Could remote work save the American Heartland? Big Tech and the broader innovation sector have generated significant technology gains and wealth for the United States. But they also have greatly exacerbated a growing gap between the nation's superstar cities and the rest of the country. Mark Muro argues that a move to remote work could change the paradigm.
Why COVID-19 hit Michigan so hard. Michigan has the fifth-highest COVID-19 death toll, and more than three-quarters of coronavirus-related deaths have taken place in greater Detroit. John Austin and Brad Hershbein discuss the factors that allowed the virus to wreak such havoc on the state.
Small business relief across large metro areas. Federal aid for America's small businesses has been uneven during the COVID-19 crisis. Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla look at key trends in cities throughout the nation.
The spread of the virus from blue to red America. Updating on his previous analyses, demographer William Frey maps COVID-19's spread from urbanized, racially diverse, and Democratic-leaning parts of the country to broader areas of the United States.