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COVID-19 Took A Toll On People With Diabetes That Continues Today

8Jun

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COVID-19, HEALTH & WELLNESS, TOP FOUR, VIDEO REELS

COVID-19 Took A Toll On People With Diabetes That Continues Today

The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 took on people with diabetes continues today. At the start of the pandemic, many people living with diabetes were wondering what COVID-19 meant for them. Diabetes was already known to put people at higher risks from other infectious diseases, including flu. Would it be the same with COVID-19? At the time, all scientists could do was make educated guesses. In 2024, things look very different. A great deal more research is available, as well as effective vaccines, and life has in many ways returned to something like normal. COVID-19 hasn’t disappeared, however, and for the more than 400 million people living with diabetes worldwide, very real risks and impacts from the pandemic remain. I specialize in drawing on and combining existing evidenc...

More Now Than In The Past The Supreme Court Ethics Questions Are Common

8Jun

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POLITICS, TOP FOUR

More Now Than In The Past The Supreme Court Ethics Questions Are Common

5 reasons Supreme Court ethics questions are more common now than in the past. In recent years, all nine sitting justices on the U.S. Supreme Court have been the subject of reports calling their ethics into question. Is this an old problem? Something new? Political gamesmanship? Something more serious? As a legal scholar who has studied judicial history, politics and ethics, my answer to each of these questions is “yes.” On the one hand, accusing a Supreme Court justice of ethical misconduct is not new. In 1804, Justice Samuel Chase was impeached by the House of Representatives, but acquitted by the Senate, for violating his oath to act “faithfully and impartially” in several cases, including one where he announced his legal opinion before the defendant was heard, and another, wher...

8Jun

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Journalism, TOP FOUR

The Manosphere And The Black Community

How the manosphere found its way into the Black community. In the summer of 2023, I read that YouTube had demonetized a podcast called “Fresh & Fit,” meaning that the show could no longer earn ad revenue. While YouTube didn’t point to an inciting incident, the podcast had recently come under fire for hosting white supremacist Nick Fuentes. During the episode, Fuentes had called women “baby machines” and denied the existence of the Holocaust. Until then, I hadn’t heard of “Fresh & Fit.” But once I learned that the hosts were two young Black men, Myron Gaines and Walter Weekes, I wanted to learn more about what they were saying on their show – and how they said it. The show is part of the “manosphere”: online places where men have conversations for, with and about men. Journa...

The Fight To Make Prison Phone Calls Free

8Jun

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IN OTHER NEWS, TOP FOUR

The Fight To Make Prison Phone Calls Free

A mother’s calling: Inside the fight to make prison phone calls free. Connecticut families brought an end to expensive prison communication, providing a lifeline for the voices behind bars. But consistent contact still isn't guaranteed. This story was co-reported in partnership with Connecticut Public. Listen to the radio story using the audio player below. HARTFORD, CT — Everyone seems to know Diane Lewis on The Avenue — and those who don’t stare at her like they want to. She is something of a local activist for the residents of Hartford’s Upper Albany neighborhood, a majority-Black area peppered with more than a dozen churches and seven Caribbean restaurants across a one-mile section of Albany Avenue, better known as just “The Avenue.” The sight of Lewis walking down...

Trump Never Fully Fit In To New York City High Society

3Jun

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SOCIETY, TOP FOUR

Trump Never Fully Fit In To New York City High Society

12 New Yorkers convicted Trump − but he never fully fit in to New York City. Donald J. Trump was a president from, but not of, New York. In the final months of his presidency, Trump attacked New York as a lawless “ghost town” and got attacked right back. More than two-thirds of New Yorkers citywide voted against their hometown candidate in the 2020 election. In Manhattan, where Trump lived before becoming president, every single voting district went for Joe Biden. When Trump was elected in 2016, it was his first serious venture into electoral politics. In the half-century before his election, the then 70-year-old Trump had been a real estate developer, serial entrepreneur and reality television star. Back then, Trump’s personal story and style were deeply intertwined with New York....

