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Six maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure - Washington Post

Six maps that show the anatomy of America’s vast infrastructure - Washington Post
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A decent breakdown of all things real and fake news. Commute Maps Reveal a US Divided by Megaregions Even if you don’t hate your commute—even on the days free of gridlock, packed buses, and sweaty uphill bike rides—it’s probably tinged by a least a little drudgery. Not your favorite part of day, perhaps? Maybe, though, you'll feel better knowing you're taking part in a powerful economic movement. That’s why Rae and Dartmouth College geographer Garrett Dash Nelson zoomed in on commutes in their newest study of American megaregions, published this week in PLoS ONE. Sidebar, for math: The researchers started with an American Community Survey dataset of more than four million commuter flows, marking the travel patterns of 130 million Americans. This Spirograph-esque blob doesn't help planners all that much, because it doesn’t reveal the contours of the megaregion, or which routes are the most vital to keeping the area's workers on the move. A word of warning: As with cakes, smoothies, and Facebook, maps are only as good as the stuff that goes into them.

Spain's 'Robin Hood Restaurant' Charges The Rich And Feeds The Poor Volunteers serve free dinner to homeless people at Robin Hood restaurant in Madrid. Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images Volunteers serve free dinner to homeless people at Robin Hood restaurant in Madrid. On a frigid winter night, a man wearing two coats shuffles into a brightly lit brick restaurant in downtown Madrid. The man, Luis Gallardo, is homeless — and so are all the diners, every night, at the city's Robin Hood restaurant. It's become Spain's most sought-after lunch reservation. A dinner patron chats with Father Angel (right), who says that he wants homeless people to "eat with the same dignity as any other customer." A dinner patron chats with Father Angel (right), who says that he wants homeless people to "eat with the same dignity as any other customer." The restaurant opened in early December, and is run by an 80-year-old Catholic priest, Ángel García Rodriguez, whom everyone knows simply as "Padre Ángel."

Les villes américaines / La ségrégation raciale des villes américaines diminue-t-elle toujours ? Posted by urbanites on mercredi, novembre 9, 2016 · Leave a Comment Sylvestre Duroudier L’article de S. Duroudier au format PDF Trop souvent, à l’occasion d’un fait divers, la question raciale ressurgit dans les médias à propos des villes américaines : Ferguson en 2014, Charleston en 2015… Ces évènements contribuent à replacer les ghettos et les formes les plus exacerbées de la ségrégation raciale au cœur des débats. Et la question est d’autant plus vive dans un contexte urbain en pleine mutation : réorientation libérale des politiques urbaines (Wilson, 2007), métropolisation, renouveau des centres, des processus qui participeraient à une polarisation raciale accrue dans les villes des États-Unis. Cet article comporte deux objectifs qui visent à éclairer cette question. De la baisse de la ségrégation au « global neighborhood » Une baisse de la ségrégation dans les villes des États-Unis depuis 1990 1. 2. 3. Le tournant de la diversité dans la recherche urbaine 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Bibliographie

The Netherlands Sets Up Abortion Fund in Challenge to Trump Policy The Dutch government is already making steps to fill the gap that will be left by US President Donald Trump’s “Global Gag Rule,” a federal ban on all funding to international health organizations that administer or discuss abortion. In response, the Netherlands’ development minister Lilianne Ploumen has announced a plan for a new international fund to finance access to birth control and abortion. “Banning abortion doesn’t lead to fewer abortions,” she said in a statement. “It leads to more irresponsible backstreet practices and a higher death rate among mothers.” “We need to compensate for this financial blow as much as possible, with a broad-based fund which governments, businesses and civil society organizations can donate to — so that women can remain in control of their own bodies.” Read More: Trump Targets Women's Healthcare in One of His First Actions As President Read More: March on Ladies, Your Guide to Taking Action After the Women's March The risks posed by the policy are clear. or

Here's Everyone Who's Immigrated to the U.S. Since 1820 From 1820 to 2013, 79 million people obtained lawful permanent resident status in the United States. The interactive map below visualizes all of them based on their prior country of residence. The brightness of a country corresponds to its total migration to the U.S. at the given time. Use the controls at the bottom to stop / resume the animation or to move back and forth in time. Two Centuries of U.S. Over time, the sources of immigration trace a clear path across the world. Through most of the 1800’s, immigration came predominantly from Western Europe (Ireland, Germany, the U.K.). Here are the largest immigration “waves” charted over time, showing the progression. While it may seem that immigration over the last few decades has been higher than ever before, the picture looks very different when viewed relative to the size of the U.S. population. Here is the same chart, with the immigration shown as a percentage of the U.S. population. Credit: Embed as HD video: Follow Metrocosm Related Credit:

10 Investigative Reporting Outlets to Follow 10 Investigative Reporting Outlets to [...] Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford as The Washington Post's Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward in the 1976 film All the President's Men. (Photo by Warner Bros. Inc./Getty Images) We’ve just started a new series highlighting some of the best, in-depth investigative journalism that is uncovering real news, revealing wrongdoing and fomenting change. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Exploring Mexico through Dynamic Web Maps | GIS Education Community One of the people I regard most highly here at Esri has created an online atlas of Mexico. He started it off as an Esri storymap, but as he continued to add content, it soon become a “story atlas.” As an educator I was immediately struck by how useful the atlas could be as a tool to teach and learn about Mexico. I am continually amazed and also hear from educators at how little American students really know about their neighbor to the south. The maps can be accessed in many different ways, such as an ArcGIS Online presentation with a description here, as an iPad iBook, but I think most importantly, as a series of story maps. You can use this resource of over 30 thematic maps to teach and learn about population, landforms, climate, historical landmarks, caves, indigenous cultures, tourist attractions, and more. The atlas includes a unique set of cartograms showing the states of Mexico mapped on a number of different variables. Mexico story map with precipitation theme.

Mr. President, We Don’t Support Your Policy on Refugees Dear President Trump, Around the world, 8 million Global Citizens are proudly citizens of both their nations and the whole world. Four million of us are in the United States of America, and today, we want to convey our deep disappointment and disagreement in your Executive Order on “extreme vetting of refugees." As Global Citizens, we know that opposing viewpoints are a vital part of any robust political discussion. TAKE ACTION: Reverse President Trump’s Executive Order to Ban Refugees However, there are also basic values that we believe are foundational to the fabric of American democracy — like not discriminating on the basis of religion and nationality. You crossed that line through your Executive Order on refugees. Refugees are the most vulnerable fellow citizens on our planet, fleeing unimaginable horrors of conflict, persecution, and disaster. Mr. America already employs the most stringent vetting and background checks for refugees on the planet. Mr. Yours sincerely, Global Citizens

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