Gustav won't help, but nonprofit leaders in New Orleans are attempting to turn the march of young adults into the city a permanent settlement.  A dozen nonprofit and business groups are starting 504ward: New Orleans Calling.  The three-year campaign will include a Web site with job listings and other…

Just so you don't get behind in your urban nomenclature, Time magazine this week introduces "co-ho," short for communal homeowner, Time's terms for a person who buys a house with friends. 

Even though the nation seems to be in a sour mood, people seem to be in a giving move. Two stories I've been carrying around from USA Today make a point.

One is headlined, "Boomers in the mood to give back to society."  A new survey from civicventures.org shows millions…

"To our generation, it doesn't make sense to have a great job in a crummy city."

Those are the words of one mobile member of the Young and Restless as quoted in today's New York Times.

Writer Lisa Belkin devoted her Life's Work column to the fact that 64 percent…