The threat of domestic terrorism: Why the “lone wolf” extremist myth is dangerous to society
By Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University – Newark On February 15, 2023, a judge informed Payton Gendron, a white 19-year-old who killed 10 Black people at a...
Violent domestic abusers allowed to keep their guns under interpretation of recent Supreme Court ruling
By April M. Zeoli, Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan; and Shannon Frattaroli, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University For a large part of the history of the United States, domestic abuse was tolerated under the...
Debt Default: Republicans risk triggering the dollar’s collapse and damaging America’s economic might
By Michael Humphries, Deputy Chair of Business Administration, Touro University It is a case of déjà vu all over again on the debt ceiling debate. Republicans, who regained control of the House of Representatives in November 2022, are threatening to not allow an...
Servicing our National Debt: How Trump era tax cuts for the rich added billions in interest payments
By Gerald P. Dwyer, Professor Emeritus of Economics and BB&T Scholar, Clemson University Consumers and businesses are not the only ones feeling the pain of higher borrowing costs because of Federal Reserve rate hikes. Uncle Sam is too. The U.S. government spent a...
New Amtrak service running between Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Chicago could roll out by late 2023
Some Wisconsinites could soon have a more convenient commute between Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Chicago. A new Amtrak service, tentatively called the “Great River” route, could become available to passengers as early as late 2023. The Twin...
Clean Mobility: Why the EV transition should provide all Americans with safe and reliable options
By Sita M. Syal, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan The race to decarbonize passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the U.S. is accelerating. Battery electric vehicles accounted for almost 6% of all new vehicle sales in 2022, up from...
Equal Protection: SCOTUS grapples with efforts by Clarence Thomas to overturn affirmative action
By Miguel Schor, Professor of Law and Associate Director of the Drake University Constitutional Law Center, Drake University; and Erin Lain, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, Drake University The United States Supreme Court is deciding a pair...
Comprehension vs. Accuracy: Why paper maps still matter in the digital age of travel
By Meredith Broussard, Assistant Professor of Journalism, New York University Ted Florence is ready for his family trip to Botswana. He has looked up his hotel on Google Maps and downloaded a digital map of the country to his phone. He has also packed a large paper...
An Everyday War: When there are no more words to talk about the experience of trauma in Ukraine
By Greta Uehling, Lecturer, Program in International and Comparative Studies, University of Michigan As the first anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, one thing is clear: The destruction the war has wreaked upon Ukrainians over the...
Resettlement agency aims to place nearly 300 refugees across Central Wisconsin within two years
In its first year of operations, a central Wisconsin refugee resettlement agency has helped 160 people from Afghanistan and other nations find homes in Wausau, Stevens Point or Marshfield. Agency leaders said employers in the labor-challenged region have embraced the...
Russia rejects compliance of its last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States
By Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, Professor of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences After decades of progress on limiting the buildup of nuclear weapons, Russia’s war on Ukraine has prompted renewed nuclear tensions between Russia and...
Expectation of victory: Ukrainians remain committed to reclaiming their land as war enters second year
By Tatsiana Kulakevich, Assistant Professor of Instruction at School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, Affiliate Professor at the Institute for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, University of South Florida United States intelligence experts expected Russian...
