Editor’s note: This story is part of Southwest Michigan Second Wave’s On the Ground Battle Creek series. When people think of the work of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, economic development does not immediately come to mind. That is just how the woman who spearheads the Kellogg Foundations’s economic development work prefersContinue Reading
Milwaukee lost a quiet, yet powerful activist earlier this year. Many of Bill Sell’s 83 years were dedicated to civil rights and social justice and peace, starting with his opposition to the Vietnam War. Later in life, Sell funneled much of his energy into public transit and environmental advocacy.Along theContinue Reading
This year’s hurricane season delivered something Louisiana hasn’t had much of recently: quiet. The Atlantic Basin season that began June 1 and ends Wednesday included a near-average number of tropical storms and hurricanes, but also a greatly needed pause in landfalls along the Louisiana coastline, providing residents with more timeContinue Reading
In the rolling hills around San Diego and its suburbs, the rumble of bulldozers and the whine of power saws fill the air as a slew of new homes and apartments rise up. The region is booming, its population growing at a rate of about 1 percent a year. This,Continue Reading
Last month, I spent a cold morning wandering around Hampstead Heath, one of London’s largest green spaces, with a sound designer named Nicholas Allan. For many, the Heath is an escape. There are almost 800 acres of it: meadows and woodland, hollows and springs, hills and ponds. It is bigContinue Reading
