Tag: urban slums
Venomous yellow scorpions are moving into Brazil’s big cities – and...
Hamilton Coimbra Carvalho, Universidade de Sao Paulo
I live in São Paulo, the biggest city in Brazil, home to some 12 million people – 20...
Parks help cities – but only if people use them
Thaisa Way, University of Washington
In cities, access to parks is strongly linked with better health for both people and neighborhoods.
Children suffer higher rates of...
MLK’s vision matters today for the 43 million Americans living in...
Joshua F.J. Inwood, Pennsylvania State University
On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, while fighting for a 10-cent wage increase...
In Rio’s bulldozed _favelas,_ echoes of America’s shantytowns
Lisa Goff, University of Virginia
The 500,000 tourists expected to attend the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will see a dazzling city, miles...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
