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Inner Cities

We Need More Broccoli Cities

Quentin James | Posted 04.30.2013 | Green
Read More: Conservation, Sustainability, Inner Cities, Youth, Broccoli City, Washington Dc Sustainability, Green News
Quentin James

In cities like Washington, D.C., environmental degradation has a disproportionate impact on people of color and young people. Unfortunately, more often than not, people from these communities are not included in conversations about conservation and environmental advocacy.

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Mitt Romney, Single Parents and Gun Violence

Monique Ruffin | Posted 12.19.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Gun Violence, Education, Single Parents, President Obama, Gang Violence, Inner Cities, Mitt Romney, Presidential Debates, High School Dropouts, Nra, Mitt Romney Gun Violence, Mitt Romney Debate, Mitt Romney Single Parents, Watts, Black Voices News
Monique Ruffin

When Mitt Romney speaks of single parents contributing to gun violence, I believe he is speaking to me, not to white, single parents whose suburb-dwelling kids have good schools and enthusiastic teachers.

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Don't 'Just Do it', Think for Yourself

LaVar Young | Posted 03.26.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Kentucky, Michael Jordan, New Jersey, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Nike, Inner Cities, Air Jordans, Crime, Black Voices News
LaVar Young

The release of Nike and Michael Jordan's limited edition Air Jordan Concord XI a few weeks ago resulted in a string of violence at malls and shopping centers nationwide.

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PHOTOS: America's Abandoned Places And How They Got That Way

Posted 01.12.2012 | Travel
Read More: Inner City, Urban Decay, Abandoned Places, Urban Policy, Effects of Ruin Porn, Abandoned Buildings, Inner Cities, Urban Travel, Ruin Porn, Abandoned, Rust Belt, US Travel, Travel News

The following is a post from David Schalliol, the Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The pho...

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