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Nursing home owners get a free pass on pandemic accountability Who What Why: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, weighed in on a story about why a vastly disproportionate number of U.S. COVID-19 infections and deaths have occurred in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.…

Cleveland Community Police Commission asks DOJ to open civil rights probe into police handling of May 30 protests cleveland.com: Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Law, weighed in on the decision by the Cleveland Community Police Commission to ask the Justice Department to open…

How NASA found the ideal hole on Mars to land in The New York Times: Ralph Harvey, professor of geology at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed a crater—once a massive lake, now dried up— as a perfect spot for a Mars landing. Harvey’s work was among the first to push for the assignment of…

How can we save Halloween and holidays from the coronavirus? cleveland.com: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the School of Medicine, said that traditional trick-or-treating is risky if COVID-19 numbers don’t start dropping. But Ohioans could salvage small holiday gatherings like…

Dr. Scott Frank: Finding your path to combat racism Your Teen Magazine: Scott Frank, an associate professor in the School of Medicine, said that racism should be considered a public health crisis in the United States.

Does Ohio House Speaker have to resign after arrest? Ohio law doesn't say so WEWS: Jonathan L. Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science, noted that while there have been calls for Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder’s resignation following…

How will Ohio lawmakers tackle police reform? The Center Square: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor at the School of Law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute, said transparency is the key in working toward enacting police reform.

Amid dollar store moratorium, focus turns to Cleveland's corner stores ideastream: Morgan Taggart, director of the Healthy Food Access Initiatives at the university’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, weighed in on the recently passed moratorium on building permits for new…

Why isn’t FirstEnergy charged (yet) in the Ohio nuclear bailout bribery case? cleveland.com: Michael Benza, senior instructor at the School of Law, discussed some possible reasons why an alleged co-conspirator of a crime hasn’t been charged yet, after Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder was…

A sign of things to come? Bahamas welcomed, then shut out U.S. travelers CNBC: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the School of Medicine, discussed whether the Bahamas closing to Americans is a one-off incident or a sign of things to come, adding that the U.S. is in uncharted territory in…