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The assertion that “whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting!” is widely attributed to Mark Twain, but today you’re likely to hear it from governors. That’s because states, confronted with climate stresses and the prospect of severe droughts, are taking battles over water usage and control into the highest courtroom in the land.
Robert Glennon, an expert on water policy and law at the University of Arizona, explains what is behind these clashes before the Supreme Court over water rights. He suggests that a better tactic for states would be to consider conservation before litigation.
Also today:
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Jennifer Weeks
Senior Environment + Energy Editor
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Aerial view of Lake Powell on the Colorado River along the Arizona-Utah border.
AP Photo/John Antczak
Robert Glennon, University of Arizona
The Supreme Court recently dealt defeat to Florida in its 20-year legal battle with Georgia over river water. Other interstate water contests loom, but there are no sure winners in these lawsuits.
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Politics + Society
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Danielle K. Kilgo, University of Minnesota
In the aftermath of Adam Toledo's death, police and a prosecutor framed the incident as a confrontation with an armed male holding a gun. Should reporters have been so quick to accept that version?
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Nicholas Espíritu, University of California, Los Angeles
As GOP-run statehouses across the country tighten voting restrictions, a bill in Congress would, its Democratic sponsors say, undo more than 15 years of moves to make voting harder.
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David Yalof, University of Connecticut
Only one president has done so – Franklin Delano Roosevelt – but others considered it, and even tried.
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Environment + Energy
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Rockford Weitz, Tufts University
Russia is attempting to claim more of the Arctic seabed – an area rich in oil, gas and minerals – and its fleet of icebreakers is helping shipping expand. The US needs some creative ideas to catch up.
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Peter Richards, George Washington University
Because Brazil's economic prosperity in the last two decades is increasingly linked to the Amazon's good health, restoring the country's economy is a critical first step toward ending deforestation.
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Ethics + Religion
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Simran Jeet Singh, Union Theological Seminary
A scholar explains the religious beliefs of Sikhs as well as the prejudices and barriers that many Sikhs in America face.
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Science + Technology
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Robert Finberg, University of Massachusetts Medical School
It's normal for different people to mount stronger or weaker immune responses to a vaccine, but post-shot side effects won't tell you which you are.
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Ashley Poust, University of California, Berkeley; Daniel Varajão de Latorre, University of California, Berkeley
Using the incredible wealth of fossil data and a modern ecological theory, researchers estimated population density for the extinct apex predator.
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Education
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Taryn Morrissey, American University School of Public Affairs
This infusion of funds will help struggling child care providers and support parents who have to exit the workforce to care for their kids.
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Charissa S. L. Cheah, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Aggie Yellow Horse, Arizona State University; Kevin A. Gee, University of California, Davis
Asian Americans are more likely to participate in remote learning than other racial groups, federal data show. To understand why, three experts weigh in.
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Health
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Alicia R. Riley, University of California, San Francisco; Ellicott C. Matthay, University of California, San Francisco; Kate Duchowny, University of California, San Francisco
Most pandemic policies have benefited those already best off in US society and ignored people for whom neither mass shutdowns nor reopening offer relief.
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Todd Newman, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Emily Howell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
During the pandemic, clear and reliable health communication can literally be a life-and-death issue. Researchers who focus on the science of science communication highlight strategies that work.
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Lacey Wallace, Penn State
Gun violence as a whole is much more common, and much more deadly, than mass shootings are.
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William Petri, University of Virginia
The vaccine rollout is underway, but what happens if there is a supply disruption? Would it be feasible to change strategy and give more people a first dose? An expert analyzes the data.
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