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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
DRAWBACKS OF HOMELESS SHELTERS
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xzwb5/california-is-desperately-trying-to-hide-homeless-people-critics-say
Sunday, July 28, 2019
FOCUSED DETERRENCE TO CUT GUN VIOLENCE
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/12/20679091/thomas-abt-bleeding-out-urban-gun-violence-book-review
Saturday, July 27, 2019
GLOBAL DEMAND FOR SAND
http://conversableeconomist.blogspot.com/2019/07/global-markets-for-sand.html
LACK OF LAWYERS IN RURAL AREAS
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/07/man-who-had-no-lawyer/593470/?utm_source=feed
HEAT WAVE HEALTH DANGER
https://www.curbed.com/2019/7/18/20699431/heat-wave-record-high-overnight-low-temperatures
HEALTH SPENDING AND LIFE EXPECTANCY
https://ritholtz.com/2019/07/health-spending-and-life-expectancy/
URBAN FLOODING IS BECOMING MORE COMMON
https://slate.com/business/2019/07/urban-flooding-is-getting-more-common.html
HARVESTING EIDERDOWN
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/eiderdown-harvesting-iceland-eider-duck
REMEMBERING DREAMS
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/07/24/people-who-remember-their-dreams-brain-personality-traits/#.XTz2fx5lA0M
HOW MUCH SLEEP DO YOU NEED?
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/07/24/how-much-should-i-sleep-science-has-the-answers/#.XTzyvB5lA0M
IMMIGRANT INTEGRATION
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/amy-wax-richard-alba-immigrant-assimilation.html
SENIOR SUICIDES
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/27/745017374/isolated-and-struggling-many-seniors-are-turning-to-suicide
Friday, July 26, 2019
THE SCIENCE OF REGRETTABLE DECISIONS
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/23/20702987/brain-psychology-making-hard-decisions
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
CHALLENGES USING TREES FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/07/10/reforestation-climate-change-plant-trees/#.XThfLB5lA0M
UNDERSTANDING MICROSLEEP
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2019/06/18/during-microsleep-youre-asleep-and-awake-at-the-same-time/#.XTheDx5lA0N
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
LEFT AND RIGHT DEFINE RACISM VERY DIFFERENTLY
https://www.allsides.com/blog/trump-tweets-reveal-left-and-right-define-racist-very-differently
Monday, July 22, 2019
WHY FLOOD MAPS DON'T GET UPDATED
https://californiawaterblog.com/2019/07/21/24-6-billion-national-flood-insurance-program-debt-explained-in-one-chart/
Sunday, July 21, 2019
Saturday, July 20, 2019
IMPROVING OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/08/raj-chettys-american-dream/592804/
HOW MINNEAPOLIS ELIMINATED SINGLE FAMILY ZONING
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/11/housing-crisis-single-family-homes-policy-227265
Friday, July 19, 2019
CAMERA SURVEILLANCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS
https://slate.com/technology/2019/07/automatic-license-plate-readers-hoa-police-openalpr.html
BENEFITS OF CHICKPEAS
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/07/10/739054484/your-hummus-habit-could-be-good-for-the-earth?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
THE RISE OF COFFEE SHAMING
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/07/coffee-financial-advice/594244/?utm_source=feed
INSURERS IGNORE FRAUD
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/7/19/20698355/health-insurance-scam-united-cigna-aetna-southwest
Tuesday, July 16, 2019
TREE PLANTING TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/04/planting-billions-trees-best-tackle-climate-crisis-scientists-canopy-emissions
Monday, July 15, 2019
COCKROACHES EVOLVING TO BECOME INVINCIBLE
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/cockroaches-pesticide
Sunday, July 14, 2019
A HISTORY OF MASS LAYOFFS
https://qz.com/work/1663731/mass-layoffs-a-history-of-cost-cuts-and-psychological-tolls/
THE ECONOMIC POWER OF WALKABILITY IN METRO AREAS
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2019/07/12/the-economic-power-of-walkability-in-metro-areas/
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Friday, July 12, 2019
Thursday, July 11, 2019
JUDGING ASYLUM CASES
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2019/07/10/one_immigration_judge_has_rejected_every_asylum_seeker_42249.html
Monday, July 8, 2019
MODULAR HOUSING IN CHICAGO
https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/07/chicago-new-construction-apartment-affordable-rent-skender/592444/?utm_source=feed
Sunday, July 7, 2019
CORRELATION AND CAUSATION
https://slate.com/technology/2012/10/correlation-does-not-imply-causation-how-the-internet-fell-in-love-with-a-stats-class-cliche.html
WHAT'S BEHIND THE ASYLUM CRISIS
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/11/18290677/border-immigration-illegal-asylum-central-america-mexico-trump
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Thursday, July 4, 2019
THE POLITICS OF WAITING
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/29/politics-waiting-social-action
REFORESTATION TO MINIMIZE CLIMATE CHANGE
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/4/20681331/climate-change-solutions-trees-deforestation-reforestation
CHARITABLE DAFS
https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/7/2/18691693/silicon-valley-donor-advised-funds-fidelity-charitable-lawsuit
THE BROKEN ASYLUM SYSTEM
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/why-americas-immigration-system-is-broken/593143/?utm_source=feed
Wednesday, July 3, 2019
EL CENTRO: WORST JOB MARKET
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/03/738146040/this-california-city-has-the-nations-worst-job-market-i-m-applying-everywhere?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news
WHY COCKROACHES PERSIST
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/7/3/20678804/super-cockroaches-insecticide-resistance-ahhhhhhhhh
REFORMING THE ASYLUM PROCESS
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-must-address-the-roots-of-our-asylum-crisis--or-give-trump-the-advantage/2019/06/27/00af2812-991e-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html?utm_term=.408d6c1310bb
THE IMPACT OF ZUCKERBERG'S GIFT ON NEWARK SCHOOLS
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/7/3/18629810/mark-zuckerberg-cory-booker-newark-schools
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
US PEDESTRIAN DEATHS SOARING
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/7/2/why-are-us-drivers-killing-so-many-pedestrians
Monday, July 1, 2019
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