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Figure Skating Drama: Adults’ Ambitions Can Kill Kids’ Health

Mar 1, 2022 | Health & Gender

Brief #147 – Health Policy
By Yelena Korshunov

Sport is beautiful, isn’t it? Many of us enjoy watching the Olympic games on TV. Mastery of fascinating figure skating and graceful rhythmic gymnastics enchant us. But what happens behind the curtain? What price do these gracious young teenagers in a big sport pay to meet adults’ ambitions? After Kamila Valieva, Russian teen figure skater, was cleared to participate in the Games despite testing positive for a banned drug, she finished fourth in the women’s individual figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics.

Views of Odessa Residents: First Day of Putin’s Invasion

Feb 25, 2022 | Foreign Policy

Brief #145 – Foreign Policy
By Yelena Korshunov

I spent my childhood years in Odessa, a sunny seaport city in south Ukraine, on the Black Sea shore. People of more than 133 nations and nationalities have been residing in the Odessa region for hundreds of years. This multicultural melting pot induced tolerance to each other’s traditions, cultures, and languages. That is what was engraved in my childhood memory.

Virtual Realty Education: The Future is Now.

Feb 25, 2022 | Technology

Brief #69 – Technology
By Erik Pillar

Virtual reality in the modern age sees increased potential for online learning and education amidst the continued Covid-19 pandemic.

Biden Administration Plans to Construct an Alternative Fuel Corridor Across the Country

Feb 24, 2022 | Environment

Brief #137 – Environment Policy
By Jacob Morton

he Biden administration announced its plan to spend $5 billion to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along the nation’s highways. Biden’s plan will extend over five years, providing funding directly to states that submit their own plans for developing their portion of what the administration calls an “Alternative Fuel Corridor,” that would connect forty states along interstate highways across the country. The plan seeks to build half a million charging stations by 2030 so that owners of electric vehicles will be able to find a charging port anywhere within 50 miles of their location across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

Coping with Crisis: Teacher Shortages Will Last Longer than the Pandemic

Feb 23, 2022 | Education

Brief #50 – Education Policy
By Lynn Waldsmith

America’s teacher shortage, which was worsening even before the pandemic, is now reaching crisis levels in many parts of the country as a growing numbers of educators are not planning to ever return to the classroom.

Situation Update #3: The Ukraine Crisis

Feb 21, 2022 | Foreign Policy

Brief #144 – Foreign Policy
By Abran C

On February 20, 2022, Belarus’ defense ministry announced that Russian troops which had been sent for military exercises and scheduled to return on Sunday would remain in the country indefinitely.

The Far-Right Insists That Even Butterflies Recognize Borders

Feb 21, 2022 | Environment

Brief #136 – Environmental Policy
By Todd J. Broadman

The politics of immigration along the border between Texas and Mexico now involves the National Butterfly Center (NBC). The NBC is a 100-acre nature preserve located in Mission, Texas. Since 1993, the NBC has served as a protected migratory refuge for the monarch, the rare pale sicklewing, and over 80 other butterfly species.

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Situation Update: The Ukraine Crisis

Feb 14, 2022 | Foreign Policy

Brief #143 – Foreign Policy
By Abran C

Tensions and the threat of war in Europe remain high in the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. On February 10th Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and British Secretary of State Lizz Truss held talks in Moscow to air grievances and attempt to engage in diplomacy.

New Study Shows Americans are Dying Early from Air Pollution

Feb 10, 2022 | Environment

Brief #135 – Environment Policy
By Jacob Morton

A new study published by the Health Effects Institute shows that Federal air pollution regulations are not doing enough to protect our elders from serious illness and death. The recent report published by HEI shows that Americans 65 and older are still at risk of death from exposure to fine soot pollution in the air, even at the levels allowed by the Federal government.

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