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Oct 20 2015
Perspective
Why 'By Design'?
Cities around the world face new challenges every day, a reality being exacerbated by  climate change: droughts last longer; storms are more severe; rising sea levels threaten to reclaim coastal …
Oct 15 2015
Perspective
Fighting Wildfire With Finance
The western United States is fighting an increasingly high-stakes battle with wildfire. At this very moment, 10 wildfires are raging throughout the state of California. Ten firefighters have already died …
Oct 08 2015
Press Releases
Rebuild by Design Competition Receives Federal Award for Innovation
NEW YORK—Rebuild by Design, the international design competition tasked with developing innovative plans to protect the New York region from another Superstorm Sandy, has been awarded the first-ever "Most Groundbreaking Federal Challenge …
Sep 03 2015
Perspective
Will the Real Good Job Please Stand Up?
A version of this post also appeared in the Huffington Post. If you read the New York Times, you have probably been inundated by trend articles about Ivy league graduates who …
Aug 28 2015
Perspective
Creative Destruction and the New World of Work
A version of this post originally appeared on Pacific Standard's The Future of Work series, supported by The Rockefeller Foundation. Nearly 75 years ago, Joseph Schumpeter popularized the term "creative destruction" …
Aug 25 2015
Perspective
For Americans Seeking Good Jobs, Four Values are Key
As part of The Rockefeller Foundation's Workshift: #GoodJobsForAll campaign, we've spent the past two weeks exploring the question: what is a good job? In New York City and Des Moines, we've hosted …
Aug 24 2015
Perspective
What We've Learned From New Orleans
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina was unprecedented in its destruction—awakening cities around the globe to a new reality. Today, crisis is the new normal, but not every disruption has to become …
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