs are bringing growth and prosperity to even the coldest parts of our Northern neighbor.
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Letter From Flushing: On Gentrification in an Unhip Place
Lessons about immigration, social mobility and how to be a respectful gentrifier from a native of this Queens neighborhood in constant flux.
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A Few Americans Who Want to See Place-Based Immigration
The idea of cities or states issuing visas in exchange for needed newcomers still turns heads in the U.S., but there are many prominent voices who say the country should adopt place-based immigration programs.
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INTERVIEW: A Long-Delayed Guide to Detroit and Its Neighborhoods
This past December, the city of Detroit got its first comprehensive guidebook since the 1980s. Here, one of its co-editors talks about the process of pulling the book together, the response it has gotten from residents and visitors alike, and how the guide will, like the city it covers, expand and grow in the future.
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For Obama, A Renewed Focus on Urbancentric Topics
In his second-term inauguration speech today, President Obama dedicated some time to climate change, sustainable industries, immigration and other topics that should have urbanists and urban-dwellers perking up their ears.
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Forefront Excerpt: The Many Lives of Luz
An introductory excerpt from this week’s Forefront.
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Among Gas Stations and Bodegas, A Temple Opens its Gates
Philadelphia’s Buddhist community is expanding with a new temple in Southwest Philadelphia.
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