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How ‘Law and Order’ Rhetoric Hurts Communities Reeling from COVID-Related Spike in Violence At the Roots Community Health Center in East Oakland, California, founder Noha Aboelata, M.D., is accustomed to caring for individuals and families who have been...
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Farm animal sanctuaries across the country have had to adapt in these unprecedented times. Here’s a case study of how one has innovated. Since its founding in 2016, Charlie’s Acres—a farm animal sanctuary in Sonoma, CA—has been a place where visitors can make personal...
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Can Policy Reforms Get Young Voters and People of Color to the Polls? The right to vote lies at the heart of the American political system. And yet, election after election, large swaths of eligible voters — especially young people and communities of color — sit on...
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A visionary architect is building wood high-rises that can help cool the planet We live in them. We work in them. And our planet’s getting warmer because of them. The buildings we inhabit are major contributors to climate change—accounting for nearly 40 percent of...
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Why is the Golden State’s population growth flattening? California’s famously sunny climate and laidback lifestyle have drawn people to the state for generations. With plentiful jobs in diverse industries from tech to entertainment, it’s no surprise that people from...
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FORM swim goggles put swimming performance goals in your sights. In recent years, tech gadgets that give real-time access to performance metrics have transformed how runners and cyclists train. But for swimmers, things haven’t gone as swimmingly—largely because taking...
