A planetary crisis: Expanding universal human rights to include a healthy and sustainable environment
By Joel E. Correia, Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, University of Florida Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air pollution from wildfires, vehicles and...
Alarming ice melt: New study shows Arctic has warmed nearly four times faster than the rest of the world
By Jonathan Bamber, Professor of Physical Geography, University of Bristol The Earth is approximately 34°F warmer than it was at the start of the industrial revolution. That warming has not been uniform, with some regions warming at a far greater pace. One such region...
Green means go: Offshore wind farms could fuel the next energy boom for America
By Michael E. Webber, Josey Centennial Professor of Energy Resources, University of Texas at Austin; Hugh Daigle, Associate Professor of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin With passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains...
Racism in the ranks: U.S. Military clamps down on political speech as concerns over extremism grows
By Dwight Stirling, Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California Less than a month after the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin took the extraordinary step of pausing all operations for 24 hours to “address...
200th Day of War: Putin’s military forces suffer worst strategic defeat since the failed attack on Kyiv
Moscow has abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine, in a sudden collapse of one of the war’s principal front lines after Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance. The swift fall of Izyum in Kharkiv province on Saturday was Moscow’s worst defeat since its...
Battle Tactics: The unexpected Ukrainian resistance continues to prevent Putin’s plans for quick victory
By Liam Collins, Founding Director, Modern War Institute, United States Military Academy West Point As Ukrainian forces fight a late-summer counterattack to wrest the southern province of Kherson from Russian control, Russian President Vladimir Putin is learning a...
Seeking Shelter: Displaced residents in war-torn Ukrainian towns fear a bitter winter without homes
If it is too cold in the garage, Vadim sleeps in his old car. He lived on the third floor of an apartment block by Borodianka’s central street, but it was destroyed by Russian grad missiles in March. There is barely anything here for him now, beyond the section of...
Wishful Thinking: Why the fallacy of making peace with Russia necessitates feeding the wolf of war
Close your eyes and try to envision the two wolves. Imagine yourself as a terrified child. I think that helps bring the myth to life … this myth, said to be Cherokee, of humanity’s two choices. The wolves are engaged in a vicious fight. The wise...
Destroyed War Machines: Ukraine follows the ancient practice of trophy displays to ridicule Russia
By Anya Free, Ph.D. Candidate in History, University of California, Davis As Ukraine prepared to celebrate its independence day even while its military forces battled a monthslong Russian invasion, government officials assembled a grandiose, yet gruesome, display on...
Critical Congressional Vote: Federal bill codifying same-sex marriage gains momentum in U.S. Senate
The U.S. Senate is on track to vote on a bill codifying marriage equality, with negotiators increasingly confident it could become law. Wisconsin Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin and Maine GOP Senator Susan Collins said on September 7 they were close to getting at...
Overcoming the filibuster: Senator Tammy Baldwin pushes for support of LGBT marriage protection
U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is making a push for the Republican support needed to pass her bill that would codify same-sex marriage before the midterms. But she will do so without Wisconsin’s senior senator, Republican Ron Johnson. In an op-ed published in the...
Rejecting rights and freedoms: Ron Johnson declares opposition to Federal same-sex marriage legislation
Republican Senator Ron Johnson, facing a tough reelection contest in November, said during a recent meeting with constituents that he opposes a bill to codify same-sex marriage rights into federal law as the Senate Democratic leadership plans to hold a vote in the...
