We can’t have empathy for those we can’t encounter due to the way our cities are built Editor’s Note: Last month, our friend Carol Coletta spoke to the Kinder Institute in Houston about the critical
You can’t feel ’em, if you can’t see ’em Read Post »
Happy Independence Day, America! All Americans are immigrants (Even the Native American tribes trace their origins to Asians who migrated over the Siberian-Alaskan land bridge during the last ice age). And this nation of immigrants
What makes America great, as always: Immigrants Read Post »
Integrated neighborhoods produce more mixing, but don’t automatically generate universal social interaction. What should we make of that? Our recent report, America’s Most Diverse, Mixed Income Neighborhoods identifies those places where people from different racial
Socioeconomic mixing is essential to closing the Kumbaya gap Read Post »
In a nation increasingly divided by race and economic status, where our life prospects are increasingly de ned by the wealth of our zip codes, some American neighborhoods are bucking the trend. These neighborhoods—which we
America’s Most Diverse Mixed Income Neighborhoods Read Post »
Socioeconomic mixing, in neighborhoods that are diverse in race, ethnicity and income, benefits everyone To some extent, we take for granted that integration and equal opportunity should be valued for their own sake. But its
Why integration matters Read Post »
The more segregated an metro area is, the worse the economic prospects of the poor and people of color Our City Observatory report, Lost in Place, closely tracks the growth of concentrated poverty in the
How segregation limits opportunity Read Post »
