Controlling the data is no longer an option in this era of crowdsourcing and open software.

On the first Earth Day on April 22 of 1970, the Clearwater arrived to Washington, DC after an 8 day voyage delivering thousands of petition signatures in support of passage of the Clean Water Act.

Join us: www.clearwater.org/engage

Washington DC’s 240 million-gallon sewage spill is a symptom of nationwide trouble The largest sewage spill in US history wasn’t the first, and it won’t be the last.

Washington DC's 240 million-gallon sewage spill early this year was the largest in U.S. history. But the real story is what it reveals about aging infrastructure nationwide: The EPA estimates 23,000 to 75,000 sewer overflows happen annually (and there isn’t even a national reporting system).

Bob Hall has died. The father of wheelchair racing made Boston Marathon history. Hall was Boston’s first official wheelchair champion. “The real gauge of a man,” he said, “is whether or not he approaches his full potential.”

Bob Hall, who died April 12 at 74, was the Boston Marathon’s first official wheelchair champion in 1975.

He was hailed the father of wheelchair racing and helped inaugurate a more inclusive era for the sport.

On #MayDayHigherEd we show our power. When we fight, we win.

We're excited to announce the release of the preliminary program for the 13th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium! We hope to see you all on Thursday, May 14th at Georgia State!

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"What’s the point of having an expert on something in the classroom if that expert doesn’t get to decide what to say and not to say to students? If the board or the uni wants to micromanage, censor, tell us what to say and what not to say, the very idea of a university collapses."
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F-1 Student Visa Refusals Surged in 2025 In some countries, over 90 percent of student visa applications were rejected. A new report argues that the current visa landscape “undermines the principle of merit-based entry.”

"In some countries, over 90 percent of student visa applications were rejected. A new report argues that the current visa landscape “undermines the principle of merit-based entry.”'

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Hungary has chosen Europe.

Europe has always chosen Hungary.

A country reclaims its European path.

The Union grows stronger.

Home.

"U.S. alliances rested on something larger: consultation, some measure of strategic continuity and the assumption that American power, however unevenly applied, operated inside a recognizable framework. That framework has collapsed."
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What the Chicago Bears relocation fight can teach us about economics The battle to house the Chicago Bears’ new stadium is pitting Midwestern U.S. states against each other. Taxpayers are apt to be the losers - and not just because sports stadiums rarely live up to their economic billing.

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Bridging global and local agendas: Reflections on AESOP’s engagement in GPEAN and HABITAT-UNI (2019–2025)
Paulo Silva DISP www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Protecting civilians is a sign of strength – and an American ideal | Ted Widmer The US was founded on a pledge to limit the damages of war, even if it has often failed to uphold its commitment

Protecting civilians is a sign of strength – and an American ideal | Ted Widmer

In Georgia, a ‘Sponge Park’ Floods So the Neighborhood Won’t

"Hurricane Helene unleashed a deluge on Georgia. Much of the 16-acre park, named for Rodney Cook Sr., a longtime local politician, was submerged. The neighborhood around it was not. And that was the plan."

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“Let those who have weapons lay them down. Let those who have the power to unleash wars choose peace. Not a peace pursued by force, but through dialogue. Not with the desire to dominate the other, but to encounter them.” — Pope Leo XIV

March Digest SCaRP students (and alums) really shined this month! Students studying urban design engaged with international stakeholders in Tokyo to design more resilient neighborhoods, placed as finalists for the...

Best luck to #jacketplanner Team Terminus in the finals of @APA_Planning Student Planning and Design Competition during #NPC26 in Detroit! GaTech Planners
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Atlanta. No kings.

FSU Urban Planning celebrated 60 years of teaching, learning, research and service this week. I had the honor of reviewing the Department's history. Then faculty Aurora Echavarria, Mehak Sachdeva, and Fariba Siddiq discussed the future with Dean Tim Chapin .
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Carissa Schively Slotterback of the U Pittsburgh was recognized last night by FSU COSSPP as a Distinguished Alumna.

Slotterback said she learned commitment to make sure universities are engaged with communities and supportive of students at FSU Urban and Regional Planning.

India’s gateway to the West is under strain - The Statesman For decades, Dubai has carefully cultivated the image of a city insulated from the turbulence of the Middle East.

T]he current conflict, is a reminder that... Dubai offers stability in an unstable region. Once shaken, that confidence can take far longer to rebuild than any damaged building or disrupted flight route."
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Stuck in reverse: An anti-transit climate persists at the Georgia legislature  - SaportaReport Read Stuck in reverse: An anti-transit climate persists at the Georgia legislature  by Maria Saporta for SaportaReport here.

"As congestion in our region gets worse, some Republican state legislators are proposing bills to limit the expansion of transit in metro Atlanta."
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Image of California wildfires

The hard truth about the consequences of the #ClimateCrisis — wildfires, floods, storms, droughts, heat waves and more — won’t come from climate activists who are too easily ignored or even vilified. It will come from central banks. And insurance companies. And every rational evidence-based sector.

Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist, dies aged 96 Habermas’ political consensus-building theory argued formation of public opinion vital for democracies to survive

His most recent work, Things Needed to Get Better, was published...last year. In it, he refuses to “let defeatism have the last word”, arguing it is possible to “confront the crises of the present aggressively and finally overcome them after all”.
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Amsterdam Jewish school targeted in attack No injuries were reported in what Amsterdam's Mayor Femke Halsema described as a "deliberate attack." It follows an arson attack on a synagogue in Rotterdam a day earlier.

36 times the Hebrew Bible tells us to care for the stranger. Today, the idea of treating the other kindly is rejected by too many across the world

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Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers

"Dr. Habermas bucked the prevailing trend of postmodern cynicism about truth and reason, offering a staunch defense of Enlightenment ideals and the possibility of individual and societal freedom."

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Temple Israel shooting leaves gunman dead, kids safe Shots were fired at Temple Israel Thursday afternoon after a truck rammed into the building's front door. A security guard was injured.

Heartbreaking to read about yet another synagogue attack, and on the same day yet another university shooting. How can we not see the connections between the vitriol in our public discourse and the violence that takes place day after day?
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