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Race/Ethnicity

Building Bridges or Barriers? The Racial and Environmental Impacts of Urban Highways

Highway development projects in Omaha have historically favored affluent, predominantly white neighborhoods while disadvantaging minority communities. Environmental burdens from highways, such as pollution and displacement, disproportionately impact neighborhoods of color.…

Labor

Commuting and Mental Health: What the Latest Research Reveals

Randy Lynn, Ph.D.0 Comments

Commuting may offer a beneficial transitional period for mental recovery, helping to maintain work-life balance and reduce stress. A recent study found no significant association between commuting distance and psychological…

Indigenous, Movements, Race/Ethnicity

In the Shadow of the Border: The Untold Struggles of Mexican Americans

Randy Lynn, Ph.D.0 Comments

Mexican Americans near the Arizona-Mexico border must live in a "low-intensity conflict zone" in which several of their constitutional rights are effectively suspended. Through frequent, arbitrary interactions with Customs and…

Criminology

Racial Bias in Policing: Startling Findings from Florida’s Highway Patrol

Randy Lynn, Ph.D.0 Comments

Search rates of Black motorists among White officers more than doubled between 2014 and 2018. White Republican officers are more than twice as likely than White Democrats to search Black…