Study finds changes in warm air patterns may push more hurricanes toward cities along East Coast
Changes in air patterns as the world warms will likely push more and nastier hurricanes up against the United States’ east and Gulf coasts, especially in Florida, a new study said. While other studies have projected how human-caused climate change will probably...
A biological hot spot: How the Atlantic Sargassum Belt is inundating coastlines with brown seaweed
By Stephen P. Leatherman, Professor of Coastal Science, Florida International University An unwelcome visitor is headed for Florida and the Caribbean: huge floating mats of sargassum, or free-floating brown seaweed. Nearly every year since 2011, sargassum has...
Geostrategic Corruption: How China uses economic power to exert its influence in Latin America
By Eduardo Gamarra, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University; and Valeriia Popova, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University Corruption has long been a scourge in parts of Latin...
Drone Swarm: Why more unmanned aerial vehicles are filling the skies over Ukraine
By Tara Sonenshine, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice in Public Diplomacy, Tufts University Loud explosions rock the evening sky. Streaks of light appear like comets. Missiles rain down. Below, people scramble for cover. The injured are taken on stretchers. That...
Quietly staying put: Why some Western companies are finding it not so simple to quit Russia
When Russia invaded Ukraine, global companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately, others curtailing imports or new investment. Billions of dollars’ worth of factories, energy holdings and power plants were written off...
Ending political bribery: What Ukraine can teach America about how to deal with our oligarch problem
Viktor Medvedchuk was the Rupert Murdoch of Ukraine. He ran a rightwing television network and owned TV stations across the country, while simultaneously being one of the richest men in that nation. He promoted hate and division, tax cuts for the rich and gutting the...
Evading algorithmic detection: How “algospeak” became the newest version of linguistic subterfuge
By Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis A linguistic arms race is raging online, and it is not clear who is winning. On one side are social networks like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. These sites have become better and...
Tax Plan: IRS moves forward with pilot program for a free e-filing system in 2024
Most taxpayers are interested in filing their taxes directly to the IRS for free, a new report said, and that option will be tested next year. The IRS has spent the past nine months studying whether U.S. taxpayers want to see a free, e-filing system run by the...
Antibiotic tolerance: Looming behind a growing resistance to some bacteria is another infection crisis
By Megan Keller, Ph.D. Candidate in Microbiology, Cornell University Have you ever had a nasty infection that just won’t seem to go away? Or a runny nose that keeps coming back? You may have been dealing with a bacterium that is tolerant of, though not yet resistant...
Low-income communities suffer high rates of parasitic infections in states that neglect sewage systems
By Theresa E. Gildner, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Intestinal infections take a heavy toll on impoverished Black communities that have out-of-date sewage systems. These infections often...
Juneteenth 2023: A retrospective of how Milwaukee has celebrated Emancipation Day in recent years
Milwaukee is home to one of the longest held Juneteenth Day celebrations in the United States. Juneteenth, a commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, has long held profound significance in American history. June 19, 2023 marks the 52nd...
Untold Stories: Why enslaved Black people stayed in slaveholding states to help others find freedom
By Viola Franziska Müller, Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in history, University of Bonn For generations, the Underground Railroad has been the quintessential story of resistance against oppression. Yet, the story is incomplete. What is far less known is that...
