Clout St: Obamas host Chicago 2016 Olympics pep rally at White House.

President Barack Obama says the whole country is rooting for his hometown of Chicago in its efforts to host the 2016 Olympics.
If Chicago wins its bid, Obama says the city “will make America proud and America will make the world proud.”
Obama held an Olympic [...]

The world is on a path of “blind urbanization.” And the issue’s not just in sheer numbers, the amazing country-to-town migration that last year pushed cities to a majority of mankind, roughly 3.4 billion inhabitants with an added 2.3 billion predicted for 2040.
Rather, writes Jeb Brugmann in his new book, “Welcome to the Urban Revolution” [...]

Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico It is the economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country, and the most populous city, with about 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008. Greater Mexico City (Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México) incorporates 59 adjacent municipalities of Mexico State and 29 municipalities of the state of Hidalgo, according [...]