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2 February, 2021 at 8:21 AM

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Urban Health

Two runners jogging along the Boston Esplanade

Urban Health

Pandemic Introduced Americans to Parks and Open Spaces and Trend Will Continue, Say US Mayors

April 7, 2021

A photo of a mother and child walking down the street wearing masks

Urban Health

BU Initiative on Cities: US Mayors Pessimistic about Post COVID Budget Cuts, Long-term Damage

December 3, 2020

Red and blue image with embedded text that reads 'Why Should Young People Vote?'

Politics

Why Young People Should Vote

October 14, 2020

Photo of Defund Police Protestors Camp Outside NYC City Hall NEW YORK, NY on June 25, 2020. A multi-racial group of protestors hold various signs calling for the NYPD to be defunded. A group holds a large BLACK LIVES MATTER BANNER in the bottom of the frame.

Voices & Opinion

POV: The America I See Is Not the Same One My White Friends See

July 15, 2020

A photo of workers and volunteers loading up vehicles at a food distribution center in Compton, Calif.

Voices & Opinion

POV: COVID-19 Has Exposed Serious Gaps in the US Social Safety Net

June 18, 2020

Photo of people took to the streets of Boston on May 31, 2020, protesting the murder of George Floyd. Protesters marched through Tufts Medical Center. Some are seen on sidewalks, a line of parked cars is seen, with most protestors in the streets holding signs.

Public Health

SPH Conversation on Race and Policing Draws Nearly 1,000 from BU Community

June 8, 2020

Image from The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), of an electron microscope image showing SARS-CoV-2 (orange)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (green) cultured in the lab.

Voices & Opinion

POV: There’s Another Reason to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve, and It’s One You Haven’t Heard Yet

May 4, 2020

Bicyclists and cars travel along comm ave

Urban Health

Mayors Say Their Cities Are Unsafe for Pedestrians, Cyclists—but Cars Still Rule

January 21, 2020

The evening rush hour traffic heads north and south over Boston’s Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge.

Urban Health

Five Questions Raised by “Seeing Red,” the Boston Globe Series on Traffic

December 16, 2019

A man gardens using a wheel-barrel in the Fenway Victory Gardens

Urban Health

Exploring the Power and Politics of Urban Agriculture

July 8, 2019

Exploring the Power and Politics of Urban Agriculture