Right of Way: Race, Class, and the Silent Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths in America
This is the book to read right now on how failures of public space design and car design come head to head with economic failures that result in the epidemic of pedestrian deaths in the US. We seem to be the only developed country that lives with this as a normal occurrence.
An Incalculable Loss
The New York Times’ deeply moving front page (in print) is accompanied by this interactive page for the same list of names.
The New York Times front page - May 24, 2020 - 100,000 coronavirus deaths
An incredible “graphic” image of just 1% of the 100,000 deaths so far in just over 2 months of coronavirus hitting the United States.
My previous post has a link to the story behind the decision making of this front page.
Breaking Down The Number of Gun Deaths In America
If you open one link today, make it this one from Five Thirty Eight. The minisite chronicles the more than 33,000 gun deaths in America in the past year and breaks down the number into digestible portions by race, gender, and type. Heavy stuff.