March 5, 2020

Metro Monitor 2020

Despite strong gains in overall growth and prosperity over the past decade, America's largest metro areas have not meaningfully closed longstanding racial economic divides. A new interactive report tracks growth, prosperity, and inclusion measures for the nation's 192 largest metro areas since the onset of the Great Recession.

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Digital prosperity: How broadband can deliver health and equity to all communities

A new report by Adie Tomer, Lara Fishbane, Angela Siefer, and Bill Callahan finds that those least likely to have broadband in the United States are communities of color and low-income communities, suggesting that systemic barriers remain in place.

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No matter which way you look at it, tech jobs are still concentrating in just a few cities

While tech's "superstar cities" have captured the lion's share of job creation in digital services, Mark Muro notes in a new research brief that their success has not catalyzed any easing of the nation's stark geographic divides. 

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More from Brookings Metro

The Black middle class needs political attention, too. Without addressing racialized distinctions, politicians' devotion to the middle class is essentially a commitment to the status quo, write Andre Perry and Carl Romer. 

Economic mapping can help cities target the best places for density and growth. To be economically competitive, state and local leaders need to align their infrastructure, economic development, and land-use policies to support and grow concentrations of activity, Tracy Loh and Joanne Kim discuss in a new blog post.

How Newark, N.J.'s Teachers Village is building a community around education, affordability, and small business development. Linda Morgan discusses how the successful Teachers Village model can be scaled to other cities across the country.