What did ICE deployments cost American cities? : NPR

What unifies these ICE actions is they were all sustained over several weeks, in communities where local law enforcement isn't authorized to assist with federal immigration efforts. Still, these deployments resulted in knock-on effects that required the use of local police to bring about or preserve order. 

Police overtime surged as departments were forced to deploy officers for demonstrations, extra patrols, security around federal facilities and emergency responses tied to the raids — often at overtime pay rates...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/24/nx-s1-5739701/ice-surge-trump-finance-cost-cities 

 

The GOP’s Big-City Problem Is Growing - The Atlantic

Brookings found that the counties supporting abortion rights accounted for more than four-fifths of the total state GDP in Michigan, more than three-fourths in Kansas, exactly three-fourths in Ohio, and more than three-fifths in both Kentucky and Wisconsin…

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/08/abortion-gop-electoral-problem-ohio/674999/

Trump proposes 10 futuristic 'Freedom Cities,' with Jetsons-like flying cars

Former President Donald Trump called for a national contest to "charter new cities" on federal land…

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/03/trump-proposes-10-futuristic-freedom-cities-featuring-jetsons-like-flying-cars.html

Fox News Totally Botches Slam On Unhealthy 'Blue' Cities, Which Were Actually Healthiest | HuffPost Latest News

An example of why people who watch Fox know less about current events than people who watch no news at all…
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-news-dan-bongino-healthiest-error_n_6200743ce4b0b69cfe90aa9b

U.S. cities hire specialists to counter climate change as impacts worsen | Reuters

… Many of those cities have created posts and initiatives to deal with worsening heat waves, seasonal wildfires or the effects of flooding, often with a focus on poor and minority communities, the group said...

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-cities-hire-specialists-counter-climate-change-impacts-worsen-2021-06-01/

Cities ramp up efforts to send direct checks to residents after $15 million donation from Twitter CEO - The Washington Post

More than two dozen cities across the U.S. are ramping up their efforts to send monthly assistance checks to some of their residents, expanding a nationwide experiment to see if concepts such as "universal basic income" can help local families weather the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/12/08/cities-stimulus-checks-twitter-dorsey/

Trump Is Destroying the Economy Out of Spite | Vanity Fair

The president’s assault on “Democratic run cities” could worsen and prolong the recession. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/donald-trump-economy-killing-spite

Opinion | Trump to cities: Drop dead - The Washington Post

I had a nice, quiet Labor Day weekend. My family spent a day with friends at the Jersey Shore, but the rest of the time we were in New York City, where I live. We played tennis in Central Park; ate delicious Laotian food at a trendy restaurant in Tribeca and equally delicious Israeli food at a restaurant on the Upper West Side; bought bagels and lox from Zabar’s, the venerable Jewish grocery; and drank iced lattes from Irving Farm, a hip coffee shop. As I walked around, I noted the normal bustle of the city — the only discordant element being the masks that everyone wears to stay safe.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/08/trump-cities-drop-dead/

Next COVID casualty: Cities hit hard by the pandemic face bankruptcy

U.S. cities are fast running out of cash. The pandemic will reduce local government revenues by an estimated US$11.6 billion in 2020. With COVID-19 requiring residents to stay home and stores to shutter, the bulk of this reduction comes from a slump in local sales taxes. Declines will continue into 2021.
https://theconversation.com/next-covid-casualty-cities-hit-hard-by-the-pandemic-face-bankruptcy-142539

Trump keeps claiming that the most dangerous cities in America are all run by Democrats. They aren’t. - The Washington Post

With the economy hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic and protesters in the streets targeting America’s systemic racism, President Trump has been forced to revise his reelection strategy. What was once going to be a triumphal declaration of his effectiveness at keeping the economy afloat has been reworked as a reiteration of his 2016 run: a focus on making America great and, more specifically, on law and order. Over and over, Trump has shared that terse phrase with his tens of millions of Twitter followers, including on Wednesday and Thursday. And over and over, he has tried to imply that Democrats broadly and former vice president Joe Biden specifically are soft on crime. That his likely general election opponent and other leaders in the Democratic Party are happy to have social structures collapse into anarchy for some unclear reason. To make that case, Trump has repeatedly lifted up a statistical factoid, as he did during an event at the White House on Wednesday. ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/25/trump-keeps-claiming-that-most-dangerous-cities-america-are-all-run-by-democrats-they-arent/

