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How some people can end up living at airports for months – even years – at a time

  • Written by Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton
imageMehran Karimi Nasseri sits among his belongings in a 2004 photograph taken at Charles de Gaulle Airport, where he lived for nearly 18 years.Eric Fougere/VIP Images/Corbis via Getty Images

In January, local authorities arrested a 36-year-old man named Aditya Singh after he had spent three months living at Chicago’s O'Hare International Airport....

Read more: How some people can end up living at airports for months – even years – at a time

Most US states don't have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries

  • Written by Joshua Holzer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Westminster College
imageU.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, launches a filibuster in 2016.Senate Television via AP

As the U.S. Senate proceeds with its business, split 50-50 between Republicans on one side and Democrats and independents on the other, lawmakers and the public at large are concerned about the future of the filibuster.

Under the rules of the U.S....

Read more: Most US states don't have a filibuster – nor do many democratic countries

Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax would reduce inequality – the problem is it's probably unconstitutional

  • Written by Beverly Moran, Professor of Law and Sociology, Vanderbilt University
imageSen. Elizabeth Warren argues that her plan is constitutional.AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Sen. Elizabeth Warren says it’s time to tax wealth.

The Massachusetts senator on March 1 introduced a bill to tax households worth over US$50 million and up to $1 billion at a rate of 2%, and anything over that at 3%. She first proposed the idea of a wealth tax d...

Read more: Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax would reduce inequality – the problem is it's probably...

The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across the US

  • Written by Roshanak (Roshi) Nateghi, Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
imageElectric service trucks line up after a snow storm in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 16, 2021.Ron Jenkins/Getty Images

Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the state’s deregulated electricity market,...

Read more: The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across the US

COVID-19 revealed how sick the US health care delivery system really is

  • Written by Elizabeth A. Regan, Dept. Chair Integrated Information Technology and Professor of Health Informatics, University of South Carolina
imageMany U.S. hospitals and clinics are behind when it comes to sharing information.Teera Konakan/Moment via Getty Images

If you got the COVID-19 shot, you likely received a little paper card that shows you’ve been vaccinated. Make sure you keep that card in a safe place. There is no coordinated way to share information about who has been...

Read more: COVID-19 revealed how sick the US health care delivery system really is

COVID-19 costs could push hospitals to rethink billions of dollars in wasted supplies

  • Written by Anand Nair, Eli Broad Endowed Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University
imageThe pandemic's supply crunch led to more reuse and decontamination techniques that can save money and reduce waste.SDI Productions via Getty Images

The United States spends more on health care than any other nation. What many people don’t realize is that a large portion of this spending goes to waste.

Every year, an estimated US$760 billion to...

Read more: COVID-19 costs could push hospitals to rethink billions of dollars in wasted supplies

Can QAnon survive another 'Great Disappointment' on March 4? History suggests it might

  • Written by Richard Amesbury, Professor of Religious Studies and of Philosophy and Director of the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies, Arizona State University
imageThe big question looming over QAnon: What happens after March 4?Rick Loomis/Getty Images

Thursday could be a big day. On March 4, Donald Trump will be triumphantly returned to power to help save the world from a shadowy syndicate of Satan-worshipping pedophiles – or at least that is what a small fraction of American citizens believe.

But...

Read more: Can QAnon survive another 'Great Disappointment' on March 4? History suggests it might

Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 – is it time to control cigarette-makers?

  • Written by Joshua M. Pearce, Wite Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University
imageFour Americans die every year for every one person employed in the U.S. tobacco industry.Julien Fourniol/Baloulumix via Getty Images

Tobacco use killed an estimated 500,000 Americans in 2020, about the same number the pandemic killed in one year. Although education efforts by government and nonprofits have helped to curb tobacco use, 14% of...

Read more: Tobacco killed 500,000 Americans in 2020 – is it time to control cigarette-makers?

What's in a name for a vaccine campaign? Maybe the end of the pandemic

  • Written by Katherine A. Foss, Professor of Media Studies, Middle Tennessee State University
imageAn unidentified doctor talks with a boy who holds a lollipop reward after participating in a measles vaccine research program in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, in 1963. NASA/PhotoQuest/Getty Images

Nearly 50 million people in the U.S. had received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine by March 1, and millions of others have spent hours online...

Read more: What's in a name for a vaccine campaign? Maybe the end of the pandemic

Why using reconciliation to pass Biden's COVID-19 stimulus bill violates the original purpose of the process

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US
imageSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats meet with reporters before the House voted to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package on Feb. 26, 2021. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Reconciliation – it’s a term federal budget experts would understand, but for the rest of us, it sounds like what you do with a family member...

Read more: Why using reconciliation to pass Biden's COVID-19 stimulus bill violates the original purpose of...

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  8. How Black people in the 19th century used photography as a tool for social change
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  16. Misinformation-spewing cable companies come under scrutiny
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  19. Facebook's news blockade in Australia shows how tech giants are swallowing the web
  20. Deported veterans, stranded far from home after years of military service, press Biden to bring them back
  21. What is fascism?
  22. Audio chatrooms like Clubhouse have become the hot new media by tapping into the age-old appeal of the human voice
  23. What public school students are allowed to say on social media may be about to change
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  31. Relief or stimulus: What's the difference, and what it means for Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus package
  32. Black biomedical scientists still lag in research funding – here's why that matters to all Americans
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