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Reversing the LeBron Effect: Cleveland Looks to Attract Young Talent

Cleveland is working to reduce its population exodus, luring young talent with a cocktail of affordable housing, heavy-duty renovations, and professional upward mobility.
Detroit's Green Garage is a Metaphor for Urban Reinvention

Detroit is a tale of two cities. The question is which narrative about Detroit do you believe? Green Garage proves that the smart money is on both.
4 San Francisco Startups You Need to Know About

Disruption in San Francisco these days is coming not from tactics for which the city is well known—counterculture-driven street protests, sit-ins, and petition drives—but, rather, from startups creating free market solutions to challenges in education, health care, energy, and city living.

Dan Gilbert’s Down Payment on Detroit’s Revival

Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert is on a mission to turn the Motor City into the vibrant, livable jobs Mecca it once was. And it's working.

The Denver Disruption: Startups Soar in the Mile High City

Denver’s pioneer spirit and sunny disposition is lighting the way to a bright future for startups.

Immigration

30 Years in America: One Immigrant's Journey Brings Risk, Heartbreak, and 600 Jobs

I came to the United States from India when I was 20, determined to obtain an education. I wasn’t going to let anything stand in the way of my dream.

Civic Leadership

5 Quotes From Women Who Are Changing the World

How do we empower girls and women around the world? Five women leaders are working to answer that question.