All Snowflakes Look the Same
After I moved to Wisconsin to pursue an education, other people’s racial perceptions began to pursue me.
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Chicago
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Shrinking City Chicago
The Knowledge Economy employs fewer people than those that came before it. Wherever globalization goes, only a small minority will be riding high on the economic tide.
Giving Up on Urban Neighborhoods
Many of the efforts made to resuscitate dying cities aren't concerned with dying neighborhoods. Sometimes it's easier to just amputate the limbs to save the body.
Winning the School Lottery
Against all odds, Jessica Hopper gets a prime spot in the Chicago public school system.
Chicago’s Disappearing Middle Class
An animation using Census data makes clear how family income has changed in America's Second City over 40-plus years.
Demographically Speaking, Cleveland Is Outperforming Chicago
And other findings from a couple of thought-provoking troublemakers.
A Second American Century
The United States will continue to lead the world as it shifts to a Legacy Economy, but only some cities will play a role in that.
Chicago Is Dying
For quality demographics, Chicago is world class. For quantity demographics, Chicago is dying. Which one matters more?
Playing With the Truth: When Alternate Reality Gets Real
In Chicago, high school students went searching for an imaginary girl's father. After a while, they started looking for the real one.
The Great Creative Class Migration
The demand for labor explains a lot of migration patterns. Where the uneducated once moved to staff large industrial centers, now those with the means and a college education flock to feed the Innovation Economy that is rising from their ashes.