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April 30, 2021
“There are young people who feel so alone and so isolated, and then see someone like JoJo (Siwa) come out, see someone like Lil Nas X come out, and it literally makes them feel like they are not alone, and it saves lives,” said Shanna Katz Kattari, assistant professor of social work and women’s and gender studies.
USA Today -
April 30, 2021
“I often say we’re living in the United States of Energy Insecurity,” said Tony Reames, assistant professor of environment and sustainability. “Black households are disproportionately impacted; 52 percent experience energy insecurity and … have an energy burden 43 percent higher than white households. The pandemic has worsened levels of energy insecurity.”
Ebony -
April 29, 2021
“As expected, Michigan will lose a congressional seat, but the state nevertheless will remain an important swing state in presidential politics,” said Jonathan Hanson, lecturer in statistics for public policy. “The full impact will be more clear once we see how the new district boundaries drawn by the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission differ from those created by a Republican-controlled process in 2011.”
The Detroit News -
April 29, 2021
“It’s not clear that just because people want single-use plastics to go away, that they’re actually willing to change their behavior … to make it happen,” said Shelie Miller, director of the Program in the Environment and professor of environment and sustainability, on a new survey that shows most consumers worry about pollution and waste from fast-food containers.
Marketplace -
April 29, 2021
College savings accounts established by some states for every newborn is “one of the best delivery systems” to help low-income children build assets and direct them toward college, said William Elliott III, professor of social work. “A savings account for a low-income kid means a lot more to them than it does for a wealthy kid.”
The New York Times -
April 28, 2021
Christian Davenport, professor of political science, says school board meetings are ideal locations for ‘health freedom’ activists to promote their anti-mask message because they’re easy to disrupt and “are as ubiquitous as you get.” Josh Pasek, associate professor of communication and media and political science, says the idea that mask wearing will end before COVID numbers come down is laughable: “The way out of this crisis pretty clearly is finding a way to bring down numbers, not fighting with your local school board about masks.”
MLive -
April 28, 2021
Jennifer Haverkamp, director of the Graham Sustainability Institute, spoke about the United States’ ambitious climate goal to cut emissions in half by 2030. “There are encouraging signs in terms of some of the legislation that has been proposed … but it still will be a heavy lift because of our history of political divisiveness on this topic.”
TRT World (Turkey) -
April 28, 2021
“As promises for greenhouse gas reductions become more ambitious … forecasts projecting that nuclear may contribute at most 10 percent of the global energy supply by 2050 are not ambitious enough,” wrote Todd Allen, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences. “These analyses … don’t take emerging nuclear technologies into account.”
The Hill -
April 27, 2021
“The participation rate fell much more sharply than usual during the recent downturn, suggesting there are millions of workers waiting for the end of the pandemic — or the emergence of job opportunities — to jump back into the labor market,” said Justin Wolfers, professor of economics and public policy.
NBC News -
April 27, 2021
“Why are we forcing people who have been exonerated to go back to court and prove their innocence again?” said Megan Richardson, research fellow at the Michigan Innocence Clinic, commenting on a state law that requires newly freed individuals to prove their innocence through “clear and convincing evidence,” when a lower bar of proof, “preponderance of evidence,” is usually the standard in civil cases.
The Detroit News
