About the Issues

Journalists Neal Peirce and Curtis Johnson from the Citistates Group conducted more than 400 interviews across the six New England States beginning in December 2004. They spoke with policy makers, business leaders, citizens, religious leaders, non profit organizations, and educational institutions. Once the interview process was completed, Peirce and Johnson analyzed what they learned from the interviews and organized the results into six major issues: New England Identity; Energy; Education; Growth, Sprawl and Affordable Housing;Connections: Transportation and Broadband; and Health.

To engage the media, promote public awareness and dialogue and catalyze New Englanders to action on these issues, the Citistates Group wrote six monthly articles that published in newspapers across the six states between October 1, 2005 and March 1, 2006.

The title for the series of articles is New England: New Century, New Game.

To read the articles that the Citistates Group journalists have written on each of the issues, click on the icons below:

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