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...
Depth of America’s polarization seen in the ouster of Speaker McCarthy by fractured House Republicans
By Charles R. Hunt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University The House of Representatives on October 3, 2023, did something that had never been done before in the nation’s history: It ousted the speaker of the House. Kevin McCarthy, a...
Trump-Style Conservatism: Why Reagan would be unable to recognize the Republican Party of today
By Karyn Amira, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston When Mitt Romney announced his intended retirement from the U.S. Senate on September 13, an excerpt was published from his upcoming biography, in which the 2012 Republican presidential...
Traitor-in-Chief: Top military leaders confirm Trump’s attacks on wounded or killed American soldiers
The trial of former president Trump, his oldest sons, two associates, and the Trump Organization began in Manhattan on October 2. Jose Pagliery, political investigations reporter for The Daily Beast, noted that the presiding judge, New York Supreme Court Justice...
Marcia P. Coggs Center: Milwaukee County breaks ground on new home for Health and Human Services
County Executive David Crowley, local and state leaders, the Coggs family, and members of the public gathered on October 2 at a construction site in the King Park neighborhood to help Milwaukee County break ground on the new Marcia P. Coggs Health and Human Services...
A dire shortage of mental health providers is preventing youth from getting urgent help
By Steven Berkowitz, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus The hospital where I practice recently admitted a 14-year-old girl with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, to our outpatient program. She was referred to us six months...
Departure of Rupert Murdoch from Fox coincides with increasingly fractured conservative media landscape
The departure of Rupert Murdoch as the leader of Fox’s parent company and his News Corp. media holdings after decades at the helm is unlikely to have as much of an impact on conservative media overall as it would have a decade ago. That is because the landscape...
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News legacy is one of lies, little accountability, and political plunder
By Lorna Grisby, Politics & Society Editor, The Conversation Rupert Murdoch, 92, one of the world’s most influential modern media figures, announced on September 21, 2023, that he was stepping down as chair of Fox Corp. and executive chairman of News Corp. By...
