As Covid-19 cases surge across the United States dominated by a highly transmissible subvariant and worry about Covid persists, some in the public have begun to voice concern about the new health threat of monkeypox, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center national survey. While 1 in 3 Americans […] Read more »
Our warming world
All-consuming fires in Europe, disappearing lakes out West, and sweltering temperatures in DC; heat waves are breaking records, disrupting life, and killing many across the world. Climate scientists have warned repeatedly that the earth is warming at an unprecedented speed. These events are starting to assume a new normal: intense […] Read more »
Most Americans agree we will never fully be rid of COVID-19
According to the latest wave of the Axios/Ipsos Coronavirus Index, about a third of Americans report knowing someone who has been reinfected with COVID-19 in the last few weeks. Among Americans who have had or suspect they have had COVID-19 at any point since the pandemic began, more than a […] Read more »
People in Republican Counties Have Higher Death Rates Than Those in Democratic Counties
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the link between politics and health became glaringly obvious. Democrat-leaning “blue” states were more likely to enact mask requirements and vaccine and social distancing mandates. Republican-leaning “red” states were much more resistant to health measures. The consequences of those differences emerged by the end of 2020, […] Read more »
Voters of color are backing the GOP at historic levels
… All you have to do is turn on the political news to see that we are a country where political tribalism is high. Political science tells us that congressional polarization, for instance, is at its highest level since the 19th century. But while Democrats and Republicans may be further […] Read more »
Mother Nature Dissents
Mother Nature is entering a dissenting opinion on last month’s Supreme Court decision that weakened the federal government’s ability to combat climate change. With record heat in Texas that is testing the state’s power grid, a California wildfire that has threatened an ancient grove of sequoias considered a foundation stone […] Read more »