Scientists are closer to understanding how immune dysfunctions can contribute to “long COVID”
By Matthew Woodruff, Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University For almost three years, scientists have raced to understand the immune responses in patients who develop severe COVID-19, with an enormous effort aimed at defining where healthy immunity ends and...
Profit from lies: How Big Oil’s acceleration of global warming has made winter cold more extreme
William Clay did not realize that the intentionally selfish actions by fossil fuel billionaires would lead to his death on a weekend in late December, but that was what happened. He died in Buffalo on his 56th birthday, Christmas Eve, and was found frozen to death...
A year of disasters: Climate catastrophes are causing billions in damages with no relief in sight
By Shuang-Ye Wu, Professor of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, University of Dayton The year 2022 will be remembered across the U.S. for its devastating flooding and storms, and also for its extreme heat waves and droughts. By October, the U.S. had already seen...
Atmospheric carbon might make Great Lakes more acidic and inhospitable for some fish and plants
The Great Lakes have endured a lot the past century, from supersized algae blobs to invasive mussels and bloodsucking sea lamprey that nearly wiped out fish populations. Now, another danger: They, and other big lakes around the world, might be getting more acidic,...
Authorization by Congress of a new heavy icebreaker seen as a boost for winter shipping on Great Lakes
Congressional lawmakers have authorized another heavy icebreaker on the Great Lakes as part of the $858 billion defense bill to be approved by President Joe Biden. Wisconsin lawmakers, including Democratic U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and Republican U.S. Representative...
Something to Say: Legacy of MLK honored with program to help Milwaukee families talk about racism
Residents from all over Milwaukee participated in the learning experience “Something to Say,” an online program from January 14 to 16, that celebrated the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Organized as a partnership between Race &...
Weaponizing our bigoted past: How the distortion of MLK‘s words enables more racial division
By Hajar Yazdiha, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to judge a person on character and not race. In the...
What the battles of Soledar and Bakhmut reveal about the likely next phase of war in Ukraine
By Jonathan Este, Associate Editor, International Affairs Editor Bitter fighting continues in the salt-mining town of Soledar, in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. And depending on who is doing the reporting, either Russia is poised to take Soledar any time now or...
Many Americans will qualify for a 2023 tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle
From January 1, many Americans will qualify for a tax credit of up to $7,500 for buying an electric vehicle. The credit, part of changes enacted in the Inflation Reduction Act, is designed to spur EV sales and reduce greenhouse emissions. But a complex web of...
Commercial freight routes face new restrictions as EPA tightens nitrogen oxide limits on heavy trucks
In a little over four years, new heavy truck makers will have to cut harmful nitrogen oxide pollution more than 80% under new standards released in late December by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Some environmental and health advocates praised the standards...
Next political fight around the corner as Federal spending approaches debt ceiling
The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority as soon as this month, starting the clock on an expected standoff between President Joe Biden and the new House Republican majority that will test both parties’ ability to...
Fake elector for Trump gloats over Wisconsin GOP’s success of suppressing minority voters in Milwaukee
A Republican member of Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission on January 11 stood by comments he made crowing about depressed turnout among Black and Hispanic voters in heavily Democratic Milwaukee, saying he would not resign as a fellow commissioner and...
