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Converting Philadelphia
The country's fastest-growing office-conversion pipeline runs on infrastructure the city already had. The policy meant to feed and expand it has sat…
 • Bradley Schurman
You're invited, Index goes global, labor market refuses to break, cities heating fast, AI policy becomes industrial strategy — and more
Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and prosperity with a focus on population, climate, and artificial intelligence
 • Bradley Schurman
The Fountains Come Back On
What $67 million in restored waterworks — paid for by visitors to parks across the country — tells us about who Washington’s public spaces are for
 • Bradley Schurman
Immigration is the story of population growth, wildfire smoke erasing gains, overriding states on AI — and more
Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and prosperity with a focus on population, climate, and artificial intelligence
 • Bradley Schurman
The Cold-Calling Mayor
Why Pittsburgh stopped waiting for the big companies to show up
 • Bradley Schurman
Birthrate decline not a catastrophe, the next five years will break records, AGI by 2029 — and more
Weekly intelligence on the future or people, places, and prosperity with a focus on population, climate, and artificial intelligence
 • Bradley Schurman
Ann Arbor's Diamond Mine Problem
What the Geography of Prosperity Index reveals about a city that knows how to close gaps — and how far it can go
 • Bradley Schurman
Immigrants vanish from the workforce, scientists retire apocalypse scenario, the Take Down Act becomes law — and more
Weekly intelligence on demographic change, climate change, and artificial intelligence
 • Bradley Schurman
Baby bust has two drivers, global wildfires at record highs, White House 180 on AI — and more
Weekly intelligence on demographic change, climate change, and artificial intelligence
 • Bradley Schurman
What a City Looks Like Before It Turns Around
Jackson, Mississippi is America's fastest-shrinking city. It's also showing the promising signs of a turnaround.
 • Bradley Schurman
American men vanishing from the workforce, New Orleans at "point of no return," Trump pivots to AI oversight — and more
Weekly intelligence on demographic change, climate change, and artificial intelligence
 • Bradley Schurman
Ann Arbor Is Building the Future Without Forgetting Its Foundation
The data pointed us here. The visit explained why.
 • Bradley Schurman
Population Next
Population Next
Population Next is a podcast and newsletter from Bradley Schurman examining the future of people, places, and prosperity—tracking how demographic change, artificial intelligence, and climate pressures are redrawing the map.
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