Today Nicotine Marketing Targets Adolescents Just As It Did Decades Ago

3Jun

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HEALTH & WELLNESS, TOP FOUR, VIDEO REELS

Today Nicotine Marketing Targets Adolescents Just As It Did Decades Ago

Millions of current smokers became addicted when they were teens – and nicotine marketing targets adolescents today just as it did decades ago. About 37 million children ages 13 to 15 around the world use tobacco, according to a 2024 report from the World Health Organization. In 2023, e-cigarettes were the most commonly used tobacco product in the U.S., with 7.7% of middle school and high school students reporting e-cigarette use. Cigarettes were the next most common, with 1.6% of middle- and high school students saying they had consumed them in the past month. Research shows that most people who use tobacco start in childhood. I am a public health researcher who studies the different ways in which corporations influence adolescent health, with current projects focused on identifyi...

3Jun

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ENVIRONMENT, TOP FOUR

The Atlantic Ocean Circulation Collapse

Is collapse of the Atlantic Ocean circulation really imminent? Icebergs’ history reveals some clues. When people think about the risks of climate change, the idea of abrupt changes is pretty scary. Movies like “The Day After Tomorrow” feed that fear, with visions of unimaginable storms and populations fleeing to escape rapidly changing temperatures. Icebergs that break off from Greenland’s glaciers carry enormous amounts of fresh water that can affect Atlantic currents. Hubert Neufeld via Unsplash , CC BY-SA While Hollywood clearly takes liberties with the speed and magnitude of disasters, several recent studies have raised real-world alarms that a crucial ocean current that circulates heat to northern countries might shut down this century, with potentially disastrous consequence...

When It Comes To School Sports Students With Disabilities Are Often Left On The Sidelines

3Jun

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EDUCATION, TOP FOUR

When It Comes To School Sports Students With Disabilities Are Often Left On The Sidelines

Students with disabilities often left on the sidelines when it comes to school sports. “Teen with special needs makes thrilling buzzer beater shot.” “Special needs student offered shot of a lifetime.” “High school basketball manager gets his time on the court.” These inspirational headlines may sound familiar. They highlight brief but exhilarating moments of disabled students in sports. They represent what’s commonly referred to in the disability community as “inspiration porn,” but they often miss an injustice that deserves far more attention. Student athletes with disabilities are sidelined or, even worse, never granted the opportunity to try out, even though they gained equal rights to extracurricular activities such as school sports more than 50 years ago. The Rehabilitation ...

3Jun

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BUSINESS, TOP FOUR

The Role Of US Economic Planning

Does the US have a planned economy? You might be surprised. During the Cold War, a heated debate arose over the role of economic planning. Did the “planned” economy of the USSR or the “free market” economy of the U.S. allocate resources more productively? Arguments against planned economies centered on the limits of information processing, the feasibility of production forecasts and the inflexibility of centralized plans. The Soviet Union’s collapse seemed to relegate the economic planning concept to the dustbin of history. But issues raised in those debates are still relevant today. New research finds that the top 1% of American companies control 90% of U.S. production-related assets and account for 80% of sales revenue. This means a relatively small number of companies are respon...

31May

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POLITICS, TOP FOUR

Trump Found Guilty On All 34 Counts

Trump found guilty: 5 key aspects of the trial explained by a law professor. After the May 30, 2024, conviction of former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in New York, what comes next? Trump’s legal team will likely appeal the verdict. “We will fight for our Constitution,” Trump said following the jury’s announcement. “This is long from over.” A sentencing hearing for Trump is set for July 11. The Conversation U.S.‘ politics and society editor Amy Lieberman spoke with Gabriel J. Chin, a scholar of criminal law and procedure, to better understand the verdict. 1. Why were there so many different felony counts in this case? The essence of the offenses Trump was convicted of is falsifying documents or records. Accordingly, each check, invoice o...