Regional Editor of AJPH, Professor Stella Yu, reviews some articles recently published in AJPH, including: Evolution of Public Health Emergency Management From Preparedness to Response and Recovery, PH and despair in the American heartland, Legacies of the Bolshevik Revolution, The Changing Pattern of Nutrition Intake by Social Class in Contemporary China, 1991–2011 (including a summary by Dr Zhun Xu, Changes in Sugar-Sweetened Soda Consumption, Weight, and Waist Circumference: 2-Year Cohort of Mexican Women, Autism Spectrum Disorder Among US Children (2002–2010): Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities, and Shade Sails and Passive Recreation in Public Parks of Melbourne and Denver: A Randomized Intervention.