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Politics+Society

Urban revitalization

16 cities receive Love Your Block grants

Published May 6, 2024

Each city will receive $100,000 for community-led revitalization projects, as well as dedicated support and training from AmeriCorps VISTA and a team of civic engagement experts from the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation

A soldier stands in front of a bombed apartment building.

Q+A

U.S. aid and the war in Ukraine

Published April 30, 2024

With $61 billion heading to Ukraine, SAIS expert Hal Brands, editor of 'War in Ukraine,' discusses the current state of the conflict

Health policy

ARPA-H leaders to participate in Health Policy Forum discussion

Published April 29, 2024

Renee Wegrzyn, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, and Kimberley Steele, ARPA-H program manager, join Medicine Dean Theodore DeWeese for a conversation on April 30

3 questions

EPA phases out PFAS

Published April 19, 2024

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency imposes first-ever regulations limiting chemicals known as PFAS, or forever chemicals, in drinking water

Authors+Insights

'Not fluff': Exploring the evolving role of the first lady in the U.S.

Published April 18, 2024

Authors Katie Rogers and Anita McBride discuss the changing nature of the job, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Jill Biden

Buildings in Gaza are surrounded by smoke during an aerial bombing.

Q+A

Experts estimate scenarios for excess deaths in Gaza

Published April 15, 2024

Johns Hopkins civil and systems engineering professor Tak Igusa explains how the research team modeled projections of future casualties from trauma, infectious diseases, and other factors in Gaza

3 Questions

How science can help countries forge unlikely connections

Published April 12, 2024

By finding common ground in science, nations with otherwise strained relationships can build ties and establish friendships, says Nobel laureate and science diplomat Peter Agre