As stay-at-home protests coincide with these concerning trends in race relations, one title still remains frustratingly absent from the descriptions of many of the protesters: terrorists.
A basket of deplorables. Racist. Sexist. Homophobic. Then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton categorized one half of the Trump voter base this way just three months...
As America responds to the coronavirus pandemic, this politicization of the disease and ignorance of health guidelines hinders public health efforts. Americans across the ideological spectrum must put ideological biases aside and open up channels of conversation with scientific experts and fellow citizens with diverging views.
School reopening plans need to account for the upcoming exclusion of vulnerable populations; if these students are most likely to be quarantined and struggle to learn remotely while their peers return to in-person schooling, the already widening disparities in learning outcomes will only increase.
“Oh look, it’s the sound of me Googling ‘how to make your own Adobo,’” tweeted Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on July 9, a few hours after a White House event where Goya Foods’ CEO, Robert Unanue, bestowed praise on President Trump. “We are truly blessed… to have a leader like President Trump who is a builder. That’s what my grandfather did, he came to this country to build, to grow to prosper,” said Unanue following Trump’s signing of the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, an executive order aiming to increase economic and educational opportunities for Latinx communities in the U.S.
Though there are benefits to accelerating the sharing of vital information among scientists, flawed findings are also increasingly being presented as fact. The result is rampant public misinformation and a loss of trust in science.
The pandemic created a perfect storm of economic malaise and social isolation, leading many to predict a spike in deaths of despair. Within this unconscionable tragedy, however, lies a crucial opportunity to address the underlying factors behind such deaths.
Wisconsin’s politics offer a cautionary lesson for the rest of the country on how political partisanship can infect key institutions, but also provide a potential blueprint to purge the infection from government.
National change comes from local change, and local change comes from you calling the local officials who serve your community — school board members, city councilors, district attorneys — and telling them what you want.
