Tag: New York City
Not so long ago, cities were starved for trees
Sonja Dümpelmann, Harvard University
Many cities, in recent years, have initiated tree planting campaigns to offset carbon dioxide emissions and improve urban microclimates.
In 2007, New...
Why are some Americans changing their names?
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
In 2008, Newsweek published an article on then-presidential candidate Barack Obama titled “From Barry to Barack.”
The story explained how Obama’s...
The Village Voice’s photographers captured change, turmoil unfolding on New York...
Tamar Carroll, Rochester Institute of Technology and Joshua Meltzer, Rochester Institute of Technology
When The Village Voice, the nation’s first alternative weekly, closed in late...
Sustainable cities need more than parks, cafes and a riverwalk
Trina Hamilton, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York and Winifred Curran, DePaul University
There are many indexes that aim to rank how...
The fallout of police violence is killing black women like Erica...
Christen A. Smith, University of Texas at Austin
The sting of the premature death of 27-year-old Erica Garner, daughter of Eric Garner, is still fresh....
Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky
Sean Weiss, City College of New York
A decade after the global economic collapse, urban development is booming.
This is good news for architects. Indeed,...
US shouldn’t give up benefits of ‘green card lottery’ over low...
Ethan Lewis, Dartmouth College
After a man barreled down a New York City bike path on Oct. 31, killing eight, President Donald Trump reacted by...
What draws ‘lone wolves’ to the Islamic State?
James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles
The recent attack on a bike path in lower Manhattan once again compels us to ask: Why...
EXPLORING NATURE
Giant ground sloths’ fossilized teeth reveal their unique roles in the...
Larisa R. G. DeSantis, Vanderbilt University and Aditya Reddy Kurre, University of Pennsylvania
A two-toed sloth at the...
