Places like New York, Miami and Las Vegas have a higher share of the workforce in jobs with close proximity to others, putting them at greater Covid-19 risk.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Geography of Coronavirus
What do we know so far about the types of places that are more susceptible to the spread of Covid-19? In the U.S., density is just the beginning of the story.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: We’ll Need To Reopen Our Cities. But Not Without Making Changes First.
We must prepare for a protracted battle with coronavirus. But there are changes we can make now to prepare locked-down cities for what’s next.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Valuing Productivity, Not Profession, Could Reduce U.S. Inequality
In this second part of an interview with economist Jonathan Rothwell, he explains that a just society wouldn’t reward different professions so unequally.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Elite Professions Create Inequality
In this interview with Jonathan Rothwell about his new book, A Republic of Equals, he explains how U.S. racism helped create elite, highly paid professions.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Has the Rise of Uber Led to More Heavy Drinking?
New research suggests that ride-hailing is associated with increases in drinking behaviors in U.S. cities and metro areas.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Four Coastal Areas Dominate a New Measure of Tech-Company Startup Diversity
Just four coastal areas of the country dominate on the Startup Complexity Index, a new measure developed by researchers at the Brookings Institution.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Media Coverage of Car Crashes Downplays the Role of Drivers
Safety advocates have long complained that media outlets tend to blame pedestrians and cyclists who are hit by cars. Research suggests they’re right.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Changing Geography of the Opioid Crisis
A new study shows that the country faces different opioid challenges in urban and rural areas.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mapping America’s Stark Wage Inequality
Since 1980, economists say, wage growth for the highest-paid workers has been roughly triple that for the lowest paid. In some cities, the disparity is wider.