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Racism by Design: The Building of Interstate 81

Jay A. Fernandez ACLU
The I-81 project, completed in 1968—and Syracuse remains one of the most segregated cities in the country, with the highest concentration of poverty among communities of color, and the highest rates of lead poisoning in children. This was by design.

Life and Death in America’s Hottest City

Carolyn Kormann The New Yorker
Across the U.S., significantly more people die from heat each year than from any other weather-related event. Many of these deaths are concentrated in and around Phoenix.