Redlining's shadow in Iowa: How historic maps shaped today's housing inequalities
Surveys of federally-funded cities and colored-coded maps set into motion discriminatory practices.Redlining is a lending ...
These national park trails were created by America’s first Black soldiers
Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...
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Documents, satellite data expose ongoing pollution near TotalEnergies’ Republic of Congo oil terminal
After hours spent at sea, fisherman Guy Bayonne Balou and his crew return to the southern shore of the Republic of Congo with ...
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Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place
These highways displaced many Black communities. Some Black activists are using mapping to do the opposite: highlight hidden parts of history. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division Joshua F.
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Mapping the Green Book in New England
In the decades before the 1964 Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination in public places, traveling throughout the country ...
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Mysterious ‘Black Hole’ in the Pacific: What’s Behind This Strange Discovery That Stunned the Internet?
In 2021, a Google Maps satellite image surfaced online showing a bizarre, pitch-black triangle in the middle of the Pacific ...
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New wave of mapping projects reveal untold Black stories
Discover how innovative mapping initiatives are transforming the documentation of Black history, from civil rights movements ...
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Detecting a Volcanic Earthquake Swarm with a Distant Seismic Sensor
Researchers from the Seismological Society of America utilized a remote seismic station on Upolu, Samoa—part of the Global Seismographic Network—to measure and identify the source of the American ...