William H. Lucy and David L. Phillips examine conditions and trends in cities and suburbs since 1960, arguing that beginning in the 1980s, the United States ent

It has been nearly a half century since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Back in the 1960s tackling poverty “in place” meant focusing resou

The social and economic decline of first-tier suburbs has emerged as an important issue in metropolitan America, yet little is known about the political and pol

Just as the nation witnessed the widespread decay of urban centers, there is a mounting suburban crisis in first-tier suburbs - the early suburbs to develop in

In the decades after World War II, the United States became the most prosperous nation in the world and a superpower whose dominance was symbolized by the Ameri