What does Zohran #Mamdani’s surprise win in NYC mean for national politics? We asked a New York politics expert what this progressive upset reveals about shifting coalitions, the future of the Democratic Party, and why Mamdani’s message may resonate far beyond the Big Apple: #USPolitics image
Blue-green algae doesn’t just stink up a lake – it can sicken swimmers, kill dogs, and contaminate tap water. Lake Erie’s blooms are starting earlier and sticking around longer.
TikTok is fueling political echo chambers. A new study shows it’s making users more polarized. (We love TikTok, too, but take this as a warning to not make it your only or primary news source. TikTok is designed to feed you what you like — and politically, that’s a problem.)
Hot take: Heat waves might literally be aging your DNA. Researchers found that people in hotter regions show faster biological aging, even after accounting for lifestyle differences. #health #summer #heatwave
Energy markets react swiftly to global crises, with oil prices spiking 5% after Hamas' attack on Israel in October 2023. While the Israeli ceasefire with Iran appears to be holding, more air strikes could bring more price swings.
Joseph Ha-Kohen, a 16th century Jewish exile from Spain, wrote the first Hebrew book about the Americas without ever seeing them. His adaptation of a Spanish text criticizes conquistadors and compares Native Americans to ancient Israelites.
Even in 1898, when racist policies were the norm, the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed an expansive view of citizenship for the children of Asian immigrants. Today’s Supreme Court ruling for the Trump Administration doesn’t address that precedent, focusing instead on the issue of who lower courts can immediately protect from governmental actions that are likely unconstitutional. Two political scientists who research immigration history explain the principle:
Zohran #Mamdani’s win in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary has shaken the party establishment. Could he have built the blueprint for a new kind of progressive coalition? #USPolitics #NYC image
The Supreme Court ruled today it’s ok for states to require porn sites to verify the age of their users, the same way bars and casinos check ID. The ruling does not allow states to ban kids from social networks or from reading health information or political content online (but expect battles over whether LGBTQ materials are ‘obscene’) #USPolitics #SCOTUS
#SCOTUS has ruled that #Medicaid patients do not have the right to choose #PlannedParenthood as their health care provider. Justice Jackson, in dissent: “This Court continues the project of stymying one of the country’s great civil rights laws” – by limiting the scope of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, which was the technical issue at stake here. #USPolitics