The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• Narrow mail-in voting ruling by Supreme Court adds uncertainty to midterm elections without addressing constitutionality of Trump’s executive order [16d]
• Lactose intolerance is actually the human norm – but racism, the US government and business interests have made it into a condition [16d]
• The United States’ human rights practices are taking a nosedive [16d]
• The long afterlife of QAnon conspiracy theories haunting American politics [16d]
• ‘Male’ and ‘female’ plugs and connectors – gendered language for the ends of garden hoses, electrical cords and pipe fittings sparks debate [16d]
• Shifting the cleanup cost of packaging waste to companies could encourage greener packaging – but only if states are aligned [16d]
• Trump’s Cuba report borrowed heavily from my book on an anti-imperialist movement – but twisted the arguments [16d]
• From flames to haze, wildfire smoke transforms as it travels, and it can harm your health in different ways [16d]
• Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders’ physical and mental health, in Kenya and the US [16d]
• Syringe litter did not increase after a needle exchange ban was overturned in Pueblo, Colorado, but health services suffered [16d]
• Do more than half of Philadelphia adults really read at or below 5th grade level? It’s time for a new way to describe what they know [16d]