Metropolitan Policy Program

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Metro Recovery Index

Alan Berube and Sarah Crump

Friday, July 10, 2020

Wearing masks in the time of COVID-19, the Sukarmadijaya family sit dine al fresco at a table set up off the sidewalk in front of Awang Kitchen, an Indonesian restaurant along Queens Boulevard, in the Elmhurst section of Queens, NY, June 26, 2020. Under Phase II, restaurants may serve customers at sidewalk tables and 8ft into the street from sidewalk, all meant to prevent the further spread of COVID-19 pandemic. (Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The Metro Recovery Index: Tracking metropolitan economies through the COVID-19 crisis

July 10, 2020

Upcoming Policy 2020 Event

A nation at a demographic crossroad: Rising diversity, youthful activism, and the 2020 election

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Allowing the $600 unemployment benefit to expire could devastate the US economy

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Michael Gaynor

CNN Wednesday, July 8, 2020

working mother

Working parents are key to COVID-19 recovery

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Family

The nation is diversifying even faster than predicted, according to new census data

William H. Frey

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

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As COVID-19 resurges, so does the threat to local budgets

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Affordable housing for special-needs adults

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Classroom

What should communities do when a school closes for good?

Thursday, June 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A street cleaner walks through the closed Broadway theatre district near Times Square following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., May 24, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

Black essential workers’ lives matter. They deserve real change, not just lip service.

Molly Kinder and Tiffany Ford

Wednesday, June 24, 2020