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April 6, 2022
“People have a right to read, and people have a right to history. We also have a right to have our books read. It’s a shame we live in a country where we censor people and ideas,” said Heather Ann Thompson, professor of history, Afroamerican and African studies, and the Residential College, who filed suit against New York state prison authorities for banning her book, “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971.”
The Associated Press -
April 6, 2022
“My president asks for help, and the people in Europe still hesitate. You’re like, ‘Here we go again, the same cycles,'” said Hanna Onyshchenko, a Ukrainian doctoral student in economics. “I just want people to pay attention to history and to the experience that Ukrainians have in this war. I believe in our army, I believe in people and believe that if there will be a call, I’ll also go back home and fight for Ukraine.”
USA Today -
April 5, 2022
The congressional map Kansas lawmakers passed this year had more Republican districts than 98.8 percent of 1,000 nonpartisan, computer-drawn versions, says Jowei Chen, associate professor of political science and research associate professor at the Center for Political Studies: “This extreme, additional level of partisan bias … can be directly attributed to the map drawer’s clear efforts to favor the Republican Party.”
The Kansas City Star -
April 5, 2022
Whether strict lockdowns infringe too much on personal liberties is a different conversation, but China has kept COVID-19 cases much lower overall than the U.S., says Abram Wagner, research assistant professor of epidemiology: “The policies that China has in play with restrictions on some level have had an effect. … (But) omicron has changed the equation in China. It’s just hard to maintain a dynamic zero-COVID policy that stamps it out completely.”
CNN -
April 5, 2022
If nuclear power is going to be a key part of America’s energy future, the U.S. must address its checkered past when mining for uranium in Native American communities, says Denia Djokić, assistant research scientist in nuclear engineering and radiological sciences: “Who gets the clean power? Who has to live with decades of a contaminated environment in their communities? How is that distributed? How can we understand that through a lens of social justice?”
Marketplace -
April 4, 2022
Paying for gas is unlike other transactions, like a monthly subscription set on auto-pay, which it’s easy to lose sight of, or a fancy dinner — a waiter takes your card and takes care of the purchase, says Scott Rick, associate professor of marketing: “With gas, you’re just there and watching this thing climb and climb. You can see every penny being extracted from you in real time.”
Marketplace -
April 4, 2022
“Pregnant women (in Ukraine) are extra vulnerable,” said Elizabeth Langen, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology. “If you’ve destroyed their hospitals and their infrastructure, you’re going to see more women die in childbirth. If mom has postpartum depression or PTSD, which is certainly more likely if you’re delivering in a war zone, that impacts how she’s able to bond with the baby, and how she’s able to provide the care … after the baby’s born.”
ABC News -
April 4, 2022
Ukrainian president Volodomyr Zelensky has invoked the Holocaust as analogous to what his country is experiencing, but Jeffrey Veidlinger, professor of history and Judaic studies, believes the comparison is problematic: “The war is horrific … But like most wars, this war is being fought over the political control of a territory and the sovereignty of a people; unlike the Holocaust, it is not an attempt to murder every single member of an ethnic, racial or national group.
The Detroit Jewish News -
April 1, 2022
During the pandemic, births among low-income women may have had a smaller decline than the overall population — and even increased, say Lea Bart, Ph.D. student in economics, and Vanessa Lang, researcher at the Population Studies Center. “These women might have wanted to delay a birth because they couldn’t afford it right now, but they weren’t able to maintain that access to contraception that they relied on to be able to control their births,” Bart said.
MLive -
April 1, 2022
“People think, ‘Oh, it’s just bloating,’ so it’s often brushed aside,” said Kimberly Harer, clinical lecturer in gastroenterology. But bloating is not only uncomfortable; it can affect “many aspects of our patients’ lives,” she said, leading to embarrassment and body image issues. “Patients should feel empowered to discuss bloating with their providers and get the help they need.”
The New York Times
