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climate mobilization

Tiny New York Village joins worldwide Climate Mobilization, passes Climate Crisis Resolution

February 14, 2020 Renee Shur Cities, Climate Change, Environment Leave a comment

In the tiny village in New York’s Hudson Valley where I reside, there are 1,135 people. The Village of Kinderhook is just one municipality

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Colombia

9 things I’ve learned in 9 years in Colombia

June 1, 2019 Christopher Burke Cities, International One comment

In 1971 after graduating college, I left Ireland. The zeitgeist and personal choice led me to the US, first to Ohio and then to

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Montgomery

On hearing “The Darktown Strutters’ Ball” in Montgomery, Alabama

March 30, 2019 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Civil Rights, History, Racial issues Leave a comment

Visiting Montgomery, Alabama to see the civil rights sites, we walked over to the old train station along the riverfront. Inside what appears to

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Proposed St. Louis City – County merger: Better together?

January 28, 2019 Steve Sorkin Cities, Ideas, Missouri region, St. Louis Leave a comment

The “Better Together” plan for the re-consolidation of St. Louis City and St. Louis County is being released, and the initiative drive is about

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snow

Conquering snow, old-style

January 26, 2019 Renee Shur Cities, History, Technology Leave a comment

Awakened recently at four and then six in the morning by the clanking and booming of salt trucks and snow plows lumbering outside my

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styrofoam

Why New York City has gone Styrofoam-free

January 22, 2019 Renee Shur Cities, Environment, Food Leave a comment

It’s official. Six years and two lawsuits after then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg first proposed a ban on plastic-foam products, New York City is now a

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composting

Curbside composting: Convenient, eco-friendly, but will it work?

November 26, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Cities, Consumer issues, Environment, Food Leave a comment

Too lazy to compost? Yeah, me too. But with an emerging service, known as curbside food-waste pickup, people like us can feel less guilty

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Back-stage tour of election headquarters: numbers tell the story

October 28, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Cities, Good government, Voting/Elections One comment

Ten days before the high-stakes 2018 midterm election in Missouri, Eric Fey, St Louis County’s director of elections, led a group of high-schoolers on

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St. Louis

St. Louis public transportation needs to get on track

September 25, 2018 Claire Shackleford Cities, Consumer issues, Illinois/Midwest, St. Louis, Transportation Leave a comment

Gooey butter cake, the Gateway Arch, the Cardinals, and telling jokes on Halloween. There is no doubt that all of these things remind you

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August 7 ballot

Two what-the-hell propositions on August 7 ballot—and a third that doesn’t count

July 30, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Cities, St. Louis, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

If you live in St. Louis County, Missouri, and you’re planning to vote in next week’s primary election, your August 7 ballot will include

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