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On my neighborhood NextDoorish, someone shared the following idea: A person who has been hit on their bike by a car on three different occasions and the author of this missive thinks the cyclist is at fault? As a cyclist commuter, this concerned me, so let’s discuss. I will
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The violent death of UnitedHealth Care CEO, Brian Death, fatally shot by a lone gunman outside Midtown Manhattan Hilton Hotel has led to some painful and insightful discourse. “Last November, the estates of two former UHC patients filed suit in Minnesota alleging that the insurer used an AI algorithm to
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In 2020 gun violence overtook car violence in being the number one killer of children. According to a recent study in the Psychology of Violence isolation is one of the biggest predictors for the potential of violent mass shootings. People who live with a person who has a gun inside
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“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…” because every town in New Jersey offers free parking. Towns promote this as an act of goodwill toward local shopkeepers and a way to support shopping locally—reminiscent of the 1950s. But we’re not in the 1950s anymore. Free parking,
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The employment prospects I received as a young woman came through my women friends. In the U.S., the labor market has always been deeply communal, relying heavily on word of mouth. This dynamic has made hypersegregation highly effective at suppressing African American employment. But there’s another kind of
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For seven years, I searched for a job that didn’t force me to drive to a transit hub. When I received an offer to teach economics at a college in Newark, New Jersey, my life changed. This opportunity allowed me to start this media project and reflect on the
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I know you have received quite a few emails from me this week regarding AF’s Femininomenon! Urbanism Campaign. That is because we’re in a race. A race to provide you with urbanism journalism that is feminist and that takes into account the classes of race, gender, and socioeconomic.
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At its core, feminist urbanism demands that city planners ask, “Does your class, whether it is gender, race, or socioeconomic, dictate your options in this city?” This question is especially pertinent in New Jersey, where systemic and institutional inequality has long dictated who has access to housing, reliable transportation, and
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