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The American Assembly The American Assembly fosters non-partisan, evidence-based public policy discussion through research, publication, and convening.

Visit our website: www.americanassembly.org The American Assembly, an affiliate of Columbia University, was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1950 with the mandate to illuminate issues of public policy. The Assembly seeks to provide information, stimulate discussion, and evoke independent conclusions on matters of vital public interest. A non-profit, nonpartisan organization, The Assembly fulfill

s its mandate by commissioning original research, convening meetings, and issuing authoritative books and reports. The American Assembly's projects bring together leading authorities representing a broad spectrum of views and interests. American Assembly reports and other publications are used by government, community, civic leaders and public officials. American Assembly topics concern not only domestic and foreign policy, but also issues that range from arts and culture, philanthropy, and health, to business, economy, education, law, race, religion and security.

03/15/2019

There isn’t a tax credit program available to spur investment in single-family residential neighborhoods, but an alliance is working to change that.

03/15/2019

Op-ed: The potential loss of owner equity in middle neighborhoods cannot be ignored.

Detroit Future City’s new in-depth look into ’s redevelopment calls for “an increase of 27,700 African-American middle-...
03/14/2019

Detroit Future City’s new in-depth look into ’s redevelopment calls for “an increase of 27,700 African-American middle-class households,” among others, predicated on 3 key areas of equitable growth. The first is to create opportunities for growth, retention, and attraction; the second, increase education levels; and lastly, incentivize specific job sectors to provide middle-class (and higher) wages.

03/14/2019

Vanessa Bulnes and her husband, Richard, bought their house on 104th Avenue in East Oakland, Calif., in 1992. The modest two-bedroom property is where they lived for 20 years, raising three children, and where Vanessa made a living running an in-home day-care center. Neighbors in the mostly African....

03/14/2019

Half of Chicago’s census tracts were considered middle income in 1970. Today, that’s down to 16 percent.

11/08/2018

Op-Ed: The Neighborhood Homes Investment Act will give critical support to affordable single-family housing with a tax credit to fix aging homes.

10/24/2018

Not quite thriving, not quite distressed and ignored by policymakers, middle neighborhoods look to community development groups for support and stability. A look at the programs that can improve outcomes in these precarious places.

10/18/2018

Op-ed: Why we must invest in Middle Neighborhoods now.

10/01/2018

Today, nearly half of all residents of U.S. cities live in a middle neighborhood. Some are stable. Some are threatened by gentrification. Yet many more are at a great risk of tipping into decline. Why does it matter that middle neighborhoods are disappearing?

09/17/2018

The Supreme Court of Canada cites our work, Notice and Takedown in Everyday Practice, in its ruling in Rogers v Voltage Pictures:

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Cole Goins discusses our work w/ Sam Ford & The Bowling Green Daily News and others in a piece on in by organiza...
09/17/2018

Cole Goins discusses our work w/ Sam Ford & The Bowling Green Daily News and others in a piece on in by organizations: http://ow.ly/KfBg30lP7iW

When Journal Star executive editor Dennis Anderson created a reader advisory board with residents of Peoria’s predominately African American South Side in 2014, he knew the paper had some work to do. Regard for the Journal Star wasn’t particularly high among these residents of the central Illino...

The next Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest starts in 10 days with tracks on User’s Rights...
09/17/2018

The next Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest starts in 10 days with tracks on User’s Rights, Education, Access to Medicines, and Openness. For more info, follow: http://ow.ly/35RX30lQK1C

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