Why U.S. community forests are taking root
The country is seeing a growing trend in green spaces governed by local residents, bringing conservation, educational benefits and income to urban and rural ...
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The country is seeing a growing trend in green spaces governed by local residents, bringing conservation, educational benefits and income to urban and rural ...
Amid an affordability crisis and with the homeownership gap between white and Black Americans at its widest in 50 years, new programs are working to broaden the pool...
* Minority, low-income communities are particularly vulnerable
As urban areas worldwide face a growing threat from heatwaves, they are starting to plan ways to protect their vulnerable residents
* White U.S. families are 10 times wealthier than Black families By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, May 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Haunted by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on Black people and reports of police violence against their community, a group of families in the southern state of Georgia have banded together to create a town called Freedom. “We were watching the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and all of the other people we can name,” said Ashley Scott, one of the effort’s organizers, referring to Black victims of police violence ki...