Is Ending HIV/AIDS Feasible?
TRANSCRIPT You know, I think it's not the first time that a president has made such a claim in the State of the Union address, to say you know we really want to address or cure this. Nixon has done it...
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Tackling Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue
TRANSCRIPT Arlen Moller, Associate Professor of Psychology: I was watching the national dialogue around gun violence, and I was especially impressed with some of the student-led movements. And I...
The Psychology of Gun Violence: New Course Examines Growing Public Health Crisis
Every day, approximately 100 Americans are killed with a gun, according to Centers for Disease Control statistics. As gun violence continues to be a polarizing topic in American politics, Associate...
What Does the GDP Mean for the Average Worker?
TRANSCRIPT GDP, or gross domestic product, is the measure of the value of all goods and services produced in the national economy over a given period of time. So the good news we just got of a 4.1...
How Could Brett Kavanaugh’s Appointment Affect the Supreme Court?
TRANSCRIPT So the big question is where Judge Kavanaugh might differ on given cases from where Justice Kennedy, who’s stepping down, would come out in these cases. On a lot of cases I think we’re...
Who Experiences Trauma During Parent-Child Separations at the Border?
TRANSCRIPT In the context of what’s going on right now with immigration and what ICE agents are doing in terms of separating families, I honestly don’t know if we can even know how painful that must...
Senator Durbin at Illinois Tech to Announce Bill to Improve Online Privacy for Kids
United States Senator Richard J. Durbin held a press conference on June 4 at Illinois Tech’s Chicago-Kent College of Law to introduce the Clean Slate for Kids Online Act of 2018. The act improves upon...
What Are the Politics of Korea and China’s Air Pollution Problem?
TRANSCRIPT This air pollution problem is so severe that every spring people essentially hole up in their homes to avoid the severe—this particulate matter, PM is as it’s called, and this is because...
How Are Puerto Ricans Responding Politically to U.S. Hurricane Cleanup Efforts?
TRANSCRIPT Because of the severe crisis in Puerto Rico, different countries, for example, Venezuela but also other countries, said, we will ship in oil because we understand you have to have that oil...