This report, a special supplement to "Now is the Time," is part of an ongoing analysis of U.S. cities and their economic health. It focuses on one vital economic region, the Northeast. Data from a number of sources reveal some key findings about the nine states of this economic region. Most cities in the Northeast are doing quite well,…

This publication provides brief descriptions of all the funding opportunities of the bureaus and offices of the Office of Justice Programs. Each description lists the amount of funding available, tells who can apply, and gives the status of program regulations, guidelines, reports, and application kits. The citations also contain the name of the…

This report illustrates how poverty rates in the United States vary by selected characteristics: age, race and Hispanic origin, nativity, family composition, work experience, and geography. The estimates in the report are based on interviews with population samples. The Current Population Survey each March interviews approximately 50,000…

This article discusses some of the more important economic problems of minorities in the United States, identifying the economics of minorities with the economics of poverty, discrimination, exploitation, urban life, and alienation. (JM)

The social restrictions and the degeneration of the ideals, attitudes, and moral values of urban police are examined, reflecting the undesirable aspects of this occupation. (JB)

Data collected from black high school students suggest that dissatisfaction with local neighborhood services is fairly widespread. (DM)

Proposes that the Federal Government should embark on a land-acquisition program for new satellite communities; that antidiscrimination laws should be enforced by lending authorities and savings and loan associations; that existing subsidies for housing should be redirected toward low-income families; and that the government should provide funds…

Analyses and evidence presented suggest that suppliers of low-income housing are caught in a tightening vise of contracting demand and rising costs. (DM)

Focuses on the factors which influence black residential patterns in Boston, Denver, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Seattle; attempts to move a step beyond the traditional demographic projection of changing numbers in time to that of projecting the spatial locus of the population. (RJ)

Because of urban problems, public education is presently undergoing its greatest challenge in the cities. Citizens of the nation have the technical skills to solve problems, but presently lack the moral commitment necessary. (DM)

The old city remains, finding new specialties to justify its persistence. Most noteworthy of these is a role as an Indian reservation for socially undesired persons, and for those who manage them for the rest of society. (JM)

More than 350 American cities have established people-to -people affiliations with over 400 cities in 54 other nations. (IR)

In a speech before the 45th Annual Convention of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters (Washington, November 9-12, 1969), the Mayor of Gary, Indiana, a Black, attempts to make the feelings as well as the problems of the Black community understood as he discusses these problems in relation to the role of broadcasting in urban…