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/ 8 months agoSpikes, seat dividers, even ‘Baby Shark’ − camping bans like the one under review at SCOTUS are part of broader strategies that push out homeless people
Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public spaces.
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/ 8 months agoCities with empty commercial space and housing shortages are converting office buildings into apartments – here’s what they’re learning
Turning excess office space into apartments isn’t a panacea for the housing shortage, but it’s producing thousands of new units yearly...
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/ 8 months agoInflation is cooling, but not fast enough for the Fed: Policymakers now expect only one rate cut in 2024
The Federal Reserve is being characteristically cautious.
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/ 8 months agoMicrorobots made of algae carry chemo directly to lung tumors, improving cancer treatment
Green algae carry drug-loaded nanoparticles directly to the lungs, reducing side effects in other organs and increasing treatment efficiency.
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/ 8 months agoColumbia Law Review article critical of Israel sparks battle between student editors and their board − highlighting fragility of academic freedom
It’s now clear that tensions in academia regarding concerns about Israel’s relationship with the Palestinian people aren’t limited to campus protests.
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/ 8 months agoThere’s a strange history of white journalists trying to better understand the Black experience by ‘becoming’ Black
These endeavors end up turning the complexity of Black life into a stunt.
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/ 8 months agoAmerican womanhood is not what it used to be − understanding the backlash to Dobbs v. Jackson
A historian of gender and women’s rights explains how women’s protests focused on their rights evolved from the 1960s through the...
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/ 8 months agoPolitics is still both local and personal – but only for independents, not for Democrats or Republicans
Independents’ political views and policy preferences reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day. Democrats and Republicans...
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/ 8 months ago‘Fiddler on the Roof’ may be many Americans’ image of Judaism – but American Jews’ heritage is stunningly diverse
Most ideas about Jewish culture in the United States come from Ashkenazi traditions, but there’s a vast landscape of Jewish cultures...
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/ 8 months agoParis 2024 Olympics to debut high-level breakdancing – and physics in action
Olympic breakdancers spin on their heads and backs, then freeze in funky poses. How? It’s all about physics.
