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James F Stephens, JD

Writer, finder, and distributor of essays.

small baseball stadium

A Compelling Case for Small Town Baseball

The survival of this ecosystem of minor league baseball, like an America that gets along because of shared ideals, is imperiled. He lovingly describes people who rely on baseball for their moral and mental health.

Coughing woman

Whooping Cough Cases Are Soaring as Vaccine Rates Decline

That vaccines prevent diseases is settled science. For decades, there was a societal understanding that getting vaccinated benefited not only the person who got the shot, but also the broader community, especially babies or people with weakened immune systems, like those in chemotherapy

Damage to town by extreme weather.

FEMA moves to end one of its biggest disaster adaptation programs

In an internal FEMA memorandum obtained by Grist, the Trump administration announced its plans to dismantle the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program.

Smithsonian castle and statue

Trump Attacks The Smithsonian

With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars

Human brain exposed in a model.

The Serious Dangers of Measles

Measles can cause acute brain damage in two different ways: a direct infection of the brain or inflammation of the brain after infection. These events can have permanent brain damage and impairments such as blindness and hearing loss.

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Trump Administration Censors CDC Measles Forecast

During Kennedy’s first week on the job, HHS halted the CDC campaign that encouraged people to get flu shots during a ferocious flu season. On the night that the Trump administration began firing probationary employees across the federal government, some key CDC flu webpages were taken down.

Little girl behind barbed wire fence.

Trump is pushing beyond the limits of immigration law and due process

Before he had a chance to explain, Noriega said, the officers placed him in handcuffs and moved him into a van. It wasn’t until after he’d already been taken to an ICE processing center and waited several hours that officers checked his wallet and realized he is a U.S. citizen.

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