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Follow the Data Podcast: American Talent Initiative, A Progress ReportAs members of the American Talent Initiative (ATI) convene this week, we are re-running an episode featuring a conversation between Dan Porterfield, ATI Steering Committee member, and Howard Wolfson, head of the education program here at Bloomberg Philanthropies. At the time this episode was recorded, Dan Porterfield was the president of Franklin...
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Building city hall capacity to fight climate change: 6 takeaways from U.S. citiesThis year, we’ve been able to get an inside look at an important question: How ready are American cities to fight climate change? The answer is important to the future of our planet. Globally, cities are the source of 70 percent of all greenhouse-gas emissions, particularly via the cars urban dwellers drive and the energy required to heat and cool...
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Fulfilling America’s Pledge – Climate Mayors, 20 Leading Cities, and New Partnerships Lead America’s Electric Transportation FutureThis past month the United States sold its one-millionth electric car (more than 4 million have been sold globally). The event marks a significant milestone and demonstrates that mobility in the U.S. is on the threshold of a major technological transition to an electric mobility future. This monumental transportation transition is coupled with unpr...
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Fulfilling America’s Pledge – How Cities are Taking Charge in the Next Wave of Clean Energy ProcurementBy Alexandra Rotatori, Rocky Mountain Institute and Celina Bonugli, World Resources Institute Cities in the United States are uniquely positioned to spur growth in demand for renewable energy procurement, accelerate the transition to a clean energy system, and provide visible and practical examples for the country as whole. By demonstrating to stat...
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Follow the Data Podcast: An American Problem with an American SolutionAt Bloomberg Philanthropies, we are dedicated to “following the data” — and the data on gun violence could not be more compelling or urgent. Americans are 25 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than people in other developed countries. Every day, 96 Americans are killed by gun violence. And every year, approximately three million American c...
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How cities are taking a more strategic view toward public artPublic art can be a tool mayors use to build strong communities. That’s the premise behind the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge, an initiative designed to support cities undertaking temporary art projects that address pressing civic issues. Last month, 14 U.S. cities learned that they’re finalists in the Challenge, with a chance at rec...
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What’s Ahead for What Works CitiesMike Bloomberg announced an additional $42 million investment in the What Works Cities program to enhance cities’ use of data and evidence to improve resident outcomes and address the most pressing local issues. The investment, part of Bloomberg’s American Cities Initiative, is one response to what the former New York City mayor says is a mounting...
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Follow the Data Podcast: Untapped American TalentIn the United States, research shows less than 50 percent of high-achieving, lower-income students apply to a selective college or university despite the fact that they are talented and have great qualifications. And only 6 percent of the students at top colleges and universities are from lower-income backgrounds. Today’s episode explores how colle...
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Five ways U.S. cities are solving America’s biggest challengesBy Anne Emig, Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation team Thirty-five U.S. cities, from as large as Los Angeles, Calif., and as small as Ithaca, N.Y., are about to launch into an unprecedented experiment to solve some of our country’s biggest challenges. Each of these finalists—or “Champion Cities”—in the 2018 Mayors Challenge will spend th...
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What the Mayors Challenge team learned after offering training to 4,000 city employees in 308 U.S. citiesBy Anne Emig, Bloomberg Philanthropies Government Innovation Team The Mayors Challenge has been an integral part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ strategy to help city leaders generate innovative solutions since 2013. But we’ve never attempted a competition on the scale of what we’re doing right now. After successful runs in the U.S. (2013), Europe (20...