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4 days ago · About Us The National Urban League is a historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization with 90 affiliates serving 300 communities, providing direct services that impact and improve the lives of more than two million people nationwide.
May 14, 2024 · Therefore, permaculture cityscapes have the largest potential for impact on society, culture, and the environment. Since Seattle’s Beacon Hill project was created—and perhaps because of it—urban permaculture appears to be spreading. There are now several food forests being established around the US, and the list keeps growing!
1 day ago · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
4 days ago · It is the fire of white supremacy. This year’s State of Black America ® report, “Democracy in Peril: Confronting the Threat Within,” raises the alarm on extremist ideology taking root in the nation’s most vital institutions. The mainstreaming of extremist ideology is an existential threat to American democracy, the rule of law, and ...
May 27, 2024 · Labour scaling back its £28 billion green pledge will impact UK housing – and public health. Jack Newman, University of Bristol and Geoff Bates, University of Bath. Too often government policy ...
May 24, 2024 · In Phoenix, urban heat is impacting health, safety, comfort and economic development, and this is projected to worsen over time. The number of days above 110°F are expected to more than double by 2060. In 2023, the American Lung Association rated Phoenix the fifth most ozone-polluted metropolitan area in the country.
2 days ago · Urbanization is not merely a modern phenomenon, but a rapid and historic transformation of human social roots on a global scale, whereby predominantly rural culture is being rapidly replaced by predominantly urban culture. The first major change in settlement patterns was the accumulation of hunter-gatherers into villages many thousands of ...
