Paula Hughes, a Republican candadite for mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana, cited a CEOs for Cities briefing paper on economic integration as "a fascinating report about the need to rebuild our urban cores in a sensible way." The report focuses on the importance of market-based policies in creating mixed-income…

Across the country, many urban neighborhoods are experiencing dramatic transformations. Parking lots, underused commercial properties, and former industrial sites are being replaced by condos, apartments, and townhouses. In spite of the many impressive projects, a central question remains: Do such examples add up to a fundamental shift in the geography…

More from the brilliant Nate Silver's column from Esquire... "...suburban voters are starting to look — and behave — more like their urban brethren. According to a poll by the National Center for Suburban Studies, 20 percent of suburban voters are nonwhite — not much behind the national average…

If you haven't discovered Ryan Avant's blog, you should.  Here's a recent gem:

"The two big challenges for fighting poverty are: 1) reducing, as much as possible, geographic segregation of socioeconomic groups, and 2) the tendency to choose affordability over proximity among the poor, which significantly affects expected income.…

Loved this pull quote from Metropolis article on Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë: "Delanoë would rather spend money improving the urban experience than sweetening deals to attract business investment. He knows that living well is the most effective business investment."

One of the mayor's priorities has been to "blur the…