Posts by eseospace_admin
American Neighborhoods Are in Trouble
An expert on fragile states around the world turns his gaze toward his own home in a new book, and finds that the US is most vulnerable...
The Cure to Our Social Breakdown
For many American Christians, religious networks operate more as “functional assists” for a particular need or given phase of life.
A better way to address the US epidemics of loneliness and despair
Awareness of the risks stemming from our fraying social relationships is growing.
5 Questions on ‘Fragile Neighborhoods’
At the heart of the book is the idea that rather than top-down or bottom-up, what is called for is a sideways approach—“approaching soc...
Saving Trees, Losing Forests
We can think of a particular place as a forest. Young people are the trees — successive generations that will either grow tall and stro...
Securing Trust in People and Place
Nonprofits seeking to improve communities face the hard work of building trust. Success requires prioritizing the people you work with ...
Detroit won’t thrive without strong neighborhoods
American neighborhoods have declined over the past few decades, contributing to rising inequality, mistrust and depression. While the t...
Building Strong Neighborhoods: How Local Initiatives Contribute to Public Safety, Health, and Prosperity
American neighborhoods have declined over the past few decades, contributing to many social ills, such as steadily rising inequality, u...
Is Neighborhood Fragmentation Polarizing America? An Interview with Johns Hopkins’ Seth D. Kaplan
Individuals rooted in strong communities might be less susceptible to the allure of populist figures
Social Innovation and Social Renewal
Americans are living through a social crisis that our politics has proven unable to take on. To properly address the great disruption w...