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How decades of racist housing policy left neighborhoods sweltering

Redlining helped reshape the urban landscape of U.S. cities. It also left communities of color far more vulnerable to rising heat.
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How decades of racist housing policy left neighborhoods sweltering

How decades of racist housing policy left neighborhoods sweltering

Redlining helped reshape the urban landscape of U.S. cities. It also left communities of color far more vulnerable to rising heat.
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Summer in the city is hot, but some neighborhoods suffer more
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Summer in the city is hot, but some neighborhoods suffer more

New research shows that summer temperatures can vary as much as 20 degrees across different parts of a city, with poor and minority neighborhoods often bearing the brunt.
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