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One consistent pandemic story was that people fled urban neighborhoods for less dense locales. This narrative held for New York City and San
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This Thanksgiving, I am thankful for libraries. Throughout my life, public libraries and school libraries have provided endless hours of reading,
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By one measure, American mobility is down to its lowest level since 1948: Photo by Artem Podrez on Pexels.com New data from the U.S. Census Bureau
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Recent data suggests there may be two very different sizes of churches in the United States: Photo by Emily Hopper on Pexels.com According to the
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Many properties in the United States had racial covenants written into their deeds where it was stated that the property could not be sold to people
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In a recent trip to the campus library, I checked out the first season of a television show. I briefly interacted with the checkout clerk who
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After a pedestrian death in her neighborhood, one writer considers the issue in the United States: Photo by Josh Hild on Pexels.com My neighborhood
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One recent analysis suggests a major contributor to the lack of homes for sale is limited construction of new homes: Photo by Burst on
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Religious groups regularly propose changes for land and buildings and I have studied this both in the western suburbs of Chicago and the New York
A historian with a new book on the creation of a seven day week suggests urbanization in the modern helped make this happen: Photo by Julia M Cameron
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A recent document from the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges asks doctors to address health inequities by
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I read Jamlle Bouie in the New York Times last week describing the work of sociologist Oliver Cox. Here is part of the summary of Cox’s
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As a kid, I had a difficult time seeing current or past public figures as heroes or people to emulate. Perhaps this contributed to why I study
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Sears has come to the end of the retail road in Illinois at Woodfield Mall: Photo by Ellie Burgin on Pexels.com The last Sears department store in
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With Zillow stopping its iBuyer initiative, here are more details about how the Phoenix housing market was key to the plan: Photo by RODNAE