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Enough About the White Working Class
An emerging theme from the media’s analysis of the 2016 election is that the Democrats failed to connect with the white working class voters in the heartlands that voted in large droves for President Trump. That is, Hillary Clinton should have spent more time in the Rust Belt. There has been a borderline obsession with…
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Mushroom Wars
Unionville High School and Kennett High School are bitter rivals. The two schools are 3.2 miles apart. Both are located in the town of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. If a driver were to travel the 3.2 miles between the two, he would encounter two Landhope gas stations, three developments, plenty of trees, a country club, a…
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Public Transit as Access to Employment
BY SEAN JANDA In any contemporary American debate about how government can work to improve the prospects of the impoverished or the state of the urban environment, it is virtually certain that at least one participant—and, in many cases, both participants—will repeatedly circle back to the necessity of job creation. Unfortunately, creating more jobs is…
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Sentencing War: Disparities and Injustices in Cracking Down on Cocaine
BY HAYLEY LEVY The United States, with only 5 percent of the world’s population, has 25 percent of the world’s prison population. Presently, individuals in the United States are incarcerated at a rate of 748 inmates per 100,000 people. The country with the closest rate is Russia, with a rate of 600 incarcerated per 100,000…
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Urban Forestry: What’s That About?
BY EMILY ORR What if I told you a means exists to simultaneously boost a city’s economy, increase public safety, and provide substantial health and environmental benefits? Would you believe me? What if I told you that this means is as simple and cheap as planting a tree? Planting trees, or “urban tree projects,” has…
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Gentrification and the Changing Face of the American Population
BY RAHMI ELAHJJI In February 2013, a New York Times article proposed using “organic dry cleaners as a barometer for gentrification” in some of the city’s previously dilapidated neighborhoods. While the article was certainly facetious in its assessment, a changed local culture is a reality for many gentrified neighborhoods not only in New York, but…
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Suburban Policy in City Life: The Far Reaching Consequences of Housing Discrimination
BY GRACE FEENSTRA When considering pressing urban issues, it may seem counterintuitive to look at the suburbs as an important factor in urban policy. However, the explosion of the suburbs can provide important information about government policy relating to cities, and about systemic discrimination that lingers to this day. The current tax code provides several…
