Mika
75
Fajardo
Puerto Rico
The Silent Storm: H5N1’s Unchecked Spread
The H5N1 avian influenza virus, once confined to wild birds, has unleashed a multi-species crisis in the U.S., threatening food security, public health, and economic stability. Since 2022, over 165 million poultry birds have been culled, and 972 dairy herds across 17 states are infected as of April 2025. Human cases have surged to 70 confirmed ...
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Housing Insecurity
When Calvin Marks walked out of the auto parts factory in Kirksville, Missouri, for the last time in February 2025, he still had his Trump hat tucked in the back pocket of his work pants. He’d voted for Donald Trump twice—believing the slogans, the promises, the rallies that made people ...
Frieda
67
United States (US)
Loyalty Without Reward: The Identity Tradeoff
Why do many of Trump’s voters still stand by him? “Because he tells them who to blame,” said political analyst Dr. Eliza Hampton, author of Hearts Over Facts: Why Symbolism Wins. Trump has mastered the politics of identity affirmation. He doesn’t need to solve problems—he needs to perform alignment with ...