North America

  • In the News

    Part of the emphasis on the economic relationship is also an attempt to change the perception in America about Mexico and Mexican immigrants.

    May 2, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, National Journal
  • In the News

    The bilateral relationship at least with Mexico has been dominated by drugs and violence. I think there is going to be a concerted effort here to refocus attention on the depth and size of the economic relationship.

    May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, New York Times
  • In the News

    This is a new world, this is a much more integrated American market than we’ve seen in the past. I think updating the American people on this reality is the main objective for the White House.

    May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Washington Times
  • Interview

    A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica

    May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ted Piccone and Neil Ruiz

  • In the News

    [Appointing an emergency manager to oversee Detroit's finances] is a very hard decision [Michigan's] governor had to make, it's always politically controversial to have the government intervene in this way, but it is the right decision to get Detroit back on its feet.

    March 15, 2013, Bruce Katz, msnbc.com
  • In the News

    More than 70 percent of today's baby boomers and seniors are white, and they grew up during a time when the nation's minority population was relatively small and consisted mainly of African Americans. By contrast, 40 percent of those under age 35 belong to minority groups. They have grown up during a period when racial mingling is the norm at school, work, social occasions and houses of worship.

    March 14, 2013, William H. Frey, Phys.org
  • In the News

    As a nation, we've got to figure out better, more long-term ways, more sustainable ways, to fund needed transportation projects without having to rely on this annual uncertainty which seems to be the norm instead of the exception now.

    March 14, 2013, Robert Puentes, WAMU
  • In the News

    I think Detroit faces some of the toughest challenges of any American city.

    March 6, 2013, Bruce Katz, The Craig Fahle Show-WDET
  • In the News

    The places we see Amtrak being competitive, running effective and efficient service, are in those places where the state already has some skin in the game. These are places where Amtrak is treated not as a big federal bureaucracy that's coming in but is actually part and parcel of the transportation plan.

    March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes, USA Today
  • In the News

    [Amtrak is] too often considered a big, bloated bureaucracy that depends heavily on federal subsidies and is no longer relevant to the technologically oriented metropolitan economies of today.

    March 1, 2013, Robert Puentes, CNN

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