I have always told my students and colleagues that women are much smarter and tougher than men, and the SCOTUS ladies proved it.
This week, the women of the United States Supreme Court did something far too many men who are elected officials and represent male and female constituents have failed to do: they stood up for truth and justice and did so with clarity, courage, and constitutional conviction.
From English to Spanish to Mandarin to Hindi, there are over 7,000 languages spoken across the world so far, and we still cannot communicate with each other.
He was known as the Jazz Ambassador to the world. Maestro Willis Conover worked at the Voice of America and was best known to jazz lovers by his award-winning broadcast, Voice of America Jazz Hour.
The centennial city of Ocoee continues its commitment to a longstanding policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity.
This is what my first newsroom typewriter looked like, believe it or not. When saying something true, although it seems unlikely. There is life beyond the news.
Former UM President Santa Ono's abrupt departure from the University of Michigan and emergence as the sole finalist for the University of Florida presidency comes at a time when his leadership is under intense scrutiny.
His tenure at Michigan has been marked by high-profile controversies, from his handling of pro-Palestinian protests to athletic department scandals and the politically charged decision to dismantle the university's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) office.
Hierarchy, in the social sciences, is a ranking of positions of authority, often associated with a chain of command and control. The term is derived from the Greek words hieros (“sacred”) and archein (“rule” or “order”). In modern societies, hierarchical organizations pervade all aspects of life.
A few weeks ago, my wife was chatting with her 80-plus-year-old mom when she heard, "I miss you." She dropped everything and began planning.
We should all be concerned that stress can have serious health consequences. For mothers, spouses, caregivers, or anyone in demanding emotional roles like looking after an elderly parent, the burden can quietly accumulate and manifest physically and mentally over time.
Land subsidence is a slow-onset hazard with significant environmental and socioeconomic impacts globally. Often viewed primarily as a coastal issue linked to relative sea-level rise, subsidence also poses serious threats to inland urban centers, heightening flood risks, damaging infrastructure, and disrupting transportation networks. Despite its widespread effects, detailed spatial data capturing fine-scale variations in subsidence rates remain limited, impeding accurate infrastructure risk assessments.
To address this gap, they utilize space geodetic measurements from 2015 to 2021 to generate high-resolution subsidence maps for the 28 most populous U.S. cities. Our analysis reveals that at least 20 percent of the urban area is experiencing subsidence, predominantly driven by groundwater extraction. This phenomenon currently affects an estimated 34 million people. Furthermore, over 29,000 buildings are in zones classified as high or very high damage risk, underscoring the urgent need for mitigation and adaptation strategies.
These data are critical for informing targeted policies to enhance the resilience of urban infrastructure to this complex, slow-moving hazard.