When US cities offered low-cost, high-quality public transit during World War II, buses and trains were full. Some cities are trying to revive that formula, after decades of disinvestment.
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Not all reparations involve money. Returning unique scientific resources is also a way of showing respect and righting past harms.
Deifying the composer and his work only serves to reinforce America’s white patriarchy at the expense of countless others who were no less great.
Shoplifting has been hyped as a driver of chain-store closures, but did these companies ever really understand urban environments in the first place?
The predominantly white European field of music education in the US is changing radically these days as schools confront anti-Black histories.
Everyone likes getting something for nothing, but history shows why the math behind free public transit doesn’t add up.
High-quality bus service is the fastest route to rapid, comprehensive public transit in the United States. This country was once a leader in bus transit, and with adequate funding, it could be again.
L’enfance n’était pas plus « innocente » ou « naturelle » avant les technologies numériques ou la pandémie.
Childhood wasn’t more ‘innocent’ or ‘natural’ before digital technologies or the pandemic.
When governments want people to do less of something, one way to make that happen is to charge them for doing it. That’s the idea behind pay-as-you-throw waste policies.
Following the deadly collapse of a condo high-rise in Florida, a historian of this kind of housing explains how it offers a sense of community that many people seek.
Lorsque les enseignants utilisent leurs souvenirs pour examiner comment les écoles affectent les chances des enfants sur la base de leur identité sociale, ils imaginent une éducation plus équitable.
When teachers use memories to examine how schools unequally affect children’s life choices and chances on the basis of social identity, they’re able to imagine more equitable education.
Research shows smartphone use disrupts an essential facet of human connection – eye contact.
New laws in Albania show one approach to dealing with disinformation – and highlight some pitfalls of selective regulation.
New research shows that slowing deforestation is the most essential step for saving Madagascar’s lemurs, and can help protect them against the longer-term threat of climate change.
A year after Congress passed its plan to fix Puerto Rico’s US$123 billion debt and pension crisis, little has changed for the lives of Puerto Ricans.
From Chris Rock’s opening monologue to red carpet hits (and misses), our experts analyze key moments from this year’s Academy Awards.
Hundreds of cities worldwide have pledged to act against climate change. New York City’s experience rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy offers useful lessons about making urban areas more resilient.
Twenty years after the mass killings of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in 1995 during the Balkan War, Europeans still grapple with the legacy of genocide.
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Assistant Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Hunter College
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Hunter College
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Associate Professor, Curriculum and Teaching, Hunter College
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Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning and Director of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College
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Associate Professor of History, Hunter College
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Assistant Professor of History, Hunter College
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Assistant Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
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Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning, Hunter College
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Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
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Professor of music theory, Hunter College
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Professor of Psychology, Hunter College
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Professor of Geography, Hunter College
