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‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effects

  • Written by Michele Heisler, Professor of Internal Medicine and Health Behavior and Health Equity, University of Michigan
‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effectsA Border Patrol tactical unit agent dispenses pepper spray at a protester attempting to block an immigration officer's vehicle.Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images

Images and videos from Minneapolis, Chicago and other U.S. cities show masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents in military-style gear...

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  1. ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive
  2. Schools are increasingly telling students they must put their phones away – Ohio’s example shows mixed results following new bans
  3. Women have been mapping the world for centuries – and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps
  4. Congress has exercised minimal oversight over ICE, but that might change
  5. Lüften sounds simple – but ‘house-burping’ is more complicated in Pittsburgh
  6. ‘Inoculation’ helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds
  7. Philly theaters unite to stage 3 plays by Pulitzer-winning playwright James Ijames
  8. Trump wants to shutter the Kennedy Center for 2 years – an arts management professor explains what that portends
  9. An epic border: Finland’s poetic masterpiece, the Kalevala, has roots in 2 cultures and 2 countries
  10. Medicare is experimenting with having AI review claims – a cost-saving measure that could risk denying needed care

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Female genital cutting: why Southeast Asia should follow Africa’s lead in challenging religious and cultural justifications

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