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Learning Curve: Breaking the Cycle of Low & No Skills Youth Unemployment

November 24, 2011 by Centre for Cities
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  Learning curve is available from www.centreforcities.org/learningcurve  [read more]

Spain's Plazas: The Takeover

May 23, 2011 by polis blog
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This past Sunday, May 15th, over 130,000 people in more than 60 cities across Spain took to the streets under the banner of, and to claim, Democracia Real YA (Real Democracy NOW). As 13 of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities and over 8,000 municipalities are holding elections tomorrow, Sunday May 22nd, the mobilizations were a popular... [read more]

Unemployment: The Best Job I Never Had

February 24, 2011 by Yuri Artibise
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Last week, there were reports in the  media that companies are not hiring unemployed people. Apparently it has reached the point where , the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating, trying to figure out whether it’s widespread and could violate federal job discrimination laws. Personally, I think that this not... [read more]

Welfare reform and cities

February 18, 2011 by Centre for Cities
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The Welfare Reform Bill looks set to radically overhaul the way people are paid benefits – David Cameron called it the “the most ambitious, fundamental and radical changes to the welfare system since it began”. Key elements of the Bill are: The Universal Credit will start to be rolled out in 2013. It aims to simplify the system and... [read more]

Midwest Miscellany

April 25, 2009 by Aaron Renn
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Today is the anniversary of Jane Jacobs' death. So it is an opportune time to remind everyone that the Center for the Living City is organizing a series of "Jane's Walks" across America on May 2nd and 3rd to honor the legacy of Jane Jacobs and her ideas about the quality of urban space. So find out where one is happening in your city,... [read more]