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The Violence in Our Backyard
What’s the reality behind the rhetoric on the migrant caravan and the asylum crisis? We can do better.
Five Figures to Consider
225,000 Northern Triangle migrants apprehended at the border in 20165,611 Northern Triangle migrants granted asylum in 201629% proposed reduction in Central American aid in Trump Administration 2019 budget51% decline in murder and extortion rates in Central American neighborhoods benefitting from U.S.-funded community based interventions$27 billion in U.S. goods imported by Northern Triangle countries in 2017Between 2015 and 2018, the U.S. spent $2.6 billion on foreign assistance to Central America. Still, the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala are among the deadliest places on earth. Governments are weak, and armed gangs operate with impunity. Mexican and Colombian drug cartels, under pressure from law enforcement at home, have... Read More
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Education, Jobs
No Room, No Board
Thousands of U.S. college students are homeless or housing insecure. How can schools and communities support them?
Jessica McCormick was a homeless college student. She escaped an abusive home and spent her last two years of high school living in a youth shelter. With the help of scholarships, grants, loans and part-time jobs she enrolled at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. But her needs exceeded those of most students. She had nowhere to live during school... Read More
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Climate Change, Conservation
Start Your (Electric) Engines
Have you looked at electric cars lately? Whether it’s a Tesla, a Chevy, a Hyundai or an Audi, the reasons for going electric are compelling.
So you didn’t get on the list for the Tesla Model 3? Too much hype? Too long a wait? Too worried about range, charging, price, maintenance, performance or manufacturing snafus? Don’t worry. Your options for buying an electric car are multiplying. Here’s what you need to know. Electric vehicles are to U.S. automobile sales as a windshield wiper is to... Read More
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Climate Change, Conservation
Make Dirt, Not Methane
Why are we spending tax dollars and garbage collection fees turning food waste into climate-changing methane gas?
Consider the potential of an apple peel. Toss it in the garbage, and you will pay (by tax or fee) someone to cart it many miles in a carbon dioxide emitting truck to dump it in a landfill where it will produce methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide. Feed that peel to your garbage disposal,... Read More
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Addiction, Education
Calling The Shots
Can targeted texts and mindfulness training reduce high-intensity drinking on college campuses?
Back then, there was the kegger. Now, there is the pregame. Back then, we “ralphed.” Now, they “blackout.” Ah, the good old days. Excessive drinking among restless youth has always given adults cause for concern. What’s changed is its intensity. From “slapping the bag” to “butt chugging” and from “shotgunning” to “beer funneling,” many of today’s collegians are laser-focused on... Read More
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