Roy L. Prosterman, 89, Dies; Worked to Secure Land for the Rural Poor
Seeing land rights as the key to lifting up the impoverished, he pushed authoritarian governments as well as emerging ...
Chicago Woman’s Club led the way on issues from juvenile justice reform to birth control
For decades, the Chicago Woman’s Club was an activist organization that championed causes including juvenile justice reform ...
‘The Jungle’ Is a Cautionary Tale for DOGE
Government has grown too big and burdensome, but it also has many employees we couldn’t do without.
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Circuit des Yeux Shares New Single “Truth”
Chicago-based artist Circuit des Yeux has shared “Truth,” the third and final single from her new album, Halo On the Inside, releasing this Friday via Matador. Below, check out the music video for ...
Indiatimes5d
HC For Survey Of Residents Of Slum Facing Demolition
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has said a survey may be needed of residents of a slum in the Okhla area facing demolition action by DDA. Refusing to stay the demolition process, HC on Friday ...
Ohtani, Dodgers train before opener with Cubs in Tokyo
Baseball mania reached fever pitch in Japan on Friday (March 14) with public appearances of national hero Shohei Ohtani and other Japanese players set to take part in MLB season-opening games between ...
NDTV5d
Gujarat Slums Get 'Cool Roofs' To Combat Extreme Heat
In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 dwellings, most of them airless, one-room homes, residents that are part of the project, such as Nehal Vijaybhai ...
San Francisco Examiner1d
Mumbai-born developer lives his boyhood dream in SF
As a boy growing up with seven other family members crammed into a small room with intermittent electricity and no running ...
Cyprus Mail4d
Indian slums get ‘cool roofs’ to combat extreme heat
In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 dwellings, most of them airless, one-room homes, residents that are part of the project, such as Nehal Vijaybhai ...
The Taipei Times4d
Indian slums get ‘cool roofs’ to combat extreme heat
As climate change has made India’s summers more extreme, Ahmedabad has suffered temperatures in excess of 46°C. In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 ...
Yahoo5d
How a coat of paint is tackling extreme heat in an Indian slum
Most of the homes in Ahmedabad's crowded Vanzara Vas slum are airless, one-room dwellings. "Now that the color has been applied, the house stays cooler. Earlier we could not even sit on the floor ...
U.S. News & World Report3d
Chicago Neighborhoods
Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...