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Reaching the Growing Numbers of the Suburban Poor
The suburbs omnipresent in movies like American Beauty and television shows like Weeds don’t exist anymore. Continue reading »
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Weekend Blog Hog: News We Think You Should Know
Here are some of the best articles that we found this week. Continue reading »
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The City of Niagara Falls Might Pay Your Loans if You Move There
Called Live NF, the plan is to entice people to live in Niagara Falls by paying off their student loans. Continue reading »
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The Suburbs Are Making You Obese
By making towns more walkable, we will also do something else: bring back the sense of community that many suburbs miss. Continue reading »
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In the U.S., Buying Sudafed Is Harder than Buying a Gun
Barring the cost difference, of course. Continue reading »
Now This Is How You Stop Crime in Its Tracks
The program is a smart one: to prevent further damage from a wound, it cuts off supply to the source. Continue reading »
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We Should Be Doing More to Help Public Housing ‘Go Green’
It may seem that going “green” might be the last thing on the minds of the tenants who live in New York City’s housing projects. Continue reading »
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This App Might Put an End to Stop and Frisk
The New York Civil Liberties Union has created an app that is meant to catch stop and frisk in action.
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Chicago Mother Buries Fourth and Last Child to Gun Violence
At 54 years old, Shirley Chambers buried her fourth child this week. He was the last living child she had remaining; all three of her other children had previously passed away from gun violence.
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