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In New York City’s black neighborhoods, poverty, housing issues, and asthma go together
New data shows health in Brooklyn varies along race and income lines.
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With the threat of coal exports, Oakland piles more pollution on a polluted community
Two community organizers explain why they're on the front lines to stop coal exports from coming to Oakland.
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A surprising tool to slow gentrification: Land trusts
Community land trusts can guarantee a level of economic diversity in urban neighborhoods, and help locals take charge of their own destiny.
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Airport beekeeping project is a win-win-win
A new project raises bees on undeveloped land near O'Hare Airport, trains ex-convicts in beekeeping, and sells the resulting honey and beeswax.
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Mississippi cyclist hit twice by driver: Where is the accountability?
The case of Jan Morgan shows how far we have to go when it comes to protecting vulnerable road users.
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Transportation and social justice: The sentence is in on the Raquel Nelson case
Could the case of a mother convicted of vehicular homicide for crossing the street with her son be a turning point for the rights of pedestrians and transit users?
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Mother convicted in son’s street-crossing death speaks out on Today show [VIDEO]
Raquel Nelson, who faces three years in prison after her son was killed by a hit-and-run driver when they crossed the street, gives an interview to Ann Curry on the Today show.
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Pedestrians and transit riders come last [VIDEO]
More people living in the suburbs are poor and without cars. But autocentric street design means you risk your life getting around any other way.
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When design kills: The criminalization of walking
A child is struck by a driver and killed when crossing the street on foot with his mother -- and she is the one who is charged with vehicular homicide. Why is normal, instinctive pedestrian activity criminalized?
