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National Journal What Cities Really Need to Attract Entrepreneurs, According to Entrepreneurs
Hint: It's not favorable tax rates.
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National Journal Want Women to Earn More? Train Them for Manufacturing
One way to boost earnings of single, low-income women is to urge them to seek out jobs in skilled trades instead of retail and service gigs.
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National Journal Bringing Back Mississippi Riverfront Towns Through Bike Trails and Wetlands
Organizations like River Action in Davenport, Iowa, work with governments and businesses to rebuild riverfront communities.
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National Journal An Experiment in Low-Income Housing in Rapidly Gentrifying San Francisco
The Hope SF project aims to rehab old housing projects and provide social services for residents in a city where property values are skyrocketing.
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National Journal Spring-Training Stadiums Are a Bad Investment, Yet No One Cares
One Arizona city spent roughly $100 million on a new training facility for the Chicago Cubs, despite little evidence that it would boost the local economy.
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National Journal The Future of the Suburbs Is Unfolding in Arizona's East Valley
Developers on the eastern edge of Mesa are building a new walkable housing development, friendly to both residents and big businesses.
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National Journal The Next Destination for Liberal-Arts Education Is ... Arizona?
The mayor of Mesa lured five liberal-arts colleges to town as part of a creative strategy to boost local economic activity and to keep smart students in the region.
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National Journal How One Conservative Mayor Sold His Suburban Community on a More Urban Future
The GOP leader of Mesa, Ariz., championed a new property tax; loves mass transit; and lured liberal-arts colleges to his city. Can these moves propel him to higher office in a red state?
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National Journal Delaware Offers Free Financial Advice
In the wake of the 2008 global recession, this statewide empowerment program is teaching financial wellness one person at a time.
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National Journal The Government's $11 Billion Jobs Program May Not Work
The federal government has spent billions since the start of the Great Recession on a single job-training program, but a new report shows there's not enough data to know if it helps out-of-luck workers.
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National Journal Training Disadvantaged Kids for Hotshot IT Jobs
A New York not-for-profit helps high school grads and veterans find work in the lucrative information-technology sector by teaching them both technical and communication skills.
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National Journal Paying Veterans to Give Back
Reintegrating returning military personnel to civilian life means more than job training. One nonprofit believes soldiers should first focus on community service as a way to gain a toehold in the workforce.
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National Journal How One Utility Giant Created Its Own Pipeline of Skilled Workers
A California power company developed a unique in-house training program after facing a major worker shortage.
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National Journal Infographic: The War on Poverty 50 Years Later
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National Journal The Best Fix for High Unemployment? Prevent Companies From Laying Off Workers
An innovative program tries to prevent joblessness by temporarily paying a portion of workers' salaries at struggling companies.
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National Journal Has the Federal Government Given Up on Solving the Jobs Crisis?
Washington lawmakers act like the extension of emergency unemployment benefits is about gaining political advantage, with little thought to a broader plan to put millions of Americans back to work.
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National Journal What the Middle Class Should Want From the Economy in 2014
A roundup of the biggest economic questions facing everyday Americans in the new year.
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Trash Cans as Art?
A Providence nonprofit doubles as a blacksmith and welding workshop, as a well as a manufacturer of metal benches, bike racks, fences, and trash cans that decorate the city.
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Providence's Changing Demographics in Two Charts
In 1980, fewer than 8,000 Hispanics lived in Rhode Island's state capital. Now, they make up 38 percent of the city's population, and they're changing the political dynamic.
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National Journal How Providence Solved Its Town & Gown Tensions by Asking Its Universities to Pay Up
Nearly 40 percent of Providence's land is occupied by nonprofits that do not pay taxes. That worked fine until the city needed cash.
