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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

Article by Derik Suria & Meghna Pamula Air pollution is a serious public health concern. Using pollution data from the Environmental Protection Agency and income data from the American Community Survey (ACS), we look to see whether the association between income and air pollution has lessened between 2006 and 2020. for 2016-2020.

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UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

From 20062010, UK Biobank recruited 500,000 UK citizens between the ages of 40 and 69 to supply biological samples (blood, urine, and saliva) and information about their lifestyle regularly on an ongoing basis. UK Biobank is the world’s most comprehensive source of health data used for research.

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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: In a news release sent out Wednesday, officials said that the organizations’ Boards of Directors will meet on May 1 to start “months-long discussions about how to efficiently provide, fund, and govern public transit.” inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). If it wasn't forthcoming, only then cut service.

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Updating the best practice elements of revitalization to include elements 7 and 8 | Transformational Projects Action Planning at a large scale

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From another NYT piece, " What We Learned From Bogotá’s Buses ," about the article: That’s a lesson I took away from my reporting. Around 2006 it "repaired" Thomas Circle, which decades before had been cut through with more road travel lanes. TransMilenio bus routes. Photo by Julio Plaza for the New York Times.

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The GSE Public-Private Hybrid Model Flunks Again: This Time It’s the Federal Home Loan Bank System (Part 1)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

3 The release of the FHFA report has also sparked a flurry of articles, op-eds, and think tank reports either supporting or countering some or all the recommendations. This two-part article argues that the root cause of their need for reform is a fundamental flaw in Congress’ design of GSEs. 81 trillion.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

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Social media tends to be decentralized, nonmarket, peer-produced, nonproprietary, open-sourced, commons-based, and provide free or inexpensive access and distribution (Benkler, 2006). The platforms of social media are built around weak ties” (Gladwell 2010, p. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief. 2011; Aday, et al.,