Building a stronger Detroit means stabilizing housing, using vacant land to benefit the public and investing in social infrastructure.
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District attorneys do not make laws, but they have a lot of leeway to decide who gets charged and with what crimes.
Teachers often have trouble finding enough time in the school day to teach all the expected writing skills, let alone cursive handwriting.
Philadelphia was the birthplace of Bread and Freedom, a weekly anarchist paper published by Jewish immigrants who felt their peers in New York were too moderate.
President Trump’s sudden cuts to hard-won federal grants are disrupting research and forcing scientists to face difficult choices.
New research uses firefly flashing patterns to identify species and what they’re communicating.
Philadelphia’s sanctuary policy remains in place, for now, as Trump vows to terminate federal grants to sanctuary cities.
The Florida Wildlife Corridor, which turns 15 this year, connects habitats across the state for panthers, bears, sparrows and other species.
Fewer people in Detroit are experiencing homelessness – but more kids are. Of those kids, a growing number have no safe place to sleep inside.
A prolonged drought in the San Luis Valley has contributed to kidney issues in agricultural workers.
A landscape historian explains how a Victorian tradition became a tool for social change in 19th- and 20th-century Philadelphia.
Uncertainty from Washington along with staff and budget cuts have created turmoil for the US Forest Service’s fire management efforts.
These aren’t abstract problems. They’re happening right now, in real communities, to real people.
A new exhibition at Colorado State University highlights 100 years of women’s work.
BIOCAP tiles reimagine seawalls as dynamic, ecologically active systems that have the potential to enhance coastal resilience.
Changes to the landscape and pollution have harmed this vital ecosystem known as the ‘river of grass.’
Pennsylvania hospitals report an average 14% vacancy rate for registered nurses. In rural areas it is much higher.
Teaching young children is one of the most stressful occupations.
Lesson plans incorporating shark fossil teeth help prepare kids to live and work in an AI world.
Unhoused people are more likely to die in hospitals or on the streets.
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