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Designing a More Inclusive City By ALLISON ARIEFF, nytimes.com

In the 1990s, San Francisco removed all of the benches from Civic Center Plaza. In 2001, all remaining seating in nearby United Nations Plaza was removed in the middle of the night. Over the years, public seating has been removed from virtually th…

She also cites limited-equity co-ops, naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs) and rent control as “accidental” inclusionary tools, things that weren’t designed to be inclusionary but end up making the city accessible for a greater number of people. The flat transit fare is another example. “All subway trips, whether you’re traveling three blocks or 38 miles, cost the same set price of $2.75,” Ms. Theodore notes.

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How Local Housing Regulations Smother the U.S. Economy By CHANG-TAI HSIEH and ENRICO MORETTI, nytimes.com

If you live in a coastal city like New York, Boston or San Francisco, you know that the cost of housing has skyrocketed. This housing crisis did not happen by chance: Increasingly restrictive land-use regulations in the last half-century contribut…

“In fact, the economies of Britain and Japan are significantly larger because of the transportation network.”

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The Papers poisonpapers.org

The “Poison Papers” represent a vast trove of rediscovered chemical industry and regulatory agency documents and correspondence stretching back to the 1920s. Taken as a whole, the papers show that …

“The Poison Papers are a compilation of over 20,000 documents obtained from federal agencies and chemical manufacturers via open records requests and public interest litigation. They include internal scientific studies and summaries of studies, internal memos and reports, meeting minutes, strategic discussions, and sworn testimonies. The majority of these documents have been scanned and digitized by us for the first time and represent nearly three tons of material.”

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Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals Damian Carrington Environment editor, theguardian.com

Exclusive: Tests show billions of people globally are drinking water contaminated by plastic particles, with 83% of samples found to be polluted

We are living on a plastic planet. What does it mean for our health?

Microplastic contamination ha…

“Microplastics are also known to contain and absorb toxic chemicals and research on wild animals shows they are released in the body.”

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Vintage NYC Photography: NYC’s Public Baths Marc Rich, untappedcities.com

During the mid-to-late 19th century, public health and sanitation in New York City had become a growing concern. By this time, the city’s burgeoning population had reached 1.4 million, leaving many …

These should return to alleviate some concerns of homeless.

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By Josh Ryan-Collins

Anyone who has studied economics will be familiar with the ‘factors of production’. The best known ‘are ‘capital’ (machinery, tools, computers) and ‘labour’ (physical effort, …

“Land is permanent, cannot be produced or reproduced, cannot be ‘used up’ and does not depreciate. None of these features apply to capital. Capital goods are produced by humans, depreciate over time due to physical wear and tear and innovations in technology (think of computers or mobile phones) and they can be replicated.”

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The Incarcerated Women Who Fight California’s Wildfires By JAIME LOWE, nytimes.com

Shawna Lynn Jones climbed from the back of a red truck with ‘‘L.A. County Fire’’ printed on its side. Ten more women piled out after her, at a spot on the border of Agoura Hills and Malibu, in Southern California. They could see flames in t…

‘‘There are some days we are worn down to the core,’’ she said. ‘‘And this isn’t that different from slave conditions.

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My week in Lucky House: the horror of Hong Kong's coffin homes Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong, theguardian.com

Benjamin Haas joins the retirees, working poor, drug addicts and convicted criminals who live crammed into the city’s tiny plywood cubicles

The residents of Lucky House in Hong Kong are anything but fortunate. They are some of the poorest people…

When the theory of just build more units concludes, people suffer

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Doctors are burning out because electronic medical records are broken Lloyd Minor, qz.com

Are electronic medical records largely to blame for the growing crisis of physician burnout?

One of the most enjoyable parts of my job is meeting new medical students every year. I invariably find myself not only impressed by their talent and…

They take too long to learn, disconnect the doctor from the patient conversation and create conflict with insurance

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Cypress Island Atlantic Salmon Pen Break | WA wa.gov

This incident involves oversight from multiple state agencies. Below, please see who to contact for specific aspects of involvement. Importantly, these agencies are working together, with tribes, to …

Such sadness in the fishing industry. Who thought this was a good idea? #Fish #FarmedFish #AtlanticSalmoninPacific

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Henry Johnson: Honored first at home By Keshia Clukey, timesunion.com

I think we need more monuments to Henry Johnson. #Hero #WW1

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How Midwestern Farmers Could Help Save the Gulf of Mexico Tom Philpott, motherjones.com

PushartIf you pay state taxes in Maryland, you fund a program that gives farmers as much as $90 per acre—$22,500 annually for a typical corn operation—to plant a crop that’s not even intended for harvest. This absurd-sounding initiative cost the…

Cover crops to prevent nitrogen leaching. Brilliant #deadzone

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Move Over Tesla, IKEA Takes on Affordable Solar Solutions Melissa Massello, apartmenttherapy.com

Move over Tesla Roof, IKEA wants to be the new affordable solar option proving that sustainability shouldn't be a luxury — helping millions of consumers convert their rooftops into power stations …

Solar roof and battery pack from IKEA

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A Revival Comes to Newark, but Some Worry It’s ‘Not for Us’ By RICK ROJAS, nytimes.com

NEWARK — The old department store has been transformed into luxury apartments with high ceilings, bike parking and, as the developers boast, an opportunity to be in downtown Newark, a neighborhood “on the brink of something great.”

A Whole Foods…

“Mr. Baraka is pushing the City Council to pass a measure requiring that at least 20 percent of large developments be set aside for affordable housing. One mixed-use development, Teachers Village, was built largely for educators in the city, and other projects are aimed at artists. The downtown development carrying the name of the long-closed department store it once housed, Hahne & Company, includes a 50,000-square-foot “arts incubator” run by Rutgers-Newark, as well as 64 units of affordable housing.”

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A death ignites labor tensions at berry farm near Canada Liz Jones, kuow.org

Labor tensions have erupted at a berry farm in Sumas, Washington, on the border with Canada. Advocates say more than 120 people have walked off the job after a worker fell ill and later …

One farmworker has died, others thrown out of housing for protesting #RememberHonesto

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Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U.S. By LISA FRIEDMAN, nytimes.com

WASHINGTON — The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by th…

Will Trump sign it?

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By JANE E. BRODY, nytimes.com

When you wash your hair, clean or moisturize your skin, polish your nails, or put on makeup, deodorant or sunscreen, do you ever think about whether the product you’re using may do more harm than good?

Maybe you should. Thanks to a lack of feder…

“The F.D.A. wants to encourage consumers to submit reports to it directly and has created a website to do so at: http://flip.it/7wEUWd”