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What if every time rich people tried to weaponize « historic » preservation or environmental review to block development we sued them on behalf of the future?
Lawsuit seeks to prevent redevelopment, demolition of former Urban Government Center
The redevelopment of the city-owned Urban Government Center site in the Paristown Pointe neighborhood has spanned eight years and three developers.
www.courier-journal.com
January 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Check out this article from Courier Journal:

Louisville's childhood lead exposure protections would be gutted under new state proposal

www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...
Louisville's childhood lead exposure protections would be gutted under new state proposal
Thousands of Louisville children have tested with elevated levels of lead in their blood, risking lifelong, irreversible damage.
www.courier-journal.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Kentucky deaths still outnumber births though gap narrows. Here’s why. kentuckylantern.com/2025/01/08/k...
Kentucky deaths still outnumber births though gap narrows. Here’s why. • Kentucky Lantern
Kentucky deaths are expected to continue to outnumber births while immigration accounts for the state's population growth.
kentuckylantern.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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🤯 Damascus, Syria tonight.

2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.
December 31, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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December 15, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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🇮🇷 Parastoo Ahmadi live-streamed the concert on YouTube. There has been outrage over her arrest as women continue to defy regime’s harsh laws
December 15, 2024 at 3:20 PM
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Sadly, it’s a good time to once again share this amazing infographic that we ran at @science.org more than 7 years ago
🧪 #IDsky
www.science.org/content/arti...
Here's the visual proof of why vaccines do more good than harm
See year by year how vaccines beat back nine dangerous infectious diseases
www.science.org
December 14, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Concerned about the leak at #23andme
December 14, 2024 at 10:57 PM
Are we about to win the battle of the bulge?
US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible help from weight loss medications
Experts say the growing use of weight loss drugs may be helping to reverse obesity trends.
abcnews.go.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Interested in data on the impact of immigration on the economy and housing affordability? Here’s a neutral, interesting read.
oversight.house.gov
December 14, 2024 at 5:53 PM
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In Washington, DC, a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers.

Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
How D.C. tackled a child care crunch through a tax hike on the rich
In Washington, D.C., a tax on residents earning more than $250,000 a year is boosting the wages of child care workers. Two years in, it's proving to be a great investment.
www.npr.org
December 14, 2024 at 3:36 PM
"35% of faculty say they recently toned down their writing for fear of controversy, compared to 9% of faculty who said the same during the McCarthy era"
Silence in the Classroom: The 2024 FIRE Faculty Survey Report
New FIRE survey finds faculty members are four times more likely to self-censor than at the height of the Cold War and McCarthyism.
go.thefire.org
December 14, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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BE the change. BE the light for yourself, and others. CHOOSE joy and share it with others. 💙🌊
December 1, 2024 at 4:59 PM
November 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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This story knocked the wind out of me and i hope esquire paid this man.

www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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Pick one carefully. .
November 28, 2024 at 1:30 PM
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November 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM