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Listen: Climate and fatherhood from a weather specialist

Host Andrew Simon talks with climate and weather specialist Marshall Shepherd about climate, fatherhood, and race.

Critics call out Extinction Rebellion’s race problem

Critics say group is not doing enough to involve people of color, or expose links between climate crisis and inequality

Trump says cities are in decline. Reality says otherwise.

Fox News and Donald Trump would have you believe that cities are becoming more dangerous.

Racism stands in the way of Obama’s push for affordable housing

Low-density zoning is often really about keeping non-whites from moving in. But that gives the federal government power to fight it.

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.

Southern discomfort: Tracing a region’s history through its food

What do food and farming have to do with race and culture? This food historian says plenty.

Food Studies: Talking about race in school gardens

Food Studies features the voices of volunteer student bloggers from a variety of different food- and agriculture-related programs at universities around the world. You can explore the full series here. A sign at the Edible Schoolyard“This is some slavery shit.” It was a sunny August morning, and we were hoeing, loosening up the dirt in […]

On the road for food justice

The Food and Freedom Ride is a 2,000-mile voyage from Birmingham, Ala., to Detroit, intended to spread awareness about food justice issues in the US

Building better cities so people can have better lives

Some very smart people got together for a Ford Foundation forum on "The Just City." What did they say?