Mar 18, 2024 09:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
The care at Landmark of Louisville Rehabilitation and Nursing was abysmal when state inspectors filed their survey report of the Kentucky facility on July 3, 2021. Residents wandered the halls in a facility that can...
Mar 18, 2024 09:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Since the 1990s, fast fashion has enabled everyday people to buy the latest catwalk trends. But the sheer volume of garments being whipped up, sold and soon discarded is contributing to a global sustainability...
How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now that it’s faded from the headlines
Mar 18, 2024 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views
Rural America has long suffered from an epidemic of methamphetamine use, which accounts for thousands of drug overdoses and deaths every year. William Garriott, an anthropologist at Drake University, explored meths...
Why do airlines charge so much for checked bags? This obscure rule helps explain why
Mar 18, 2024 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
Five out of the six biggest U.S. airlines have raised their checked bag fees since January 2024. Take American Airlines. In 2023, it cost US$30 to check a standard bag in with the airline; today, as of March 2024, it...
Mar 18, 2024 09:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Just when you think nothing can surprise you anymore in Israeli politics, someone always comes along with a new twist. This time it was Yitzhak Yosef, one of Israels two chief rabbis. In response to debates over whether...
What is the ‘great replacement theory’? A scholar of race relations explains
Mar 18, 2024 09:13 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
The great replacement theory, whose origins date back to the late 19th century, argues that Jews and some Western elites are conspiring to replace white Americans and Europeans with people of non-European descent,...
Did Biden really steal the election? Students learn how to debunk conspiracy theories in this course
Mar 18, 2024 09:11 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Title of course: Debunking conspiracy theories What prompted the idea for the course? I am interested in how people internalize or learn about political beliefs they go on to adopt. This interest coincided with my...