Financial Times
Mapping a way out of childhood obesity
Researchers are mapping local 'food environments' to show the relationship between income, where you live and obesity. The FT meets the people using this data to help change shopping and eating habits.
The Wall Street Journal
The Public's Health
Much attention is focused on precision medicine - tailoring drugs to specific diseases. But the bigger public health issue is chronic disease often related to socio-economic factors. Are we properly allocating resources to improve...
Curated Video
Discovering the Vibrant City of Berlin
Welcome to this educational video about Berlin, the vibrant capital of Germany. In this video, we will explore the exuberant urban life and vibrant arts scene that make Berlin truly unique. Known as the hipster city of Europe, Berlin is...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Karl Alexander - The Thurgood Marshall Alliance
Karl Alexander received his B.A. degree from Temple University and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He spent spent his entire academic career at Johns Hopkins. He has been President of the...
Curated Video
Band 9 IELTS Ideas for Rough Neighborhood Question
Today you’ll get impressive ideas for discussing neighborhood improvements on IELTS.
Curated Video
A2 English Listening Practice - Neighborhoods
This video serves as English listening comprehension practice for lower-level students. In this video, a native English speaker talks slowly and clearly about the topic of neighborhoods. The subtitles are included at the bottom of the...
Curated Video
Exploring Lisbon: Music, Festivals, and Delicious Cuisine
Join us on a captivating journey through Lisbon, Europe's most scenic capital, as we delve into its vibrant culture, rich history, and mouthwatering cuisine. In this video, we will take you on a virtual tour of Lisbon's iconic landmarks,...
The Guardian
There’s food… it’s just not real food’: inside America's hunger capital
In the 'food deserts' of Memphis, Tennessee, dominated by fast food outlets and convenience stores, locals lack what seems a basic human right in the richer half of the city: a supermarket. With a big gap in life expectancy, are these...
Food Farmer Earth
Food Works
Food Works provides opportunities to young people to make a difference in their communities. The youth comes from a diverse background, 14 to 21 years in age, they learn valuable skills how to communicate more effectively with adults,...
Healthcare Triage
Zoning Rules Can Keep People in Bad Neighborhoods
We’ve talked about how housing is important for health. We’ve talked about how we can improve access to housing through stimulation of production through the LIHTC. We’ve talked about how we can improve access through vouchers and...
Healthcare Triage
How Accurate is EPA Pollution Reporting?
While we’re all probably aware that we’re sometimes exposed to air pollution in one way or another, we generally assume that some official (you know, like from the EPA) is keeping tabs on it to make sure it isn’t excessive. However, a...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
The Legacy of Systemic Racism
Professor Richard Brooks (NYU Law) explains how systemic racism of the past continues to haunt the present.
Science360
Black History Spotlight - "Making Social Networks More Diverse"
Jennifer Richeson is a psychology researcher at Northwestern University who focuses on prejudice, stereotyping and intergroup relations. Her work involves examining issues ranging from how racial bias manifests in the mind, the body and...
Healthcare Triage
Housing Vouchers and Neighborhood Mobility
We’re talking about housing for four weeks, thanks to the support of the RWJF! The Low Income Housing Tax Credit (last week’s episode topic) stimulates production in order to increase the supply of affordable housing available to poorer...
Curated Video
Heat wave builds across the southwest
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for Southern California, the southern tip of Nevada and western Arizona. (Scripps News)
Curated Video
Investigators digging up the basement of a building in NYC''s SoHo neighborhood in connection to the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz stopped for the day on Sunday, in part due to weather.
HEADLINE Raw Video: Dig for missing NYC boy on hold
CAPTION: Investigators digging up the basement of a building in NYC''s SoHo neighborhood in connection to the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz stopped for the day on Sunday, in part due...
Curated Video
Israel demolishes east Jerusalem Palestinian homes
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Bloomberg
Zillow's Olsen Says House Prices Are Falling
Skylar Olsen, Zillow Chief Economist, told Alix Steel and Guy Johnson that she is seeing house prices falling across the United States. She said this Wednesday morning on "Bloomberg Markets: Americas".
Curated Video
Black Immigrants Feel Excluded, Though Their Population Is Growing
Black immigrants share their experience coming to the U.S. and how they're dealing with their own set of issues.
Bloomberg
How America's Racial Wealth Gap Began
May.07 -- White Americans have amassed almost seven times more wealth than Black Americans since the end of the Civil War. In the decades since the modern civil rights movement, that wealth gap has actually widened. This is the story of...
Curated Video
Roughly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded when the city’s levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago, and among the losses was the city’s Charity Hospital. On Aug. 1, a new medical center is scheduled to open to the tune of $1 billion. (June 17)
Roughly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded when the city’s levee system failed during Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago, and among the losses was the city’s Charity Hospital. But on Aug. 1, a new 2.3 million square foot medical...
Curated Video
Neglecting Black Cemeteries Threatens Black History
As late as the 1950s, one estimate was that about 90% of all private cemeteries in the U.S. still practiced some form of racial restrictions.
Curated Video
Black Homeowners Are Getting Lower Appraisals Than White Neighbors
The home appraisal industry is one of the least diverse industries in the country, with over 96% of appraisers identifying as White.
Curated Video
Debris Cleanup Is A Huge Task In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Ian
The disaster left behind by Hurricane Ian across southwest Florida will take months to sweep up.