First seen in Politico Magazine / photo Michael Loccisano/ Getty Images for HBO Columbia University study published in 2014, found that Green Carts provided high quality fresh produce to neighborhoods with low consumption and availability […]
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What Happened After an Appalachian Town Got Shamed Nationally
First seen in Politico Magazine / Photo Getty ver a decade ago, Huntington, West Virginia, endured a dose of civic fat shaming when the city was labeled the most obese in the nation. Forty Five […]
How Cities Are Turning Food Into Fuel: More and more cities are making biogas out of tons of wasted food instead of sending it to landfills.
First seen in Politico Magazine, photos by Sarah Blesener Every year, America throws away more than 80 million pounds of food. More than three-quarters of it ends up in landfills, where it takes up more room […]
Buttigieg smacks at Beto: ‘I don’t need lessons from you on courage’
First seen in Politico Pete Buttigieg attacked Beto O’Rourke on the debate stage in highly personal terms on Tuesday night, telling the former Texas lawmaker that, “I don’t need lessons from you on courage, political […]
Taking police officers out of mental health-related 911 rescues
DENVER — Every day that Janet van der Laak drives between car dealerships in her sales job, she keeps size 12 shoes, some clothes and a packed lunch — a PB&J sandwich, fruit and a […]
Inside the Summit for Trump-Loving Young Black Conservatives: The president has alienated many African Americans—but not these young activists.
First seen in Politico Magazine As a crowd listened to President Donald Trump speak in the East Room on Friday, chants of “USA” and “four more years” reverberated amid the gold drapes and crystal chandeliers. […]
Josh George Found Himself With a Dog…and Then He Lost Her
Josh George adopted Besita, a young sheep dog rescue from Juárez, Mexico, early this year, taking her home to his place in the Denver suburbs. He was glad he finally lived in a city where he could […]
The Sovereign Bodies Institute
Q & A with Executive Director Annita Lucchesi Annita Lucchesi, executive director, started the Soveriegn Bodies Institute database of Missing and Murdered Native American Women in 2015, after she realized that data was nonexistent or […]
Student-athlete 5K raises awareness about sexual assault
First seen in The Montana Kaimin A two-year Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) initiative about sexual assault awareness came to a running close on April 12 when Griz student-athletes hosted the “Run a Mile in Her Shoes […]
Being Black: Establishing identity at UM for over half a century
First seen in The Montana Kaimin The University of Montana’s first two Black female students sat across from the dean of students in 1967. He told them that they were recruited to help integrate the University […]
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