The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World

We will discuss a book about how power and progress have moved in recent decades from federal and state governments to cities. The chief beneficiaries of this “paradigm shift,” the book argues, are mayors who are connected to one another, open to new ideas and skilled at collaboration.

Rahm Emanuel was the two-term mayor of Chicago. Before that, he was a congressman and chief of staff for President Barack Obama. He is now the U.S. ambassador to Japan.

We will look for lessons about power and progress, and the role mayors can play in leading their communities, in Urban Atlanta.