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I am a geography professor at Rhode Island College.

China pollution: First ever red alert in effect in Beijing

“Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital’s first ever pollution “red alert” comes into effect over smog levels.”

Source: www.bbc.com

A large part of China’s rapid economic growth has been dependent on cutting corners in labor and environmental standards. This is one reason why I don’t think that the Chinese economy can continue this growth indefinitely.

Tags: pollution, China, development, economic, megacities, East Asia, industry, sustainability, urban ecology.

December 10, 2015 0

China pollution: First ever red alert in effect in Beijing

“Schools in Beijing are closed and outdoor construction halted as the Chinese capital’s first ever pollution “red alert” comes into effect over smog levels.”

Source: www.bbc.com

Tags: pollution, China, development, economic, megacities, East Asia, industry, sustainability, urban ecology.

December 10, 2015 0

Donald Trump’s attacks on Muslims fit a pattern of persecution. Just ask Jews, Catholics and Mormons.

Persecuting religious minorities that are perceived as a political threat is a time-honored American tradition.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

This is not intended to be a political post, but one that reflects of the history of religious persecution in the United States. If you find that to be a controversial political topic, so be it. In the past, when Americans have suspected that a religious group is undermining it’s country’s free, democratic political order, we have demanded—often violently—some radical action against that group. Let that past stay in the past.

Tags: religion, USA, historical, conflict.

December 9, 2015 0

Donald Trump’s attacks on Muslims fit a pattern of persecution. Just ask Jews, Catholics and Mormons.

Persecuting religious minorities that are perceived as a political threat is a time-honored American tradition.

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Tags: religion, USA, historical, conflict.

December 9, 2015 0

How Many People Have Been Shot in Your Neighborhood This Year? This Map Will Tell You.

“Thanks to a nonprofit, nonpartisan project known as the Gun Violence Archive, data on gun homicides and nonfatal shootings is now available well before the federal government releases its statistics. Those data include location information that makes it possible to plot those shootings on a map showing how many have taken place in your vicinity.”

Source: www.slate.com

Perspectives of gun rights and public safety are highly divided. Part of those divisions are ideological, but there are also big differences between urban and rural America. This map of the NRA’s “report card” on the legislators of Congress shows some pretty powerful spatial patterns. This interactive map of people how have been shot this year shows a decidedly differnt pattern that the first.

Questions to Ponder: How do most people feel about the second amendment where you live? What about your local geography might influence those opinions?

December 9, 2015 0

How Many People Have Been Shot in Your Neighborhood This Year? This Map Will Tell You.

Source: www.slate.com

Questions to Ponder: How do most people feel about the second amendment where you live? What about your local geography might influence those opinions?

December 9, 2015 0