The Un-United Methodist schism: Conservative faction details its plans for breakaway denomination
Conservative leaders within the United Methodist Church unveiled plans Monday to form a new denomination, the Global Methodist Church, with a doctrine that does not recognize same-sex marriage. The move could hasten the long-expected breakup of the UMC over differing...
Springing Forward: How Daylight Saving Time can impact people suffering from COVID-19 sleep loss
By Michael S. Jaffee, Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, University of Florida The clock springs forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. on March 14 for people in the United States. It is not an appealing thought for those who have suffered sleep problems because of the...
Federal mask mandates put public transit drivers in difficult position of enforcing health safety orders
By Stacie Kershner, Associate Director, Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University; and Karen Johnston, Assistant Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, Georgia State University Many U.S. metropolitan areas report...
A Pandemic Year: Looking back to when Wisconsin declared a COVID-19 crisis and the road still ahead
March 12 marks a year since Wisconsin issued the first COVID-19 health emergency, and the anniversary offers a moment to consider what comes next for health and for society. When Governor Tony Evers issued the declaration on Thursday, March 12, 2020, five Wisconsin...
Trumpedemic: America’s death toll and economic loss is a direct result of the sabotaged COVID-19 response
An economy devastated. One in twelve Americans sickened. Millions hospitalized. One half million dead. As we mourn more than 500,000 Americans who have died of COVID-19, we should remember that their deaths were not the inevitable results of a pandemic, not...
Lower Income, Less Capital: Why the pandemic recession has hit Minority-owned small-business owners so hard
By Carlos Avenancio-Leon, Assistant Professor of Finance, Indiana University; and Isaac Hacamo, Assistant Professor of Finance Department: Finance Campus: Bloomington, Indiana University The pandemic has taken a heavy toll on Main Street, with small businesses across...
Photographing Fukushima: Toru Anzai’s images document life at ground zero for future generations
Images of temporary housing where many lived in uncertainty and a mountain of disposal bags full of radioactive soil, those were part of the photographic collection taken by 73-years old Toru Anzai after the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in March 2011...
Social aftershocks of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster are still being felt after a decade
By Becky Alexis-Martin, Research Fellow in Human and Social Sciences, University of Southampton; and Thom Davies, Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, University of Warwick At 5.59am local time on November 22, Fukushima was hit by a 7.4 magnitude...
A lack of reliability: Foxconn adds yet another ridiculous proposal to a list of broken promises
In late February, Foxconn executives announced plans to begin manufacturing electric vehicles for California-based start-up Fisker Inc. Both companies said the collaboration will “revolutionize the automotive industry.” They compared their work to the...
State senator proposes law mandating Wisconsin sporting events play National Anthem
Wisconsin State Senator Patrick Testin (R-Stevens Point) proposed a bill on February 24 that would require the national anthem be played before sporting events taking place in facilities that have received taxpayer funding. This would include the Green Bay Packers’...
Kimberly Montgomery: An unimaginable list of family and friends lost due to COVID-19
The first person Kimberly Montgomery lost to COVID-19 was her aunt. She had trouble breathing, so her daughter dropped her off at the emergency room. It was the last time her daughter saw her alive. Then, one after another, 14 other people in Montgomery’s world —...
Security for the New Frontier: Understanding the role of America’s Space Force beyond science fiction jokes
By Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies The U.S. Space Force has a serious role to play in the modern world. Its stated mission is to train and equip personnel to defend U.S. interests in...
