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SF downtown, 5th St. and Mission St. had only three pedestrians crossing at a light cycle during the Shelter in Place order on March 17, 2020 in San Francisco, Calif. Paul Kuroda/SIPA No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Demographics & Population

Even before coronavirus, census shows U.S. cities’ growth was stagnating

William H. Frey

Monday, April 6, 2020

Men work on a construction site for a luxury apartment complex in downtown Los Angeles, California March 17, 2015. U.S. housing starts plunged to their lowest level in a year in February likely as harsh weather kept building crews at home in the latest indication that the economy hit a soft patch in the first quarter. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: REAL ESTATE BUSINESS)

The Avenue

COVID-19 is a chance to invest in our essential infrastructure workforce

Joseph W. Kane

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Unemployment insurance is failing workers during COVID-19. Here’s how to strengthen it

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Caroline George

Monday, April 6, 2020

Muhammad Awais, 36, retail manager wears a disposable face mask at a safety equipment store in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Yang

Report

Who are the workers already impacted by the COVID-19 recession?

Alan Berube and Nicole Bateman

Friday, April 3, 2020

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Trust and entrepreneurship pave the way toward digital inclusion in Brownsville, Texas

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Franklin's Forrest Crossing neighborhood has created a "Social Distancing Calendar of Fun." On Wednesday, some residents like Eli Ecken,11, plays Twister during neighborhood's chalk walk Franklin on April 1, 2020.Sem 1233

Education Plus Development

Playful learning in everyday places during the COVID-19 crisis—and beyond

Helen Shwe Hadani and Jennifer S. Vey

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

A volunteer helps fill cars with food and home staples as the Jacobs and Cushman San Diego Food Bank helps thousands at a drive through food bank during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Del Mar, California, U.S., April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

The Avenue

Transformative placemaking amid COVID-19: Early stories from the field

Hanna Love

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

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Research

An artist works on a boarded up River Pig Saloon in Portland, Ore., on March 24, 2020. Yesterday Governor Kate Brown issued a statewide executive order to stay home except for essential needs as more extreme social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

How local leaders can stave off a small business collapse from COVID-19

Joseph Parilla, Sifan Liu, and Brad Whitehead

Friday, April 3, 2020

Chevy's Fresh Mex restaurant manager Stephen Justice provides curb side service because the restaurant is closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Annapolis, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

‘A Band-Aid on a gunshot wound’: How the restaurant industry is responding to COVID-19 relief

Annelies Goger and Tracy Hadden Loh

Thursday, April 2, 2020

A worker moves part of a delivery of 64 hospital beds from Hillrom to The Mount Sinai Hospital during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Workforce Development

How to protect essential workers during COVID-19

Adie Tomer and Joseph W. Kane

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

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Experts

Amy Liu

Vice President and Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Mark Muro

Senior Fellow and Policy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Alan Berube

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

Global Trade

How will COVID-19 reshape America’s logistics workforce?

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, April 6, 2020

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Podcast Episode

How cities and states are responding to COVID-19

Amy Liu, Mark Muro, and Fred Dews

Friday, April 3, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A deli is seen closed, due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stephen Yang/File Photo

Podcast Episode

What does the coronavirus crisis mean for unemployment in America?

Martha Ross and Adrianna Pita

Friday, March 27, 2020

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External Articles

Shoppers carry bags of purchased merchandise at the King of Prussia Mall, United States' largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela - RC19C3DD4450

Economic Development

Retail isn’t dead. It’s just changing

Tracy Hadden Loh and Jennifer S. Vey

CNN Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Heather Padgett, with her mother Debi Padgett (R), takes her daughters Kinsley and Kiley for a walk outside their home in Cincinnati, Ohio July 16, 2015. Until she got clean last August, Heather was part of what the Centers for Disease Control has called a heroin epidemic - a 100 percent rise in heroin addiction among Americans between 2002 and 2013. The sharp rise in heroin addiction, coupled with the risks of newborns developing withdrawal symptoms after they are sent home, has led a group of Cincinnati hospitals to try what they say is the first program of its kind in the United States: testing all mothers, or their infants, for opiates regardless of background, not just those who seem high-risk. To match Feature USA-HEROIN/MATERNALTESTING Picture taken July 16, 2015. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - GF20000015645

Demographics & Population

Demographer William Frey unpacks why fewer Americans are moving

William H. Frey

NPR Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Housing Markets & Finance

Housing: It’s About More Than Money

Jenny Schuetz

NPR Wednesday, October 23, 2019

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