Healthy Communities
Living in the Wrong Neighborhood Can Harm Your Health
18 July 2008 - 8:00am
Baltimore Sun
A new study by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shows that living in poor and violent neighborhoods can significantly increase your risk of heart attack or stroke.
Equitable Utopias - Thoughts on Walking Away from Omelas
14 May 2007 - 4:57pm
In the short story The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas, Ursula LeGuin depicts a utopia that is made possible by the transference of all misery to a child who is kept in a cellar. Some in the community ignore the scapegoat’s existence, choosing the easy life of bliss that is offered to them. Those whose consciences do not allow them to live in willful ignorance often chose to leave Omelas and live complete, full lives that include awareness, and shouldering their own pain.
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