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Having access to parks is a key to the quality of life no matter where you live. Today, according to the Trust for Public Land, 100 million Americans don’t have a park within a ten-minute walk from home. They have studied the maps and other data on park access for most of the cities and […]
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It’s the unofficial first day of summer and we are all either beginning to get out or looking forward to the day very soon when we emerge from our homes and start to venture beyond the confines of our neighborhoods or support jobs. That is good. But doing it safely is going to be a […]
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This week, President Trump said that having the highest number of coronavirus cases in the world is a “badge of honor,” but we saw it differently. As we approach 100,000 deaths and more than 1,600,000 Americans have fallen ill with COVID, it’s hard to imagine how Republicans can defend his handling of this crisis. And […]
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While Michigan is facing record flooding and a pandemic, protestors began giving out free haircuts outside the state’s Capitol in defiance of the governor’s stay-at-home order. In the United States, data suggests that protestors around the country have played a part in spreading COVID-19 through their risky behavior. Incidentally, as Emily Holden reported for the […]
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As NPR wrote, Capt. Tom Moore, the British World War II veteran who raised more than $39 million to support NHS charities by walking 100 laps for charity in his garden, is being awarded a knighthood in recognition of how he has inspired people in the U.K. and around the world. Moore launched the campaign […]
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For nations who had to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic before the United States, they’ve had to learn hard lessons that can serve as a roadmap for our own response. For instance, The pandemic seemed to pass over Singapore but then the government was blindsided by an outbreak among poor migrant workers in packed dormitories. […]
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