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Virtual views to help overtaxed teachers see the future in nature-based play spaces. By Timothy A. Schuler When Muntazar Monsur and his wife emigrated to the United States from Bangladesh in 2011, they enrolled their then 18-month-old daughter in childcare for the first time. They were both starting PhD programs at North Carolina State University, […]
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Family Gathering
A Chicago garden calls a Black community pushed to the margins back together again. By Zach Mortice Since 2009, a vacant lot turned community garden on the 4600 block of Winthrop Avenue in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood has commemorated the Winthrop Avenue Family, the descendants of a group of Black families who for much of the […]
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Breaking Bonds
Design for Freedom works to end modern slavery in the materials supply chain. By Kamila Grigo The 2022 Serpentine Pavilion, titled Black Chapel and designed by the multihyphenate artist Theaster Gates, was conceived as a space offering contemplation, community, and joy to the public. Installed next to the Serpentine South Gallery in London’s Kensington Gardens, […]
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