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Urban economics researchers at @USC built a post-pandemic artificial world of Los Angeles (think SimCity) where a third of people worked remotely permanently and found 3 important long-term effects:

Residents would increasingly move from city neighborhoods to the suburbs, while companies would gravitate to the center.

Average residential and commercial real estate prices would fall in central city locations, while housing prices in the suburbs would increase.

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Mar 1

As #BlackHistoryMonth ends, we can thank Carter G. Woodson who initiated the idea, and to whom – Langston Hughes wrote – America owes a debt of gratitude: “For many years now he has labored in the cause of Negro history, and his labors have begun to bear a most glorious fruit.”

Here are just some of our favorite picks that brought us to a deeper understanding of #Blackhistory:

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African American studies scholar @DoctorGooding explores how “the lack of Black statues sends a clear message of exclusion.”

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Apr 21, 2021

We asked 4 scholars of policing, law, race and Minnesota history to explain the landmark guilty verdicts handed down in #GeorgeFloydTrial (thread)

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.@AlexisKarteron reminds us that we need to talk about race and policing even though race went unmentioned during the trial

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Ric Simmons of @OhioState says today's outcome is extraordinary because past incidents of police lethal use of force against unarmed civilians, particularly Black civilians, have generally not resulted in criminal convictions.

But Chauvin had no sound argument of self defense

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Mar 8, 2021

On this #internationalwomensday2021, we’re sharing some of our favorite stories celebrating grand achievements of women all around the world, as well as expert analysis on the ways the world can still improve to set women up for success

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It feels like a special #internationalwomensday2021 for the United States now that the country has its first woman vice president.

Harris stands on the shoulders of many African American women who ran for president despite enormous political barriers

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Members of the nation’s 4 Black sororities – including @KamalaHarris – commit to lifelong acts of service for their communities #InternationalWomensDay

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Aug 10, 2020

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How to make meeting rooms and classrooms safer, to reduce the risk of transmission of #coronavirus. Some important information on ventilation from engineering professor @ShellyMBoulder via @CUBoulder (1/6):

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A CO2 monitor (around $100 online) can help give a clue to if there is enough ventilation. CO2 levels outdoors are just above 400 ppm. A well ventilated room will have around 800 ppm. Any higher than that is a sign the room needs more ventilation (2/6)

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Since the #coronavirus is spread through the air, higher CO2 levels means there is a higher chance of transmission if an infected person is inside. @ShellyMBoulder recommends keeping the CO2 levels below 600 ppm (3/6)

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Jun 2, 2020

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1/ Recently, as videos of Ahmaud Arbery’s and George Floyd’s deaths spread over the internet, Prof. Allissa Richardson (@DrAlliRich) of @USCAnnenberg wrote for @ConversationUS that sharing images of Black people being killed can be disrespectful and traumatizing

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2/ Four days later, an editor @axios wrote about the same subject, citing no scholarly research. @DrAlliRich has written a book about this issue, published this year by Oxford University Press, and spoken widely about the subject in recent weeks

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3/ The marginalization and erasure of Black voices is being recognized across the country. Two dozen publications across the country republished @DrAlliRich’s story, and we have been able to share her important work, and the vital work of diverse scholars throughout the U.S.

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