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March 12, 2026
Despite losing $1.5 billion in federal funding for renewable energy and climate resilience projects, Indigenous communities are courting sustainable investors to achieve energy independence and lower utility costs. “One of the ways that they’ll be able to succeed in governing that land is through profitable renewable energy projects that would reduce people’s utility costs,” said Kyle Whyte, professor of environmental justice.
Grist -
March 12, 2026
Airstrikes on Iran have caused significant damage to the Qajar-era Golestan Palace, one of the world’s most important collections of Islamic manuscripts and artworks. “UNESCO world heritage sites never belong to a particular political ‘regime’ or group of leaders. They are part of our shared global patrimony, and they demand our collective custodianship and protection, above all in times of war,” said Christiane Gruber, professor of Islamic art history.
Hyperallergic -
March 11, 2026
“You can say that climate change is not happening — the greatest hoax on Earth. You don’t trust scientists, but do you trust the insurance sector?” said Andy Hoffman, professor of sustainable enterprise. “You’re seeing insurance companies raising their rates, lowering their deductibles, sometimes pulling out of markets, creating exclusions. And this is driven by climate change. … So, you can say climate change isn’t real, but insurance companies are going to beg to differ.”
WEMU Radio -
March 11, 2026
Behavioral scientist Michelle Segar, a researcher at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, said an “all-or-nothing” mindset about exercise can undermine our best efforts to be active. Her clients “had this idea that if they couldn’t match some idealized goal, it wasn’t worth doing anything,” she says. “It’s not a cliché. Every little bit counts. Do what you can today … for now, that’s good enough.”
The Washington Post -
March 11, 2026
“The worldwide tariffs that President Trump announced did not help boost American manufacturing. In fact, we’ve seen more jobs lost,” said economist Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy. The economy has “been driven a lot by the AI anticipation and boom but underneath it, it’s been pretty weak this year. … If you subtract out private-sector health care and education jobs, we have had negative job growth almost every single month since President Trump has come into office.”
Bloomberg -
March 10, 2026
“The weaponization of the DoJ has been truly breathtaking,” said Barbara McQuade, professor from practice of law. “They are looking for crimes to pin on their political rivals. Investigations against Jerome Powell, Tim Walz and others seem to be efforts to intimidate them into submission. DoJ prohibits this kind of fishing expeditions to smear people without factual predication that a crime has been committed.”
The Guardian (U.K.) -
March 10, 2026
“One of the most immediate public health impacts of intensive immigration enforcement is that it makes people hesitant to seek health care,” said William Lopez, clinical assistant professor of health behavior and health equity. “Perhaps most painfully, experiencing family separations, missing work or avoiding public space leaves people socially isolated, resulting in fewer emotional resources to cope with these stresses as well as risks to health.”
U.S. News & World Report -
March 10, 2026
“To actually have a ballet centered on a queer woman — that’s a really radical shift,” said Clare Croft, professor of American culture and dramaturg for “Gentleman Jack,” based on the life of Anne Lister, a 19th-century English landowner known as one of the first modern lesbians. “It’s probably telling that I’m trying to catch myself from tearing up. It’s rare you get to do something that you never imagined would happen.”
The New York Times -
March 9, 2026
“The failure to investigate and pinning the crime on the wrong person only exacerbated and prolonged harm. No court order can return the years that were taken from him,” said law student Ruben Piñuelas of the Michigan Innocence Clinic, who helped secure the freedom of a 56-year-old Detroit man 27 years after being wrongfully convicted of a murder he didn’t commit.
The Detroit News -
March 9, 2026
After a year of cuts to federal agencies that oversee security, the U.S. faces a heightened threat level, said Javed Ali, associate professor of practice of public policy: “It’s unclear how deep of an impact that has had on the nation’s ability to continue to stay upstream with respect to identifying plots and identifying individuals and disrupting them before they conduct the attacks.”
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