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Rethink the news: Reducing news to hard lines and side-taking leaves a lot of the story untold. Progress comes from challenging what we hear and considering different views.

Nine years after Hurricane Sandy, residents of Lower Manhattan are still vulnerable to rising seas. The fight over a plan to protect them reveals why progress on our most critical challenges is so hard.

Opinion: At the time of writing this, about 50,000 cardholders are blocked due to fines in Vancouver and may remain hesitant to return to the Library, or…

Elderly residents living alone know how to protect themselves; they keep their doors shut and lock their windows at night

The vision for William & Mary’s new Democracy Initiative is succinct: “W&M aspires to be a place where respectful dialogue takes place on challenging topics.”

In Richmond, you can see how climate change inequity plays out most dramatically in the urban heat island map that was generated with community science observations of air temperature during a heat wave in July 2017.

For vulnerable communities, libraries are increasingly becoming a refuge in times of disaster.  

For vulnerable communities, libraries are increasingly becoming a refuge in times of disaster.  

For vulnerable communities, libraries are increasingly becoming a refuge in times of disaster.  

Classic films, old bars and 19th century Romantic paintings are all fodder for Guerrero. Plus, Sanford Biggers at CAAM and Frank Gehry's latest in our weekly arts newsletter.