The Trump campaign has over $1 million in outstanding bills from American cities - The Washington Post

Albuquerque has joined a lengthy list of U.S. cities with a simple request: that President Trump’s campaign pay for the costs incurred during a rally. On Wednesday, the Albuquerque Journal reported that the city sent an invoice to Trump’s reelection campaign in an effort to recoup more than $211,000 in expenses from a September rally. That figure includes more than $71,000 in police overtime. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/10/24/trump-campaign-has-over-million-outstanding-bills-american-cities/

The next battles against tobacco must be fought in the world’s major cities - The Conversation US

Rapidly growing metropolises like Beijing, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to protect residents against tobacco. Life-saving policies in rich countries may be partially to blame.....
https://theconversation.com/the-next-battles-against-tobacco-must-be-fought-in-the-worlds-major-cities-123304

Trump casts U.S. cities as dangerous wastelands to sway 2020 voters - The Washington Post

In President Trump’s telling, some of the United States’ largest and most iconic cities are dangerous wastelands plagued by crime, homelessness, filth and decay. The president’s increasing attacks on cities — often based on false or exaggerated information — come as his reelection campaign is seeking to brand Democrats running for president as extremists who will export liberal urban policies to the rest of the country.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-im-fighting-trump-tries-to-cast-us-cities-as-filthy-and-crime-ridden-in-attempt-to-sway-2020-voters/2019/07/02/089463ca-9cda-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

Scientists say these 10 major cities could become unlivable within 80 years - Business Insider

As global temperatures and sea levels rise, some of the world's major cities could experience unbearable living conditions. Cities like Chicago and Delhi have already endured fatal heat waves, which could get worse in the future...
https://www.businessinsider.com/cities-that-could-become-unlivable-by-2100-climate-change-2019-2

Staggering photos show what daily life in the most crowded places in the world is really like - Business Insider

Dhaka is the largest city and most densely populated in Bangladesh. Living in an overcrowded city is a very different experience than simply visiting one. Business Insider looked at cities around the world crowded with residents and tourists to see what it's really like to live there on a daily basis. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-of-daily-life-worlds-most-crowded-cities-2018-10

Republican Senate candidate's spokesman called majority-black cities 'shitholes'

So about that whole "civility" thing: How does this fit? Virginia Republican Senate candidate Corey Stewart, who has a bit of a white nationalist problem, also has a campaign spokesperson, Rick Shaftan, who wants to be the embodiment of Trump in that he thinks it's cute to call places "shit-holes." Not just random places, but American cities like Memphis, New Orleans, and Baltimore—three cities with populations that are majority African American. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1784666

How cities are addressing the coming job apocalypse - Axios

Congress and the Trump administration have yet to create a coherent policy response to a widely forecast social and economic tsunami resulting from automation, including the potential for decades of flat wages and joblessness. But cities and regions are starting to act on their own.....
https://www.axios.com/cities-act-to-combat-the-job-apocalypse-26aa3509-2aba-4993-b554-2419ccceabe3.html

Disturbing before-and-after images show what major US cities could look like in the year 2100 -- Business Insider

The world's oceans levels are rising at faster and faster rates as waters warm and ice sheets melt. Researchers, led by University of Colorado-Boulder professor Steve Nerem, looked at satellite data dating back to 1993 to track the rise of sea levels.....
http://www.businessinsider.com/before-and-after-photos-of-us-cities-in-the-year-2100-2017-6

Credit Rating Agency Issues Warning On Climate Change To Cities -- NPR

Moody's Investor Services says it might downgrade U.S. cities' credit rating if they don't deal with the risks posed by climate change. ....
https://www.npr.org/2017/12/01/567843604/credit-rating-agency-issues-warning-on-climate-change-to-cities

In Atlantic City, residents feel injustice of climate change

When global warming leads to coastal flooding, low-income neighborhoods can suffer some of the worst effects. One stark example is in Atlantic City, where people living in houses built on low-lying lands were left out of flood-mitigation projects that benefit their wealthy neighbors. John Upton, who reported on the disparity for Climate Central, joins Hari Sreenivasan....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuB9l4ey6Z4&feature=youtu.be