Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Each year about 2% of U.S. public schools permanently close their doors, a trend that has translated in recent years to roughly 1,000… Read More

A schematic summarizing the steps in the new atmospheric model for source localization. Credit: Atmospheric Environment (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119995 In 20… Read More

Over the last few years, the idea of reparations — which would compensate the descendants of American slaves — has surfaced across the country. Though a state task force recently… Read More

The following is from Climate Scientist Kate Marvel at MSNBC.com:It’s hard to deny what’s going on, but there’s still money to be made in delaying climate action. Thus… Read More

Do majority-minority ZIP codes pay higher car insurance premiums than majority-white ZIP codes? The answer is yes, according to a massive 2017 investigative report published by ProPublica in… Read More

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Actual property appraiser Jack Sonceau (left) and his trainee, Devin Minnis, assess a home in Baltimore. Shuran Huang for NPR… Read More

In June of 2022, one day before its 90-business-day deadline, Rochester's Housing Quality Task Force delivered its final recommendations to Mayor Evans. The 21-member task force include… Read More

Roughly 17 million people in the U.S. live within a mile of an oil or gas well — putting them at higher risk of health problems like heart disease, breathing issues, anxiety and depre… Read More

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A new study shows how redlining, a Depression-era housing policy, contributed to inequalities that persist decades later in U.S. cities.March 9, 2022, 8:00 a.m. ETUrban neighborhoods that we… Read More

Unlike an operating nuclear plant, which can use some of the electricity it generates to power its operation, the long-defunct Chernobyl plant in Ukraine is completely dependent on outsi… Read More

Redlining Definition Redlining refers to the unethical, discriminatory practice of denying inhabitants of a particular neighborhood or community access to services, such as banking, insur… Read More

Teacher Melissa Perry reads to her fifth grade class at Jacob’s Well Elementary School in Wimberley on September 4, 2020. Credit:Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas TribuneTexas Border Bus… Read More

SZA has the answers you've been searching for. Firstly, she promises her next album is coming soon - she's been in the studio for 12 hours every day to make sure of it - and yes, we'll final… Read More

When you think of the term political science, you might think of presidential campaigns, political parties or policy analysis on the evening news. But best political science books also seeks… Read More

Kamala Harris possesses $100 billion intend to close the homeownership gap that is blackAccording Harris, four million individuals of color would gain from advance payment assistance Share t… Read More

The Democratic candidates squared off this week in their second, two-night debate in Detroit, Michigan, ahead of their party primaries. As the candidates made their pitch to voters for why… Read More

Anyone can get cancer. Or asthma. As a PSA might put it, diseases don’t see race, place, or age. You know who does, though? Community planners and industrial developers, and that&rsquo… Read More

If you are as colorblind in your worldas you claim to be, why are some things therenever just black and white to you? Right, wrong, up, down, brutal, gentle; no obvious divides between them… Read More

While humanity’s interminable duel against intolerance might feel like two steps forwards, one monstrou step back, at the least we can take comfort in the relevant recommendations th… Read More

A few days ago, I went off the rails. My husband’s high school musical is in tech and production this week, so I’ve been a single parent for a few weeks.  He said good night… Read More