How Diversification is Changing America’s Families
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As both Houston and the United States become more diverse, study sheds lights on what that means closer to home.
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Segregated Schools; Stadium Boondoggles and Trump State Park: Urban Insights From Around The Web
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A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
Flood Response; A New Type of Bikeshare and PBR Apartments: Urban Insights From Around The Web
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A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
Shanghai’s Lessons On Urban Safety
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Research says migrants aren’t to blame for problems facing Chinese cities.
What Americans Want to Do With Undocumented Workers
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No matter how you slice it, surveys show preference for a path to citizenship.
A New World’s Fair, the Millennial Mayor, and the “Egg Map”: Urban Insights From Around The Web
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A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
Why It Was Harder For Black People To Return To New Orleans
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After Hurricane Katrina, recovery efforts were targeted toward rebuilding property, not communities, expert says.
How Houston Leaders Prepared the Astrodome For 60,000 Evacuees
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Robert Eckels, Harris County’s top official during Hurricane Katrina, gives an inside account of the massive disaster response.
Four Myths About Katrina’s Impact On Houston
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10 years later, survey data reveal trends that add depth to the story of the devastating storm and its aftermath.
No, Katrina Evacuees Didn’t Cause a Houston Crime Wave
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Lawmakers, police and everyday Houstonians said the city became more dangerous thanks New Orleans evacuees. Statistically, that’s not true.
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Some Houston residents grew frustrated with Katrina evacuees. But those who actually met them had a different outlook.
Research Over Coffee: What New Orleans Schools Learned After Katrina
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The dramatic overhaul of its school system provides a unique experiment on school reform.
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A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
American Political Participation is Down (Except Among Black People)
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The bigger question is whether their momentum carries over into 2016.
Watts at 50; Rising Rent; and the Tiff About Toilets: Urban Insights From Around the Web
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A new feature highlighting the week’s interesting, important and downright weird news about cities.
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