by Gabriel Filippelli People fishing along the banks of the White River as it winds through Indianapolis sometimes pass by ominous signs warning about eating the fish they catch. One of the risks they have […more…]
by Gabriel Filippelli The Biden administration has released a plan to accelerate removal of lead water pipes and lead paint from U.S. homes. As a geochemist and environmental health researcher who has studied the heartbreaking […more…]
By Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its blood lead reference value – the level at which children ages 1-5 are considered to have high exposure to lead. […more…]
by Paul Mullins In 1964 New York designer Edward Durell Stone advised the Art of Association of Indianapolis to move the John Herron Museum of Art from its location at 16th and Pennsylvania Streets. The […more…]
by Anna Pruitt and Jon Bergdoll A flood of donations to support COVID-19 relief and racial justice efforts, coupled with stock market gains, led Americans to give a record US$471 billion to charity in 2020. […more…]
by Nir Menachemi How deadly is SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? And what are the risks of death for people of different ages and demographics? These have been hard numbers to calculate during this […more…]
by Thomas P. Healy At the national, state, and local level, the data about COVID-19 infections is clear: The disease disproportionately affects communities of color. A recent report by the Polis Center at IUPUI found […more…]
by Eric Kyere Some critics of Black Lives Matter say the movement itself is racist. Their frequent counterargument: All lives matter. Lost in that view, however, is a historical perspective. Look back to the late […more…]
by Nir Menachemi Since day one of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. has not had enough tests. Faced with this shortage, medical professionals used what tests they had on people with the worst symptoms or […more…]
by Julie Manning Magid No federal law barring discrimination against LGBT workers in hiring, promoting and firing existed in this country until this week. Although some may have believed LGBT individuals were protected from discrimination […more…]
