Nate Thayer presented his work on diverse economic practices in Appalachia at the Middle States Division of the American Association of Geographers meeting this past weekend.“Honey in the Hollow: Diverse Economies and the Building of Ecological Livelihoods in West Virginia”
Structural racism in the U.S. is killing the black body
Simone Landrum getting a prenatal massage. Credit LaToya Ruby Frazier for The New York Times
Maternal mortality rates among Black women are extraordinarily high in the U.S. Additionally, according to the March of Dimes, Black women experience premature births at a rate that is 49% higher than any other group.
Geography Matters!
Listen to Drs. Lindsay Naylor and Paul Jackson discuss “Where & Why: Human Geography” on WVUD’s Campus Voices.
Heat waves are America’s deadliest weather disaster.
24 hours in the life of an opioid epidemic
As seen by medical students at Temple’s Episcopal Campus
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By Michael Vitez
An estimated 50,000 to 75,000 Philadelphians struggle with opioid use disorder and each day thousands come to one neighborhood, Kensington, to buy their drugs. Hundreds live there as homeless.