With the United Kingdom now fully committed to Brexit, the European Union can finally revert to what was the secret plan all along. As prescribed in the secret addenda to the Treaties of Rome, Lisbon and Maastricht, the EU will be belgianised – in short: it will become a forced synthesis between north and south, […]
Thanks to its low and simple taxation, Hong Kong has topped the Heritage Foundation’s rankings of the world’s freest economies for 23 years in a row. An announcement made yesterday will do nothing to hurt its position. According to forecasts from its finance ministry, Hong Kong will post a surplus of HK$92.8 billion (US$12 billion) […]
WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union wants to take over your town. On Saturday, the organization is launching a nationwide campaign to push local governments to become “Freedom Cities” by adopting a series of policies to make them safe havens for immigrants and refugees amid what the group has dubbed President Trump’s “mass deportation agenda.” […]
As part of the World Government Summit, ConsenSys – an American software consultancy -will release a paper that offers governments a clear roadmap to harness the power of blockchain technology and implement robust blockchain strategies. The report – “Blockchain, Hyperconnectivity, and the City of the Future” – is the product of a collaboration between ConsenSys […]
A second Scottish independence referendum is now almost inevitable, with ministers concluding it is a question of when — not if — a vote is called. People close to Theresa May’s office said they expected Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish first minister, to seek a referendum next autumn, but that the government would fight to delay […]
The economic clustering of cities often ignores the lines drawn on maps. Throughout this week, CityLab is running a series on borders—both real and imagined—and what draws so many of us to places on the edge. As Donald Trump continues to insist that Mexico will “reimburse” the U.S. for his wall, his reality-show antics accidentally […]
By Gregory Scruggs February 28, 2017 The idea of a city serving as a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants goes back nearly 40 years in the United States, where it’s become a symbol of resistance against President Trump’s hardline immigration policies. But does the “sanctuary city” concept translate outside the U. S.? Montréal is going to find out. Last […]
Cleveland is one of many U.S. cities impacted by state preemption laws. (Photo by Aeroplanepics0112 via Flickr) It’s no secret that the gulf between the social values of cities and the state governments that control them has been widening a long time. Cities skew Democratic, while in 25 states Republicans control both houses and the […]
Mayors across the country took to podiums, town hall meetings and social media Wednesday to warn of the negative impact repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) without a replacement could have at the local level. More than 60 mayors participated in the “day of action” to press Congress to preserve key parts of the law. […]
This post originally appeared on European Alternatives Today’s challenges, from the flight from war-refugees to the management of the commons, and the environmental crisis, are being tackled at the local level from some City Councils across Europe. Some cities are proving to be spaces with an outstanding capacity to confront and face reality with reachable […]