Month: July 2017
This Database Tells You Which Bad Chemicals Are Hiding In Your Tap Water
How clean is your tap water? Access database via EWG Tap Water Database In April 2015, Deborah Graham, a resident of the tiny town of…
Innovative affordable housing design for homeless youth, workers
An affordable housing property is getting some national attention for its innovative design. The Marion West is a mixed-use affordable housing property in the University…
Diversity award, new article on Latino business for García-Pabón
WSU Metro Center’s José García-Pabón, associate professor in Extension Community and Economic Development and Latino Community Studies and Outreach specialist, has earned National Association of Community Development Extension…
Invest in Resilience Before Disaster Strikes
Low-Income Communities Are Especially Vulnerable Across the nation heatwaves, droughts and floods have become more frequent and more severe, increasing risks to people, homes, and…
The Uninhabitable Earth
Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think. It is, I promise, worse than you…
Mapping Average Commutes from Anywhere in the Seattle Area
WNYC recently released an interactive map of commute times across the U.S., based on data from the Census Bureau. Zeroing in on the Seattle area, it…
Three Keys to Inclusive Growth
Recently, a jury in Minnesota acquitted the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop last summer, sparking renewed anger over…