Patchwork Nation: the big issues in big cities stem from income disparity

The World

Forget Red State – Blue State politics. But don’t forget that all politics is local. The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation project is redefining political geography based on social and economic data, and in the process is clarifying the issues that will matter to Americans come November. Guest: Dante Chinni, The Christian Science Monitor’s Patchwork Nation Project, in Denver.

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