A new study by a Stanford sociologist has determined that the negative effects of gentrification are felt disproportionately by minority communities, whose residents have fewer options of neighborhoods they can move to compared ...
Social Sciences
Dec 2, 2020
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Vickie Hicks, who weaves intricate sweetgrass baskets in Charleston, South Carolina's historic city market, remembers climbing onto the table at her grandmother's booth downtown when the floodwaters rushed by.
Environment
Nov 22, 2020
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Cities across the country have sought ways to improve neighborhood safety and in recent years have pointed to demolishing abandoned housing as a way to achieve the goal. While millions of dollars have been spent on the efforts, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2020
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Hurricane Delta emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and headed toward Louisiana after making landfall just south of the Mexican resort of Cancun, toppling trees and cutting power to residents of the Yucatan peninsula's ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2020
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The recent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery added new momentum to the Black Lives Matter social movement in the United States. But Stanford researchers have found that local news media have not treated ...
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2020
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Hurricane Katrina took a devastating toll on New Orleans, LA, when it made landfall in August 2005.
Political science
Sep 22, 2020
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A new study from the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that teen drivers and drivers 65 years and older—two age groups at a higher risk of being involved ...
Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2020
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A new University of Washington study of thousands of local rental ads finds a pattern of "racialized language" that can perpetuate neighborhood segregation, using specific terms to describe apartments in different areas of ...
Economics & Business
Aug 27, 2020
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New research suggests that demolishing abandoned houses may lead nearby property owners to better maintain their homes.
Economics & Business
Aug 3, 2020
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When new residents and businesses move into low-income neighborhoods, they often deny that they are displacing current residents. In a striking exception, a coffee shop in Denver's rapidly changing Five Points area posted ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2020
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