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Environment
Shane Ostrander stands in front of his damaged house after Hurricane Milton made landfall.

U.S. Voters Disenfranchised by Climate Change

by Karen Florini, Alice C. Hill

Electoral planning needs to envision increasingly severe extremes that disrupt the casting and counting of ballots

Urbanization
Black mold covers the ceiling of a home in New Orleans, Louisiana. The landlord moved the tenant from her apartment into another one in the same complex with similar issues.

Obstacles to Healing Asthma

by Amal A. Abdi, Lydia Haile

The link between disparities in housing, access to care, and respiratory health among Black Americans

With the dome of the U.S. Capitol in the background, a homeless man named Damu stretches on the National Mall in Washington, U.S., May 27, 2020. The photo is striking, with a man in silhouette standing on a hill with his legs spread wide. in the background slightly to his left is the congressional building. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Poverty

Homelessness in Times of Coronavirus—A Way Forward for the United States

by Parkes Kendrick, Herbert C. Duber

COVID-19 challenges us to reform affordable housing and social services that support people experiencing homelessness

Construction workers stand on a scaffolding on February 18, 2020 in Abuja, Nigeria—one of the countries with a looming crisis of an unmet need for housing coupled with a projected population increase. Picture shows a man in a bright orange jump suit and a yellow contruction hat balancing with his legs wide apart on a metal scaffolding against a grey sky. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Urbanization

Africa’s Urban Housing Crisis

by Michelle D. Gavin

Without new policy and investment to stimulate affordable housing, young people will continue to be left out in the cold