US Restrictions Threaten Admissions, Careers for Chinese STEM Students
Reading Time: 5 minutes A “China!” tweet turned their world upside down.
Scrutineers Series, Part II – Bennie Smith
Reading Time: 26 minutes Bennie Smith discovered a high-risk tampering mechanism built into US election systems.
Smith explains what he found, its implications, and how election officials and members of the public can detect this “feature” of our voting systems that belies the principle of “one person, one vote.”
No One Wants Schools Shut Down.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Reopening could set the US back months in the fight against COVID-19. How can parents, teachers, and students be supported while schools stay closed?
US Postal Service’s Ability to Deliver in November Questioned
Reading Time: 4 minutes The USPS needs money, and it needs it now. Whether it will receive funding in time to deliver millions of ballots in the next election is open to question.
The Test Questions That Would’ve Stumped Trump
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cognitive dissonance.
The High Cost of Free Speech
Reading Time: 14 minutes A look at free speech, hate speech, campus speech, and post-truth speech.
Why Policing in Schools Is Complicated
Reading Time: 9 minutes For students of color, do officers in school do more harm than good?
The Possible Housing Opportunity Provided by COVID-19
Reading Time: 9 minutes The coronavirus puts a strain on an already fraying housing market. With no relief in sight, residents try to hang onto their homes. Can inclusionary zoning help?
Notes from a Coronavirus Contact Tracer
Reading Time: 14 minutes Tell me whom you infected. Three months working as a COVID-19 contact tracer taught me lessons on how to tackle the virus. Bottom line: there is no magic bullet.
Treaty Created to Stop Child Abductions Could Now Be Protecting Abusers
Reading Time: 8 minutes The Hague Convention was created to protect children from abductions, but abusers can sometimes use it to regain custody of the children, and regain power over their victims.