Greenspace protects health at cellular level—but with limits

Neighborhood greenspace can protect our health, but not so much as to counterbalance pollution and systemic racism, a study finds.

Matt Shipman-NC State • futurity
Oct. 19, 2023 ~6 min

Black mothers trapped in unsafe neighborhoods signal the stressful health toll of gun violence in the U.S.

Chronic stress from living with systemic racism and gun violence can lead to increased symptoms of PTSD and depression as well as elevated cortisol levels.

Ruby Mendenhall, Associate Professor in Sociology, African American Studies, Urban and Regional Planning and Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • conversation
May 3, 2023 ~8 min


Lead exposure, racial segregation combine to lower test scores

Black children with a history of lead exposure have lower test scores than their peers, and segregation exacerbates this effect, research finds.

Duke University • futurity
Aug. 16, 2022 ~7 min

Bridges, bike lanes, electric car chargers and more: 5 essential reads on the infrastructure bill

What will the US$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill pay for? Here are some of the things it will help build, fix or remove.

Jennifer Weeks, Senior Environment + Energy Editor, The Conversation • conversation
Nov. 8, 2021 ~7 min

Expert: 2020 Census shows race still drives where people live

The 2020 census data released this summer show that race, not income, is still the driving factor behind who lives where in the United States.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Expert: 2020 Census shows race still drives where people live

The 2020 census data released this summer show that race, not income, is still the driving factor behind who lives where in the United States.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Expert: 2020 Census shows US segregation problem is ‘complicated’

The 2020 census data released this summer show that race, not income, is still the driving factor behind who lives where in the United States.

Jill Kimball-Brown • futurity
Oct. 5, 2021 ~9 min

Removing urban highways can improve neighborhoods blighted by decades of racist policies

Two urban policy experts explain why taking down highways that have isolated low-income and minority neighborhoods for decades is an important part of the pending infrastructure bill.

Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University • conversation
Sept. 7, 2021 ~9 min


School integration isn’t a panacea for Black students

A retrospective look at high school integration in the United States shows that creating a racially balanced student body isn't a cure-all.

Lucas Hubbard-Duke • futurity
April 6, 2021 ~7 min

New Deal programs still segregate cities and towns

"New Deal housing policies encouraged racial segregation and their substantial impact on American cities and towns can still be seen today."

James Devitt-NYU • futurity
Aug. 25, 2020 ~5 min

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