Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin
In the 1850s and 1860s, Kilgubbin was often mentioned in the pages of the Tribune and other Chicago newspapers. The name ...
Households are burning plastic waste as fuel for cooking and heating in slums the world over
Burning plastic as fuel for cooking and heating releases toxic chemicals into the air and contaminates food. Yet this is ...
Delhi high court dismisses plea against demolition of slum in Okhla dhobi ghat area, says it poses threat to Yamuna floodplain - Telegraph India
The encroachment in the area, the court said, disrupted the natural flow of water and according to experts, recurring floods ...
Billionaire art lover Albert Barnes was brilliant in business. He was also ‘emotionally, socially incredibly stupid.’
Art critic Blake Gopnik spent hundreds of hours immersed in Barnes’s archives. The result is 'The Maverick’s Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream.' ...
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How a coat of paint is tackling extreme heat in an Indian slum
Hundreds of roofs in the informal settlements of India's western Gujarat state have been painted in a reflective, white ...
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Decades before Irish were Chicago political royalty, they lived in a ramshackle slum called Kilgubbin
The name became symbolic of slums where poor Irish immigrants lived ... where the nobility evicted them and shipped them to America, according to a Tribune article. “They were literally ...
Latin America grapples with drone arms race, but cartels and gangs are the leading stakeholders
Latin America’s drone arms race is growing, with governments struggling to match criminals using UAVs for smuggling, spying ...
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Year of Droughts and Wildfires Hits South America Hard
South America appears to be at the frontline of the climate crisis blamed on global warming, with wildfires wreaking havoc ...
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‘He could be grotesquely, wildly intemperate’: biographer Blake Gopnik tells us about the great collector Albert C. Barnes
He rose from the worst slum in America to become rich—from a treatment for gonorrhoea—and then gave up earning even more riches, to instead collect Modern art. What were his relationships like?