While Americans tend not to use the word “peace,” and instead opt for terms like “safety and security,” their desires and fears are not so different from what people in war-torn places express.
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Transportation agencies plan for events like major bridge or highway collapses, but these events can disrupt traffic for months and affect residential neighborhoods as well as motorists.
Art can help anchor places even as they are reshaped.
It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.
A former deputy chancellor of New York City schools explains why the police don’t need to patrol the nation’s public schools.
The day and a half it takes to get from New York to Singapore and back offers plenty of time to ponder the economics of ultra-long-haul flights – and wonder why we’d want to make it any longer.
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