Political Future of Cities
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) and Tristram Hunt, a Labour member of the British House of Commons, were the featured speakers at a Brookings… read more
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) and Tristram Hunt, a Labour member of the British House of Commons, were the featured speakers at a Brookings Institution event on the political future of major cities. They focused on upcoming years of a Trump administration and the U.K.'s exit from the European Union. The two talked about how the large cities in their respective countries planned to take on responsibilities like health care and infrastructure investment that had seen pullbacks in federal investments, and about the political divide between urban and rural areas. close
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