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Waking Up From Pipe Dreams
The residents of Yazoo County, Mississippi were confronted with a danger the world had yet to witness in February 2020: a carbon dioxide...
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Feb 5, 20235 min read


Deserted No More
Aiding Sahrawi refugees requires building improved infrastructure. Outside the city of Tindouf, in the desolate borderlands of Algeria,...
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Feb 10, 20225 min read


Highway Robbery: How reimagined New England highways perpetuate the displacement of marginalized com
Walking along the Providence River is a favorite pastime of many Brown University students. Gazing out from the Pedestrian Bridge, they...
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Jan 18, 20224 min read


Banking on Our Future: Bankrolling our crumbling infrastructure through a National Infrastructure Ba
While physical infrastructure may not be the most riveting topic for a presidential debate or the campaign trail, the integrity of a...
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Jun 30, 20214 min read


Biden, COVID, and Congress in 2021: An Interview with Jake Auchincloss
Jake Auchincloss is a freshman congressman representing Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District. He currently sits on the Committee on...
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May 25, 20216 min read


The Urgency of Infrasturctural Improvement and its Benefits
The United States boasts one of the greatest highway systems and the safest commercial air network in the world. However, without...
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Apr 19, 20214 min read


Fix the American Grid
If Thomas Edison resurrected tomorrow and decided to inspect the American power grid, he would find everything up to his standards. In...
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Dec 3, 20206 min read


America’s Power Problem
America’s energy sector and power grids are in crisis. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 2017 Infrastructure...
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Nov 15, 20196 min read


Educational Woes: Mexico’s need for investment in human capital
The 2018 Mexican Federal Election proved to be a critical juncture for Mexico, as the left-wing candidate, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador...
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Mar 2, 20195 min read


Chinese Capital Comes to the Middle East
The Middle East has been a key strategic area for centuries, with the Russian, British, Portuguese, French and Ottoman Empires all...
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Apr 6, 20187 min read


HQ2—To benefit whom?
Amazon’s search for a city in which to locate its second North American headquarters has caused a frenzy among prospective locations....
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Feb 25, 20184 min read


Getting America’s Passenger Trains Back on Track
America’s passenger rail is struggling. American rail is far slower, more expensive and less reliable than its global counterparts....
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Dec 8, 20175 min read


Trust the Tap: Boosting Confidence in the Benefits of Tap Water
Only around half of Americans trust the water coming out of their faucets, according to a poll by the Associated Press. In light of...
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Nov 3, 20174 min read


Tunnel to Nowhere: What the Second Avenue Subway says about American Infrastructure
On New Year’s Day, New York’s celebrated Second Avenue Subway opened to great fanfare, concluding a tortured, century-long history of...
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May 13, 20176 min read


Hydroelectric Fracturing: Erdogan’s infrastructure folly
In a country accustomed to tumult, a single dam is causing ripples of turbulence. Over 60 years in the making, Turkey’s Ilisu Dam’s...
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Nov 6, 20168 min read


Midnight Train to Addis Ababa
On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t,...
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May 2, 201612 min read


A Waste of Parking Space
From driving tests to downtown, parking is the bane of drivers young and old. Limited parking is an accepted and unavoidable fact of life...
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May 2, 20165 min read


Acting Where Congress Will Not: Infrastructure and State Legislatures
According to Gallup, only 14 percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing. This lack of faith in the government is evident...
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Nov 2, 20154 min read


In Defense of Highways
For the future of American infrastructure, the August Congressional recess looms large. Since the passage of the Federal-Aid Highway Act...
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Jul 29, 20154 min read


Crumbling Infrastructure in the United States
During rush hour on August 1, 2007, the Interstate 35-W bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota suddenly collapsed, sending 111 vehicles...
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Nov 29, 20143 min read
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