The president’s neighborhood-based anti-poverty initiatives will soon move into a second stage. But in an era of budget-cutting, Promise Neighborhoods and Choice Neighborhoods face a steep political challenge.
A year ago the mayor said he’d launch Harlem Children’s Zone-style programs in Brooklyn and the Bronx. But as the Obama administration funds a similar initiative, the city has yet…
Congress is contemplating a major reduction to President Obama’s flagship anti-poverty program, as its model—the Harlem Children’s Zone—faces new questions about results.
THE MAN OF THE HOURWe will find the money to do this because we can't afford not to.Geoffrey Canada strides to the lectern in the New York Sheraton's Grand Metropolitan…
The ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ plan has the policy world abuzz about the first major federal antipoverty effort in decades. But the effort has not yet been launched, and details are hard…