equity
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How will public transit change post-COVID? We had 5 experts weigh in.
From bike protests to staggered commute times, here’s how things might (literally) go in the future.
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The key to a more equitable outdoors? Democracy.
"A park is more than just a physical place to build relationships. It’s a community tool to amplify people’s voices."
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Should colleges treat their students to fine dining or financial aid?
Malcolm Gladwell savaged Bowdoin for its lobster bakes. Can a college really have it all?
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Gotta catch ’em all? It’s a lot easier if you’re white.
Augmented reality is as unjust as real life.
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Angela Glover Blackwell talks about the connection between transportation and social justice
Starting with Plessy v. Ferguson, access to transportation has been a civil rights issue in this country. The founder of PolicyLink explains why it still is.
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Growth won’t make us happy — or more inclined to save the planet
A society with high income inequality is more likely to suffer all manner of social ills, from teenage pregnancy to negative environmental behavior.
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$200 a day – why Sierra Leone will get screwed at Copenhagen
Behind the smart suits, tinted windows, and Swiss fountain pens of COP15 there are delegates from poorer countries who struggle to attend the conference and struggle to have a voice amongst the well-polished rhetoric of the E.U. and American delegations. One such country is Sierra Leone.
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, champion of the environment and clean energy, dies at 77
Kennedy, the last surviving brother in a unique American political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died late Tuesday night at his summer home on Cape Cod after a 15-month battle with brain cancer. He was 77. He was a great champion of progressive causes, and his death is a great […]
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Climate change is sexist
This is the second dispatch by Population Action International from global climate change talks in Bonn, Germany. Read the first. A Bangladeshi woman searches for drinking water after a cyclone.Photo: Abir Abdullah/OxfamOne of the under-reported issues about climate change is its dramatic affect on women. A side event I attended this afternoon, organized by the […]
