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No Tap or Toilet: Over One Million Americans Lack Access to Running Water
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Recover, Rebuild: Updating Our Communities for a New Climate Reality
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As Detroit Schools Shut Down Water Over Lead Concerns, Contamination Points to a National Crisis
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Mexico City
Environment
When disaster hits home: The Mexico City quake one month on
Oroville Dam
Technology
Does a ‘green spot’ signal trouble for California’s massive Oroville Dam?
The moon over Earth, as seen from the GOES-16 satellite
Technology
Satellites are destined to become space junk. But in the future, we may be able to retool them.
Stockholm's highly-efficient subway system. Trains are known for running frequently and on time. They have large ridership but are not overly crowded because of the frequency of the trains.
Economics
US transportation is so far behind Sweden’s it’s not even funny
Activist Engineers: The Solution to America’s Water Crisis?
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How Innovative Problem Solving Keeps You Safe
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A magnetically levitating (maglev) train operated by Central Japan Railway
Economics
How to bring high-speed trains to the US
Protesters march through São Paulo recently demanding equitable distribution of water throughout São Paulo state. Unofficial rationing has brought frequent water outages to neighborhoods throughout the Brazilian megalopolis of 20 million people.
Environment
São Paulo residents demand their city take a new attitude about water
Global Politics
Obama holds national infrastructure meeting
Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
Environment
Mexico Battered by One-two Tropical Storm Punch
Global Politics
In Germany, Asylum Seekers Demand Same Rights as new Syrian Arrivals
Conflict & Justice
Syrian Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone: Two Million Refugees and Counting
Global Politics
South Sudan: A Young Nation on a Razor’s Edge
students praying at madrassa
Development & Education
The Madrassa Myth: in Pakistan, Public Schools may be the Problem
Global Politics
Behind the Egyptian Crisis: Resource Stress?
Development & Education
North Korea’s Planned Ski Resort Takes A Fall
Health & Medicine
Part I: Rethinking the Model Family
Health & Medicine
Promoting Brown Rice to Fight Diabetes in Cambodia
Global Politics
Failed negotiations cause FAA shutdown
Conflict & Justice
Influx of Syrian Refugees Causing Tension in Lebanon Prompting New Curfews
Environment
Reflecting on India’s Monsoon Rains
Conflict & Justice
Calgary, Alberta Mounts Massive Flood Cleanup
Arts, Culture & Media
Troops in Afghanistan to Get Only Two Hot Meals a Day
Conflict & Justice
Egypt’s Police: Once Brutal, Now Mostly Missing from the Streets
Arts, Culture & Media
Afghanistan’s ‘Little America’ Experiment: ‘Mad Men in the Mud’
Conflict & Justice
Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, New York: A medical melting pot
Global Politics
Survivor Found in Collapsed Bangladesh Building After 17 Days
Conflict & Justice
Emergency Preparedness in American Cities Since 9/11
Conflict & Justice
What’s in North Korea’s Military Arsenal?
Development & Education
Rio’s Sports Stadium Closed for Urgent Repairs
Arts, Culture & Media
Extended Use: Europe’s Old Churches Finding New Life as Starbucks, Circus School
Business, Economics and Jobs
Medellín’s Makeover
Environment
In Stressful Wake of Fukushima Disaster, Japan Now Dealing With ‘Atomic Divorce’
Business, Economics and Jobs
Kids Improve Lives in Kolkata Slums
Global Politics
Cuban Government Confirms Cholera Outbreak in Havana
Global Politics
Copy That: Architectural ‘Borrowing’ in China
Global Politics
The Challenges Facing Jordan and its King
Conflict & Justice
Rapid Urbanization Partly to Blame for Violence Against Women in India
Global Politics
Medellín’s Outdoor Escalator Part of Plan to Remake City
Global Politics
Africa’s New Capital in the Jungle
Conflict & Justice
Tragic Fireworks Explosion in Nigeria
Arts, Culture & Media
Sewerman Style: Stop Turkey Fat Going Down the Drain
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering Architect Oscar Niemeyer
Clinic in Haiti
Health & Medicine
Part II: Pink Ribbons to Haiti
Palliative care patient in Pune, India.
Health & Medicine
Part V: Dispensing Comfort
Global Politics
Syria Crisis: Assad Reduced to Warlord
Arts, Culture & Media
Adotta Una Guglia — Adopt a Spire
Environment
Devastation in Cuba Following Hurricane Sandy
Global Politics
North Korea’s Ryugyong ‘Hotel of Doom’
Arts, Culture & Media
Wading in Venice: City Submerged by Flood Waters
Environment
Cyclone Trouble in India
Business, Economics and Jobs
Patient ‘Imprisoned’ at Kinshasa Hospital
Environment
Haiti Still Reeling from Sandy’s Punch
A boy waits for medical attention in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after 2010 earthquake.
Health & Medicine
Haiti Medical Volunteers: Learning from Mistakes
Global Politics
Euro Crisis: Bavaria’s Bailout Fatigue
Global Politics
Some Haitians Are Still Waiting for Permanent Housing
Conflict & Justice
Leaked Memo Urges Greece to Move to Six-Day Work Week