For centuries, disease outbreaks have forced cities to transform physically and operationally in ways that ultimately benefited all residents going forward.
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Today’s coronavirus pandemic has echoes in the yellow fever pandemic of the 1790s. Then, as now, workers struggled with how to support themselves and their families. One federal agency had the answer.
Like the ‘Rocky Steps,’ the ‘Joker Stairs’ have become a mecca for moviegoers. But not all film-related tourism is the same.
Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
While most Wikipedia editors are volunteers, some are employed by Wikipedia. The Science History Institute’s Mary Mark Ockerbloom offers insight into the “Wikipedian in residence” program.
The health of American democracy could be at stake.
As cashless societies become a reality, we’re starting to see this technological revolution has a dark side.
Many homes, parks and businesses in US cities stand on former manufacturing sites that may have left legacy hazardous wastes behind. A new book calls for more research into our urban industrial past.
Following a fatal beating of a student, Chicago started a Safe Passage program in 2009 to ensure students get to and from school safely. Nine years on, how is it working?
America’s gun violence debate is at a fever pitch – but it’s part of a much deeper cultural reckoning.
If we’re going to grasp what makes Eakins’ art so tragically powerful, we should be honest about the man who made them – and the impulses that drove him.
New research shows how cities are tackling the issues usually dealt with by states and the federal government
In late November, the Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis is going to visit the United States of America for the World Meeting of Families that will take place in Philadelphia at the end of September 2015…
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Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Drexel University
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Associate Professor of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Education Policy & Law; Director of the National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado Boulder
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Freelance Reporter and Editor, The Conversation
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Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture & Urban Planning, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Government, The University of Texas at Austin
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, Drexel University
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Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
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Professeur des Universités en Histoire des Sciences, Université de Lorraine
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Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Sociology, Rice University
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Professor of Sociology and Environment and Society, Brown University
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Assistant Curator for History and Culture, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
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Associate Professor, Public Scholar of Curatorial Practices and Visual Art, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Concordia University
