Tag: Georgia State University
How Long Should a Species Stay on Life Support?
At about 3:30 a.m., four hours into our drive, Travis Livieri’s phone began to thrum. “I’ve got a ferret for you,” a voice crackled through the static. The animal in question was one of North America’s most endangered mammals, for which the next hour might be the strangest of her life; for Livieri, the wildlife biologist tasked with saving her, it would be one of thousands of interventions he’s made to prevent her kind from permanently vanishing. Over the
Ein weiterer Domino Falls in Georgia
Drei verloren, noch 16 übrig.
Da der Anwalt Kenneth Chesebro heute zustimmt, sich eines einzigen Verbrechens schuldig zu bekennen, gibt es im Fulton County, Georgia, ein Erpressungsverfahren gegen Donald Trump und andere wegen des Versuchs, die Wahl 2020 zu stehlen, eine weitere Verurteilung und einen Angeklagten weniger.
Im Rahmen der Vereinbarung bekannte sich Chesebro einer Verschwörung zur Einreichung falscher Dokumente schuldig. Er muss eine Geldstrafe von 5.000 US-Dollar zahlen, einen Entschuldigungsbrief schreiben und mit einer fünfjährigen Bewährungsstrafe rechnen. Am wichtigsten
The Doom Spiral of Pernicious Polarization
Until a few decades ago, most Democrats did not hate Republicans, and most Republicans did not hate Democrats. Very few Americans thought the policies of the other side were a threat to the country or worried about their child marrying a spouse who belonged to a different political party.
All of that has changed. A 2016 survey found that 60 percent of Democrats and 63 percent of Republicans would now balk at their child’s marrying a supporter of a
The Volunteer Movement Enraging China
In early March, Han Yang, a 50-year-old Sydney resident, was invited by a friend to join a WeChat group with other members of Australia’s Chinese diaspora that focused on Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine. Yang found that the others began posting a stream of offensive material—stories filled with vitriol toward Ukrainians, Russian-state disinformation, and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories—accompanied by user comments cheering on Moscow’s violence.
When one user asked where in Sydney they could find a store selling Russian food, which