Why investment in the social sciences is critical to public health
“We got the biological science right, but we didn’t get the social science right.” That poignant assessment of the U.S. response to the pandemic by White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Ashish Kumar Jha at the Aspen Ideas Forum captured the sharp contrast between the remarkable success in the rapid development of vaccines and the persistent challenges in communicating health information to the American public — challenges that ultimately
Read MoreFamily of Andrew 'Tekle' Sundberg calls for release of police footage after fatal shooting
Lawyers for the family of Andrew “Tekle” Sundberg, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police early Thursday morning, are calling on the department to release footage and other details of the incident. “No information has been provided as to why Tekle, who officers had isolated for hours, suddenly needed to be executed,” wrote civil rights lawyers Ben Crump and Jeff Storms in a statement obtained by the Minneapolis Star Tribune
Read MoreIt’s time to rethink America’s 911 system
Of the 240 million calls made to 911 each year, only one-quarter relate to an actual crime in progress. Despite this, most calls beget a quick response from armed police. Sometimes it goes horribly wrong. Over the past few years, a growing number of communities have been thinking about ways to diversify who is best to respond to a 911 call, with the goal of removing armed police from the untenable position of navigating scenarios they are not trained for. While some critics argue these initiatives chip away at law enforcement’s ability to ef
Read MoreOur woke military needs volunteer units that hold to strict physical and mental standards
Last week, while at the United States Military Academy at West Point to make a television appearance to discuss my book, “The 56,” which seeks to prevent the “cancellation” of our Founding Fathers and the Fourth of July, I was approached by a Special Operator for the U.S. Army who is a West Point graduate. He literally pleaded with me to get the word out that West Point is going woke across the board — as are our other service academies, apparently — and h
Read MoreJapanese Breakfast cancels concert at venue hosting event backed by Michael Flynn
The indie band Japanese Breakfast has canceled a concert scheduled for September in Rochester, N.Y., after the group learned that the venue also plans to host an event backed by Michael Flynn next month. The group said in a tweet on Thursday that multiple people reached out to them to inform them that they were boycotting the Main Street Armory in Rochester because it was hosting an event of the ReAwaken America Tour, which includes a range of right-wing speakers lik
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