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WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) applauds the new book released today by the Brookings Institution. Confronting Suburban Poverty in America details how family poverty has spread beyond traditional urban boundaries and calls for public policies to address these new realities. The book, which was researched and written by Elizabeth Kneebone, a fellow at the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program, and Alan...
ReThink Celebrates Public Housing Residents' Stories of Success through Documentary-Style Storytelling to Show Reality CHESHIRE, Conn., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Having a safe and stable home is a basic human need, but the reality is that for millions of Americans, a reasonable place to live is still financially out of reach. According to the recently fielded ReThink Survey: Perceptions of Public Housing 2013, the majority of Americans (83%) believe that all U.S. citizens deserve...
Some racial groups are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat waves because of where they live, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The findings, published today (Tuesday, May 14) in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, highlight racial disparities at a time when the frequency and intensity of extreme heat waves is expected to increase with climate change. Researchers used satellite imagery data to identify areas where...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hospital Hill Economic Development Corporation (HHEDC) and Truman Medical Centers (TMC) finalized the transfer of land from the City of Kansas City and the receivership of the Housing and Economic Development Financial Corporation (HEDFC) to complete the acquisition phase of the grocery store project. "This is a significant milestone in our grocery store effort, not only will the store further the cause of healthy food in the urban...
NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Local Initiatives Support Corporation New York City (LISC NYC) has launched a three-year pilot program to help low-income families in New York live longer and healthier by expanding access to healthy food in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Called Communities for Healthy Food NYC, the new program connects to broader LISC NYC efforts to revitalize struggling communities and improve overall quality of life. It focuses both on locating...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Deserts are typically characterized as barren, arid, unforgiving locales that are detrimental to the sustenance of life. Food deserts fit this mold. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a food desert is an area that lacks access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lowfat milk and other foods necessary for the maintenance of a healthy diet. The CDC, along with a new study out of the...
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tenth Annual Mexican Housing Day will be held on March 7, 2013 at the The Pierre Hotel in New York and on March 11, 2013 at the Andaz Hotel in London. The 2013 event will feature presentations by the Mexican housing institutions and government authorities providing their views and perspectives on the industry under the new public administration. Mexican Housing Day is the Mexican homebuilding industry's largest and most informative...
Lung cancer mortality appears to be higher in black persons and highest in blacks living in the most segregated counties in the United States, regardless of socioeconomic status, according to a report published in the January issue of JAMA Surgery, a JAMA Network publication. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and blacks are disproportionately affected with the highest incidence and mortality rates. Awori J. Hayanga, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of...
Blighted Property Transformed Into Quality Workforce Housing Long Beach, CA (PRWEB) January 05, 2013 Jamboree Housing Corporation, one of California’s largest community development organizations specializing in affordable housing, in partnership with The Long Beach Housing Development Company (LBHDC) demonstrates the positive impact of new housing on an urban neighborhood with the completion of Collage Apartments, a previously blighted and crime-infested apartment complex near downtown...
The study, by IIASA Evolution and Ecology Program postdoctoral fellow Tatsuya Sasaki, provides a simple new model that ties punishment by social exclusion to the benefits for the punisher. It may help explain how social exclusion arose in evolution, and how it promotes cooperation among groups. "Punishment is a common tool to promote cooperation in the real world," says Sasaki. "And social exclusion is a common way to do it." From reef fish to chimpanzees, there are many examples of...
