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The Battle Over Bike Lanes Needs a Mindset Shift
Mom-and-pop shops are usually pretty nimble at recognizing situations that will help their bottom lines (which often have slender, fragile profit margins). So why the blind spot here? Perhaps it’s that attention gravitates to horror stories—and some merchants do get shafted when bike lanes come in. I spoke to Cindy Hughes, a co-owner of the hair salon …
Why Faulty Streetlights Are Turning Cities Purple — and Why It’s Worrisome
The sky over the city of Vancouver was the color of a television tuned to a Prince concert. OK, maybe not the whole sky. But enough of it that people noticed. A bunch of streetlights — a few hundred out of thousands — had suddenly changed. What had been moonshine white was now blue, …
Protests Erupt in Shanghai and Other Chinese Cities Over Covid Controls
Protests spread to cities and campuses in China on Saturday night amid rising public anger at the country’s strict but faltering controls against the spread of Covid, with a crowd in Shanghai going so far as to call for the removal of the national leader, Xi Jinping. The demonstration occurred after an outpouring of anger …
State must address health care disparities in cities like Gary – Chicago Tribune
In response to a recent RoundTable discussion with legislators and local providers on the health crisis in Gary hosted by Senator Eddie Melton (D-Gary), State Rep. Vernon G. Smith (D-Gary) comments on the community’s health desert and urges the state to address the harmful systemic disparities. Recently, I attended a RoundTable hosted by Senate Assistant …
‘American Diagnosis’: When Indigenous People Move to Cities, Health Care Funding Doesn’t Follow
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. The transcript for this segment is being processed. We’re working to post it four to five days after the episode airs. Episode 12: Indigenous and Invisible in the Big City Over 70% of Indigenous people in the United States live in urban areas. But urban Indian …
Four health-conscious cities putting pedestrians first
The pandemic, paired with numerous public-transportation strikes prior to lockdown, only strengthened the popularity of these human-centric and environmentally sustainable initiatives. “The beauty of getting around by foot in Paris is highlighted more since Covid,” said Kathleen Peddicord, founder of Live and Invest Overseas. “Public transportation was a no-go for a long time and was …
High school students promote health equity at TV Broadcast summer camp – Twin Cities
At TV Broadcast Camp, everyone is on deadline. This July, ThreeSixty Journalism students scrambled to write scripts, film interviews and edit the final cut of their stories about health equity before the weeklong camp ended. ThreeSixty Journalism, a nonprofit journalism training program for marginalized youth, has been running TV Broadcast Camp for five years. In …
Twin Cities Natural Hair and Beauty Expo brings awareness to health, wellness, economic growth, and hair discrimination
The fourth annual Twin Cities Natural Hair and Beauty Expo welcomed dozens of vendors to the cities to embrace natural hair and shed light on hair discrimination on Sunday. The expo made its return to Minneapolis for the first time in two years, highlighting the beauty of natural hair and bringing awareness to health, wellness …
Total Lunar Eclipse 2022 On 15, 16 May. Which Cities Will See Blood Moon. Read Here
The second total Lunar Eclipse of this year will occur on 8 November, 2022 According to experts, this is the longest prime-time total lunar eclipse on the west coast of the US this century. They further said that the duration of the total phase will be 1 hour 25 min and that of partial phase …
Twin Cities break temperature record on Friday and could break more records this weekend
article MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The Twin Cities broke a record high temperature by one degree on Friday afternoon by reaching 97 degrees. Temperatures in the upper 90s stretched across the state, but the hottest location ending up being Brainerd with a high temperature of 100. The sun and heat stay in Minnesota through the …
