Triumphant vaccine messaging has a downside

Banking crises rooted in a system that rewards excessive risk-taking – as First Republic’s precarious situation shows

Alexandra Digby, University of Rochester; Dollie Davis, Minerva Schools at KGI; Robson Hiroshi Hatsukami Morgan, Minerva Schools at KGI

The cause of banking crises since the S&L debacle in the 1980s remains unchanged. Incentives encourage executives to take excessive risks, with few consequences if bets turn bad. It’s happening again.

The Federal Reserve and the art of navigating a soft landing … when economic data sends mixed signals

Christopher Decker, University of Nebraska Omaha

The numbers seem to be going in the ‘right’ direction for the Fed to pull off a soft landing – and avoid a recession – but the picture remains murky.

Challenging the FDA’s authority isn’t new – the agency’s history shows what’s at stake when drug regulation is in limbo

Christine Coughlin, Wake Forest University

As the government’s oldest consumer protection agency, the FDA has long butted up against drugmakers, activists and politicians. But undermining its work could be harmful to patient health and safety.

In protecting land for wildlife, size matters – here’s what it takes to conserve very large areas

Genocide resisters, long overlooked by history, step into the spotlight

How the US military used magazines to target ‘vulnerable’ groups with recruiting ads

Saving broadcasting’s past for the future – archivists are working to capture not just tapes of TV and radio but the experience of tuning in together

SNAP work requirements don’t actually get more people working – but they do drastically limit the availability of food aid

‘We just can’t adapt this fast’ – Arctic sea ice loss and fierce storms leave Kivalina Search and Rescue fighting to protect their island from climate disasters

Cannabis-derived products like delta-8 THC and delta-10 THC have flooded the US market – two immunologists explain the medicinal benefits and potential risks

Here’s the first question of this week’s edition:

Which renowned Black entertainer and civil rights figure died this week at the advanced age of 96?

1. A. Sidney Poitier
2. B. Morgan Freeman
3. C. James Earl Jones
4. D. Harry Belafonte

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