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Eric Klinenberg

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A Disaster 100 Years in the Making

Covid-19 and climate change are drastically intensifying insecurity in New Orleans.

by Eric Klinenberg via New York Review of Books on October 22, 2020

2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed

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Did the Year 2020 Change Us Forever?

The COVID-19 pandemic affected us in millions of ways. But it evades the meanings we want it to bear.

by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on February 19, 2024

Madeline Potts, a nurse with Chicago's Public Health Department, checks on a man at one of several cooling centers in the city July 28, 1995.

A Heat Wave Killed Hundreds in Chicago Nearly 30 Years Ago

As record temperatures bake portions of the United States this summer, a Chicago heat wave in 1995 offers a grim preview of the toll from climate change.

by Kim Bellware via Retropolis on July 10, 2023

The History of Loneliness

Until a century or so ago, almost no one lived alone; now many endure shutdowns and lockdowns on their own. How did modern life get so lonely?

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on March 30, 2020

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