Parking spaces can cost developers up to $50,000 each. Dropping the mandate to have them at all opens the door to cheaper housing and walkable neighborhoods. Lessons from Denver where decisions to eliminate parking minimums follow similar moves in cities like Boulder, Austin and Minneapolis https://buff.ly/HqjYQeI
Rural America is often talked about as if it’s one place with one story. It isn’t. Rural demographers break down 6 commonly-held myths about rural America, and why getting them wrong has real consequences (thread) ⬇️
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6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
Many people understand rural America through stereotypes. Two scholars who study rural communities bust 6 of those myths, complicating the conventi...
A Black Little League team in 1955 South Carolina sparked one of the biggest crises in youth baseball history and led to the creation of an all-white rival league across the South.
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How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-Black Little League team
The Civil Rights Movement is often told in terms of court decisions, brutal beatings and racist demagogues. It’s rarely told from the view of chi...
How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
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How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
The video of Charlie Kirk’s murder went far and wide, and many people ended up seeing it when they would rather have avoided it.
Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
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Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.
Work offsites actually work. Research shows retreats help people form new connections and get more collaboration opportunities afterward.
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Resolve to network at your employer’s next ‘offsite’ – research shows these retreats actually help forge new connections
Because they can help you get to know more of your co-workers, offsites may build the kind of trust and visibility that lead to new opportunities.