State of Cities

Published: July 3, 2017, noon

b'Depending on whom you ask, cities in America are booming or cities in America are failing. But whether San Francisco or Detroit, or the many smaller cities around the country, urban areas are central to perpetuating the stark inequalities of our society\\u2014and yet are also sites of political ferment.\\xa0 William Goldsmith talks about the state of cities in America\\u2014from the war on drugs to schooling\\u2014and what the fate of cities may be under Donald Trump. (Encore presentation.)\\nResources:\\nWilliam W. Goldsmith, Saving Our Cities: A Progressive Plan to Transform Urban America Cornell University Press, 2016\\n\\nThe post State of Cities appeared first on KPFA.'