Affordable Housing Shortage (C)*A study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition by state of the who, where, why. There are references for further study.
AI can help students learn (C)*O'Byrne, W. I. (2023). 4 Ways That AI Can Help Students. In Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Gale. (Reprinted from 4 ways that AI can help students, The Conversation, 2023, April 11)
Birthright Citizenship (C)*Poll from Americans on Birthright Citizenship - The Trump administration has made ending birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.
ChatGPT robs students of skills (C)*Baron, N. S. (2023). How ChatGPT Robs Students of Motivation to Write and Think for Themselves. In Gale Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection. Gale. (Reprinted from How ChatGPT robs students of motivation to write and think for themselves, The Conversation, 2023, January 19)
Children's' Mental Health impacted by CovidArticle systematic reviews of 16 quantitative studies conducted in 2019–2021 with 40,076 participants. Globally, adolescents of varying backgrounds experience higher rates of anxiety, depression, and stress due to the pandemic.
Clean Drinking Water in California (2021)“Of the 2,779 public water systems evaluated in the study, nearly half are at some risk of failing to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water. To measure the health of water systems, the researchers assessed each water system using 19 indicators for water quality, accessibility, affordability and operational capacity. Based on those assessments, each system received an overall rating indicating how likely it would be to fail…. The researchers found 25% of water systems to be ‘at risk,’ while an additional 23% are ‘potentially at risk.'”
Don’t Say Gay Florida LawFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law a measure, the Parental Rights in Education bill, (HB 1557) that critics have successfully labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
Early Childhood Homelessness “Approximately 1.3 million children ages 5 and under (1 out of every 18) experienced homelessness in 2019. … It includes publicly available data for 2015–2016 from the U.S. Census Bureau, ED, HUD, HHS, and the Annie E. Casey Foundation. … While the federal housing system provides some assistance, it is ill-equipped to support families with young children; however, in some cases, local and community initiatives have helped bridge the gap between available services and families' needs.”
Education and learning during pandemic disparity (C)*This brief analysis of Google search data points to disparities in how parents sought sources to help educate their children at home during COVID-related school closures. The researchers found that
“[s]earch intensity rose substantially more in areas with above median socioeconomic status (measured by household income, parental education, and computer and internet access) as in areas with below median socioeconomic status. Search intensity for school-centered resources, for example, increased by 15 percent for each additional $10,000 in average household income and by roughly 50 percent for each 10-percentage-point increase in the fraction of households with broadband internet and a computer. Areas with more rural schools and more Black students also saw lower increases in search intensity. Socioeconomic gaps widened both between and within the country’s four Census regions (Northeast, Midwest, South, and West).”
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Faith Office, White House (C)*The order renames the existing White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The order says the new office will consult with faith leaders on topics including “defending religious liberty” and the promotion of adoption and foster care programs.
Food and agriculture issues from Euromonitor (C)*The world population continues to grow, and nutritional gaps keep deepening. At the same time, conventional agribusiness models relying on a few widely produced crops like corn and wheat face increasing climate challenges and geopolitical tensions. How should ingredient strategies pivot to overcome these challenges?
Food Insecurityinformation on food insecurity from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Hate Incidents of Anti-Asian and the Broader Landscape of Racial Bias“Although Americans of all races report experiencing hate crimes, Black and multiracial people experienced the most and white respondents the least. … Hate crime [is defined as being] verbally or physically abused or property damage because of their race or ethnicity. Some groups experienced hate crimes disproportionately: 34% of Black and 34% of multiracial respondents said they were victims of hate crimes, while Asian Americans (27%), Latinx (27%), Native Americans (25%) and Pacific Islanders (24%) experienced hate crimes at similar rates. Only 17% of whites surveyed said they had been the victim of a hate crime.” (Route 50, April 1, 2021)
Inflation worldwide affect US economy?The Bank of International Settlements (BIS), otherwise known as the “central banks of central banks,” has raised a critical alarm of unprecedented debt across many economic sectors in the world.
Marijuana//Cannabis Greenhouse Gas Emissions“Most legal marijuana is grown indoors, with some pretty hefty electrical use to match. … [C]annabis … legalization has had a measurable effect on Colorado's greenhouse gas output. … In the end, Southern California winds up being the lowest-emissions option for indoor growth, given its moderate climate and high levels of renewable power on the grid. For each kilogram of product, it has roughly 2,500 kilograms of emissions. … But comparing the emissions for weed to those for corn … estimates at being less than half a kilogram for each kilogram of food, is still instructive. The big difference? Corn is grown outdoors, and most of its emissions come from the production and application of fertilizers and pesticides. … [A]uthors estimate that switching to outdoor production would drop greenhouse gas emissions by 96 percent and
lower Colorado's total emissions by 1.3 percent.”
Mental Health from NIMHNational Institute of Mental Health has documents on what types, statistics, etc.
Music - cultural appropriationProminent White people have been accused of borrowing the fashions, music, and art forms of various cultural groups and popularizing them as their own. This piece explores how musicians with wide appeal today, such as Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Miley Cyrus, and Kreayshawn have been accused of cultural appropriation, borrowing heavily from Black, Native American, and Asian traditions.
Slavery Reparation in CaliforniaCalifornia’s first-in-the-nation task force to identify reparations for African Americans, law AB3121, created a task force to determine edibility/
Social Medialist of studies on which American use social media and how.
Tulsa Race Massacre (1921) _ 2008 ReinvestigationThe history of the event is here. Note the Department of Justice has reopened this event to investigate what happened- Check newspaper databases for this current information.
World Human Rights, Revert to pre-1948Escalation in violations by the world’s powerful governments that prioritize their national interests over human rights, not seen since World War II
