Metropolitan Policy Program

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Don’t ever conflate disaster recovery with education reform

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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Signs of digital distress

Adie Tomer, Elizabeth Kneebone, and Ranjitha Shivaram

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Workers sort arriving products at an Amazon Fulfilment Center in Tracy, California August 3, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith - GF20000012804

Amazon’s recent hiring spree puts new focus on warehouse jobs and worker needs

Joseph Kane and Adie Tomer

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Employees sort packages at the Amazon distribution center warehouse in Saran, near Orleans, France, November 22, 2016. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer - RC1F25906800

Amazon’s red herring

Richard Shearer

Friday, September 8, 2017

Amazon boxes are seen stacked for delivery in the Manhattan borough of New York City, January 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo - TM3EC7S0RRX01

Which cities are well positioned to land Amazon’s HQ2?

Friday, September 8, 2017

Potential job applicants register for "Amazon Jobs Day," a job fair being held at 10 fulfillment centers across the United States aimed at filling more than 50,000 jobs, at the Amazon.com Fulfillment Center in Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S., August 2, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

‘Full Employment’ Has Not Reached Black America

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

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Whose citizenship does the Constitution protect?

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Demonstrators hold signs during a protest in front of the White House after the Trump administration today scrapped the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a program that protects from deportation almost 800,000 young men and women who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children, in Washington, U.S., September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC12174D8090

On Trump’s decision to end DACA

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Protesters gather to show support for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kyle Grillot - RC1B156F7DA0

Attacking DACA during a national tragedy is divisive and unneighborly

Friday, September 1, 2017

Houses are seen submerged in flood waters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in Northwest Houston, Texas, U.S. August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Adrees Latif - RC1E19D318B0

Federal funds, speed and coordination matter to post-Harvey recovery efforts

Amy Liu and Andre M. Perry

Friday, September 1, 2017