A hundred eyes for an eye: Israel orders evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza
Israel’s military on October 13 directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people, about half of the territory’s population, within 24 hours. The order could signal an impending ground offensive against Hamas militants....
Empire building: How Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine made the Russian economy a Potemkin village
By Christopher A. Hartwell, Professor of International Business Policy, ZHAW School of Management and Law; and Paul Vaaler, Professor of Law and Business, University of Minnesota President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has come at huge economic costs. By...
Asian Americans say AAPI voters are targeted by new laws criminalizing election assistance
For a century, the League of Women Voters in Florida formed bonds with marginalized residents by helping them register to vote and, in recent years, those efforts have extended to the growing Asian American and Asian immigrant communities. But a state law signed by...
The myth that ending affirmative action would end discrimination against Asian Americans
By Jerry Kang, Distinguished Professor of Law and Asian American Studies; Founding Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, University of California, Los Angeles In two cases challenging the use of race in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled...
Historical Remembrance: Lynching site of George Marshall Clark gets marker in Milwaukee’s Third Ward
Local officials, area leaders, and members of the community gathered on October 11 in the Third Ward to share a significant moment in Milwaukee County’s history, as a marker was officially dedicated to honor George Marshall Clark, a victim of racial violence who...
Why some Israelis feel abandoned by the army they trusted for years to defend and inform them
It was, they thought, an ironclad social contract. Israeli citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them. That contract was shattered on October 7 when hundreds of Hamas militants breached Israel’s...
Wisconsin coalition calls on mainstream media to give fair representation of the Palestinian situation
A diverse and broad coalition of Wisconsin-based organizations dedicated to peace and social justice recently formed in response to what they believe has been a misrepresentation of the conflict faced by the Palestinian people. In a joint statement on October 10, the...
Damage over accuracy: Israel admits bombing campaign in Gaza not limited to military targets
An Israeli military spokesman admitted on October 10 what had been obvious to witnesses of the mass destruction underway in the besieged Gaza Strip: that the goal of Israel’s ongoing bombing campaign was to inflict severe damage on the occupied territory, not to...
U.S. airports are slowly meeting the need to make flying more accessible for passengers with dementia
Andrea Nissen tried to prepare her 65-year-old husband, who has Alzheimer’s disease, for a solo flight from Arizona to Oklahoma to visit family. She worried about travelers and airport officials misinterpreting his forgetfulness or habit of getting in...
Al-Aqsa Storm: Why Iran wins regardless of who loses the Israel-Hamas war
By Aaron Pilkington, PhD Candidate at Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver There will be only one winner in the war that has broken out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. And it is neither Israel nor Hamas. In an operation...
A summer of smoke: Why the wildfires of 2023 are just the beginning of our air quality problems
By Charles O. Stanier, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa; Gregory Carmichael, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa; and Peter S. Thorne, University of Iowa Distinguished Chair, Professor of...
Illuminating the Dark: Hidden secrets from the Pabst Mansion’s mysterious past unveiled in special tour
The Pabst Mansion began hosting its “Illuminating the Dark” tour for the public on October 5, in an effort to shine a new light on some mysterious stories from the historic home’s past. The specialty “after-hours” tour was first created...
