Sam Roberts

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sam Roberts

John H. Mollenkopf, a distinguished professor of political science and sociology at CUNY and the director of the Center for Urban Research at the Graduate Center, said in an email: "Andy was not afraid to question the received wisdom or call out the experts when he thought they were doing something wrong or silly. And he usually got them to rethink their approach."Andrew Alan Beveridge was born on April 27, 1945, in Madison, Wis.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Sam Roberts

Share Andrew A. Beveridge, a sociology professor and demographer who mined arcane census data to inform urban planning decisions, court rulings on racial desegregation and news coverage that identified emerging population trends, died on April 10 in Washington.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Sam Roberts

NowIn cities across America, parking is often perceived as an entitlement—a public good that should be abundant and free. But as urban planners and economists have long argued, “free” parking isn’t free at all. Instead, it imposes hidden costs on cities, businesses, and residents, shaping …

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Sam Roberts

Mr. Rifkind argued several cases before the Supreme Court. He was involved in Miranda v. Arizona, the 1966 case that established that police officers must inform suspects of their constitutional rights before questioning. He worked on South Carolina v. Katzenbach, in which the Supreme Court ruled in 1966 that federal intervention to let eligible residents of individual states register and vote was constitutional under the 15th Amendment.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Sam Roberts

Dennis McDougal, a prolific author, Hollywood muckraker and Peabody Award-winning documentarian, died Saturday from injuries sustained in a car crash in Southern California. He was 77. His death, in a hospital near Palm Springs, was confirmed by his stepson, Dennis Fitzgerald Dearmore. Mr. McDougal’s wife, Sharon (Murphy) McDougal, 76, who was also critically injured in the crash, died at the hospital Monday, Dearmore said.