In a recently released report, Bad Actors in News Reporting: Tracking News Manipulation by State Actors, RAND Corporation details national government’s efforts to manipulate COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic information to further their own global agendas. The report found that all nations analyzed, which included China, the U.S., the U.K.,...
The Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder was created to address the growing societal challenges associated with misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation. The Commission, co-chaired by renowned journalist Katie Couric, cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs, and civil rights leader Rashad Robinson, brought together representatives from the fields of academia, government, philanthropy, and...
The Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) maintains a collection of the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), which collects and analyzes data from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on epidemiology and public health. Each issue of the MMWR is packed with raw and analyzed public health data...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released their most recent National Terrorism Advisory Bulletin. The bulletin allows DHS to communicate to the American public about heightened risks of terrorist threats, and how DHS is responding. This update is especially timely, as we are approaching “several religious holidays and associated...
This report by Cambridge University Press is available for free to view for a limited time, 12th November – 26th November. This Cambridge Elements Series, “Elements on Histories of Emotions and the Senses,” contains 10 Elements [reports], and two more coming soon to the site. This Element, “Feeling Terrified? The...
In January 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 13995, establishing a new COIVD-19 Health Equity Task Force. The Task Force’s mission is to recommend “actions to mitigate health inequities caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and to prevent such inequities in the future.” Their final report proposes five Priority...
RAND Corporation performed a literature review and exploratory study on racial equity, and how disasters can magnify the challenges already present for diverse community members. According to the report, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) made an effort to address racial inequity...
The White House has recently released, Fact Sheet: The Biden-Harris Action Plan for America’s Ports and Waterways. America’s ports play a vital role in the U.S. economy; in 2018, they accounted for over 30 million jobs and represented approximately 26% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). In recognition of...
“This third edition of the global Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index provides important insights into patterns and progress on women’s status and empowerment around the world. It reflects a shared vision that countries are more peaceful and prosperous when women are accorded full and equal rights and opportunities.” This...
Climate change denial, as described by a recent report published by the Center for Countering Digital Hate, “obfuscates the truth by overwhelming us with claims and questions designed in bad faith to confuse the debate so action is delayed.” Furthermore, the Center for Countering Digital Hate has calculated that the...
