The Racist Origins Of America’s Suburbs And The Story Of The First Black Family To Move In Excerpt: Bill Myers had seen the promise splashed across newspapers and magazines around […]
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ARTICLE: North America
Article via mapbynik: Nobody lives here: The nearly 5 million Census Blocks with zero population
Nobody lives here: The nearly 5 million Census Blocks with zero population Excerpt: A Block is the smallest area unit used by the U.S. Census Bureau for tabulating statistics. As […]
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Article & Interactive via NYT: How Does Your State Make Electricity?
How Does Your State Make Electricity? Excerpt: America isn’t making electricity the way it did two decades ago: Natural gas has edged out coal as the country’s leading generation source … […]
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Article via WRAL: Health care deserts are growing in North Carolina
Health care deserts are growing in North Carolina Excerpt: Rural hospitals have been closing at an alarming rate. Since 2010, 53 rural hospitals have closed in 11 southern states. Five […]
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Article via TheAtlantic: Where Does the South Begin?
Where Does the South Begin? Excerpt: The Post had an interesting article last weekend about how the Washington, D.C. region has lost most of its southern identity in recent decades […]
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Article via BusinessInsider: The US is split into more than a dozen ‘belts’ defined by industry, weather, and even health
The US is split into more than a dozen ‘belts’ defined by industry, weather, and even health Excerpt: The United States can be divided and subdivided into countless regions, each […]
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Article via PennStateNews: Why is the Census Important?
Probing Question: Why is the census important? Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a mammoth task: tallying up all the people living in the United States and recording […]
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Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name
Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name Excerpt:A few hundred years ago, when much of the world was mysterious and unknown, a […]
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ARTICLE via Newsweek: Alabama has the Worst Poverty in the Developed World, U.N. Official Says
Human Imprint: This short article could be presented at the beginning of the year to have kids conduct a Why of Where investigation into the reason for Alabama’s poverty, and it’s […]
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NEWS via Governing: Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms
Florida Lawmakers to Redraw Congressional Maps but on Their Own Terms BY MCCLATCHY NEWS | AUGUST 5, 2014 By Mary Ellen Klas Florida legislators indicated Monday that they will meet in special session […]
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NEWS via NPR: Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before
http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/06/24/323665644/the-map-of-native-american-tribes-youve-never-seen-before The Map Of Native American Tribes You’ve Never Seen Before by HANSI LO WANG June 24, 2014 4:03 PM ET Listen to the Story All Things Considered 3 min 36 sec […]
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NEWS via TheAtlanticCities.com: America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods
America’s 1,000 Richest Neighborhoods RICHARD FLORIDA MAR 13, 2014 Carolyn Williams/Flickr America’s “one percent” are a privileged bunch. It takes an adjusted gross income of almost $400,000 to be counted among those […]
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NEWS via FCW.com: EPA: Using maps to make sense of water pollution data
EPA: Using maps to make sense of water pollution data By Frank Konkel Mar 17, 2014 West Virginians did not need an app to know that the Elk River had […]
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NEWS via CNN: Plugging China’s talent pool
Plugging China’s talent pool By Zarina Banu for CNN March 20, 2014 — Updated 0603 GMT (1403 HKT) Many are leaving China for reasons like education, food and wealth security and air […]
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NEWS via NOLA: Putting hip on the map: Real estate markets heat up when a neighborhood turns cool
Putting hip on the map: Real estate markets heat up when a neighborhood turns cool By Richard Campanella on March 12, 2014 at 9:00 AM, updated March 12, 2014 at […]
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NEWS via Christian Science Monitor: Why African-Americans are moving back to the South
After decades of moving north, thousands of blacks are returning to their Southern roots for economic and cultural reasons. By Carmen K. Sisson, Correspondent / March 16, 2014 Artist Kia Darceo left Milwaukee […]
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NEWS via Newsweek: The Geography of Autism
The Geography of Autism By Rob Verger Filed: 3/14/14 at 2:56 PM | Updated: 3/14/14 at 4:09 PM A new study hints at why autism clusters, but experts caution seeking an easy solutionEnrique De La […]
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RESOURCE: Life and Debt-Video and Guided Worksheet
Life and Debt (2001) The video Life and Debt is a fantastic documentary that discusses the economic struggles that post-colonial countries such as Jamaica face. The majority of the video […]
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NEWS via NewYorkTimes: Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help
Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help By DAMIEN CAVEMARCH 4, 2014 At Atelier, foreigners and Cubans find food and service that had disappeared from Havana for decades. Credit […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via John Nelson: North America Tornado Tracks
NEWS via NBCNews: First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia
First Americans May Have Been Stuck in Beringia for Millennia BY ALAN BOYLE WILLIAM MANLEY / IAAR / UNIV. OF COLO. This map shows the outlines of modern Siberia (left) […]
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INFOGRAPHIC via Visual.ly: The United States of Energy
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MAP via Sentencing Project: How Felon Voting Policies Restrict the Black vote
Cartogram of disenfranchisement rates, 2010. (Sentencing Project) In Florida, more than one in five black adults can’t vote. Not because they lack citizenship or haven’t registered, but because they have, […]
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NEWS via Gizmodo: Mapping the Geographical Digital Divide
Mapping the geographical digital divide This Gizmodo map of average Internet speeds by congressional district shows how disparate access to the web is.
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NEWS via Time: This Map Shows Where in the U.S. You Have the Highest Chance of Getting Struck by Lightning
This Map Shows Where in the U.S. You Have the Highest Chance of Getting Struck by Lightning PSA of the day By Olivia B. Waxman @OBWaxFeb. 28, 2014 Today, Atlantic Cities points out that […]
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