KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Area Urban League was formed in 1968 during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. It promoted equal employment opportunities for Black Americans in Knoxville. The ...

Maps of the states that are expected to decide the presidential election are stunning. The urban areas in these states are Democratic blue and more population dense. The rural areas are Republican red ...

Houston’s urban area, which Rice researcher Stephen Klineberg has long referred to as the “blob that ate east Texas,” is about to gobble its way across an important boundary, opening up the ...

It is election season in many countries. Political pundits, media outlets, and other observers frequently underscore the growing polarization across rural and urban communities during this time. 1-3 ...

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More than half of the global population and about 80% of the U.S. population lives in cities — and faces higher heat risks. The entire planet is warming due to human-caused climate change, but the ...

Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings. The results could ...