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Though their staunch football rivalry dates back to 1929, USC and UCLA can put their fierce competition aside when the conversation turns to improving the city they both call home. The two universities have joined other leading Southern California academic and research institutions like Caltech to make Los Angeles County a hotbed for solving urban issues.
The United Nations has predicted that three-fourths of the worldâs people will live in cities by 2050. With that movement come growing challenges in transportation, sustainability and more. The COVID-19 pandemic may have slowed the pace of urban migration, but experts believe the flow will continue. As urbanization grows, USCâs and UCLAâs collaborations aim to build a better future for Angelenos and offer lessons for the megacities to come.
People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Here Doesnât Live That Long.
Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations for people 75 and up can leave out Black Americans, who tend to die younger than their white counterparts. In majority-Black Shelby County, TN, this gap raises questions of how to make the vaccine rollout equitable. (Source: Emily Wakeman) By Wendi C. Thomas and Hannah Grabenstein, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, ProPublica | February 22, 2021 at 6:22 PM CST - Updated February 22 at 6:26 PM
âThis story was originally published by ProPublica.â People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19. The Average Black Person Here Doesnât Live That Long.
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But it may be March before the couple, who are both Black and 65, are eligible to get the vaccine, based on the state’s age-based vaccination plan. Tennessee, like most states, gave first priority to those 75 and over, following the advice of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the virus’s death toll climbs to more than 465,000 nationwide, policymakers around the country are struggling to inject equity into vaccination policies.
California has experienced more than a century of rapid growth, spurred by the Gold Rush and industrial booms in farming, oil drilling, entertainment, aerospace and big tech. But in recent decades, this growth has slowed more than ever, and more people are now leaving the Golden State than those coming in. I think the California Dream is changing, said Lauren Hepler, economy reporter at Cal Matters. The idea of driving out to L.A. and making a go of it on a waiter s salary maybe is not as realistic as it once was.
Michael Storper, distinguished professor of Regional and International Development at UCLA s Luskin School of Public Affairs, believes there s more to the California Dream than simply population growth.