Hit-and-Runs: New study reveals why most fatal e-Scooter crashes involve car collisions
By Christopher R. Cherry, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee About 30 people in the United States have been killed riding electric scooters since 2018. Most of them, 80% of the fatalities, were hit by drivers of cars. Publicly...
Guilty on all charges: Jury convicts former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd
After deliberating for just over 10 hours, the jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin found the former Minneapolis police officer guilty for the murder of unarmed Black man George Floyd last May. Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree...
When the “thin blue line” kills: Scholars analyze why Derek Chauvin’s trial was different
By Alexis Karteron, Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University – Newark; Jeannine Bell, Professor of Law, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University; Rashad Shabazz, Associate Professor at the School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University; and Ric...
Another form of criminality: Armed authoritarianism with deeply racist roots keeps no one safe
“Get out of the car! Get out of the car NOW!” The officer, the mad man with a badge, probably shouted those words 50 times at the driver, Second Lt. Caron Nazario, at a gas station in Windsor, Virginia, all the while holding a gun a foot from his face....
Reaching herd immunity against COVID-19 by mass vaccination faces the barrier of Christian nationalism
Monique Deal Barlow, Doctoral Student of Political Science, Georgia State University While the majority of Americans either intend to get the COVID-19 vaccine or have already received their shots, getting white evangelicals to vaccination sites may prove more of a...
From Oak Creak to Indianapolis: Sikh communities struggle to heal after latest mass shooting
By Simran Jeet Singh, Visiting Professor, Union Theological Seminary On April 16, 2021, a gunman opened fire at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis killing eight people and injuring several others before taking his own life. Four members of the Sikh community were among...
Firearm Fatalities: Understanding the endemic nature of gun violence in American culture
By Lacey Wallace, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State The U.S. has suffered yet another mass shooting, with a deadly attack in a FedEx facility in Indianapolis. This was the fifth mass shooting in five weeks, including a shooting at a supermarket in...
A Confidence Gap: Study finds that Black students have far less trust in their colleges than peers
By Kevin Fosnacht, Associate Research Scientist, Indiana University; and Shannon M. Calderone, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, Washington State University Black undergraduates consistently said they trusted the people who run the colleges they attend –...
Investigation finds Trump officials gave millions in COVID-19 response contracts to unproven companies
A top adviser to former President Donald Trump pressured agency officials to reward politically connected or otherwise untested companies with hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts as part of a chaotic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the early...
Hmong organizations help remove language obstacles and assist community access to COVID-19 vaccinations
Seng Yang and hundreds of others lined up to get their COVID-19 vaccine on April 7 at the Hmoob Cultural & Community Agency. Seng said so many people turned out for the one-day vaccination clinic because language has been a barrier for many in the Hmong community...
Images of Mars: Milwaukee native Darian Dixon helps NASA’s Perseverance Rover send photos back to Earth
February 18 — the day NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed on Mars — was an emotional rollercoaster of a day for Darian Dixon. The landing is the most dangerous part of Perseverance’s mission to take detailed pictures to help scientists search for evidence of life on the...
Wisconsin gets Federal aid to repair deteriorating roads but still lacks long-term funding solution
An influx of pandemic-related federal aid to state and local governments is helping clear a backlog of needed road improvement projects in Wisconsin. In 2020, the American Society of Civil Engineers Infrastructure Report Card gave Wisconsin roads a letter grade of D+....
