In the current concerns about climate change, it often seems like environmental degradation doesn’t discriminate: your economic class or color of your skin won’t necessarily save you from the thinning of the ozone layer or rising sea levels. On a more local level, however, researchers and activists have been concerned about disparate effects of environmental [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Environmental justice?
Posted in Race/ethnicity, tagged Ecuador, Environmental justice, indigenous groups on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Housing and inequality
Posted in Economy, Housing, Race/ethnicity, tagged Economy, Homeownership, Housing on August 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Our housing-market-implosion-induced financial meltdown has prompted a rethinking by increasing numbers of researchers and policymakers of how we approach housing policy in the U.S. The concerns and implications are both personal and societal. Much of the angst has arisen from the stratospheric increase in home mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures. A recent NY Times feature series [...]
Politics, politics…and who always loses?
Posted in Health, tagged Health, health insurance, health reform, politics on August 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Have you heard the one about the origin of the word, “politics?” It comes from “poly,” which means many, and “tics,” those blood-sucking parasites….. I tell you, I get back from a trip overseas for a couple weeks and when I get back it seems like the crazies have taken over the political scene. We [...]
