Media Coverage

On Aug. 16, a passenger at Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport was stopped by a Transportation Security Administration officer for trying to bring an unloaded gun with four bullets onto a plane in his carry-on luggage. It was the first time this year the TSA found a gun at the West Virginia airport, but at other airports, it’s become all too common.

Schools are opening this week, and millions of children are returning to the classroom. After the Uvalde, Texas mass murder of 19 children and two teachers, politicians in Texas called for more teachers to carry guns in classrooms to protect their children and themselves. Ohio recently enacted a law permitting teachers to be armed after 24 hours of training.

Between a global pandemic, rapid shifts in consumer spending and even inclement weather, there are a wide range of factors that have contributed to the semiconductor chip shortage. These semiconductors, which are essential to the production of many everyday electronics, have become increasingly scarce. In response, the U.S. has passed new legislation that will incentivize semiconductor production and attempt to mitigate the ongoing crisis. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new set of guidelines that significantly relaxes many of the recommendations that were put in place since the pandemic began in March 2020. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported over 14,000 cases of monkeypox in the United States and rapidly increasing, with the vast majority among gay or bisexual men. As cases begin to appear outside this community, they will provide insights into alternative means that the virus can be spreading.