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Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained 
a taiwanese flag is in the foreground with skyscrapers and shop signs in Chinese and English in the background

China has been increasing military pressure on Taiwan in recent days, sending nearly 150 warplanes over the island that it views as a breakaway province. 

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    • Rising tension between China and Taiwan, explained 

    Jacques deLisle, the director of The Center for the Study of Contemporary China, shares his thoughts China’s increasing military pressure and what’s next 

    Kristen de Groot

    ‘The climate girl’ at Penn
    A college-age person standing outside, with greenery blurred in the front of the image. She is wearing a jean jacket with the words "Re-earth IN," a globe in the shape of a heart, and other earth-related designs.

    Second year Xiye Bastida, from San Pedro Tultepec, Mexico, has participated in Greta Thunberg’s Fridays for the Future movement. She and friends began the Re-Earth Initiative aimed at “reimaging the future, reconnecting with the planet, and redefining collaboration.” Despite six years of environmental activism under her belt, Bastida says she’s just getting started.

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    • ‘The climate girl’ at Penn

    In a Q&A with Xiye Bastida, the second year describes how she’s bringing climate activism to her college experience, how her Indigenous background influences her path, and why storytelling and protecting Earth go hand in hand.

    Michele W. Berger

    What’s behind the rise in prices?
    person pumping gas into a car
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    • What’s behind the rise in prices?

    Wharton finance professor, Itay Goldstein, talks to Penn Today on inflation report, and supply and demand.

    Dee Patel

    Texas abortion ban
    Pro-choice activists hold signs reading "keep abortion legal' and "protect abortion access' in front of the US Supreme Court building

    Image: Adam Fagen/Flickr

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    • Texas abortion ban

    Penn Law’s Serena Mayeri on what the law means and what’s next for Texas and the nation.

    Kristen de Groot

    TikTok talk
    Two people sitting together looking at a phone with a TikTok logo

    In linguistics, “whoever’s cool leads the change,” which explains why trends come and go via TikTok, says linguistics professor Nicole Holliday.

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    • TikTok talk

    Largely characterized as a Gen Z phenomenon, TikTok is a video-sharing app with more than 100 million active users in the U.S. alone—and it’s changing the way that we speak, says sociolinguist Nicole Holliday.

    Kristina García

    Long-term COVID and the ADA
    microscopic view of coronavirus
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    • Long-term COVID and the ADA

    Jasmine Harris, a disability law expert, shares her thoughts on President Biden’s announcement that long-term COVID sufferers could be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act

    Kristen de Groot

    Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’
    People standing on the streets of Havana in protest of the Cuban government.

    Protests in Havana against the government of Cuba on July 12, 2021. (Image: 14ymedio)

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    • Response to the Cuban protest is ‘a unified feeling’

    In a Q&A, Romance languages professor Odette Casamayor-Cisneros discusses the Cuban protests, government response, and the “sense of unity” among the Cuban people

    Kristina García

    Metal artifacts in Southeast Asia challenge long-held archaeological theory
    A photo of a metal artifact in the shape of a spear on a black background. In the foreground is a scale that runs from 0 to 5 cm.

    An individual can create a stone tool or a pot without assistance, but creating a metal tool like the spear here is a group endeavor—and a complex one. Artifacts like this found in Thailand showed that such metal technology could be developed and exchanged using an economic model based on communities making decisions about how to participate in regional exchange systems. (Image: The Ban Chiang Project)

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    • Metal artifacts in Southeast Asia challenge long-held archaeological theory

    According to the Penn Museum’s Joyce White and Elizabeth Hamilton, prehistoric communities, rather than the ruling elites, in Thailand were the deciders in how to use metal resources.

    Michele W. Berger

    Beating burnout at work
    side by side picture of author and bookcover

    Author Paula Davis provides a new framework to prevent employee burnout in her book, “Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience," published by Wharton School Press. (Image: Wharton School Press)

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    • Beating burnout at work

    Author Paula Davis provides a new framework to prevent employee burnout in her book, “Beating Burnout at Work: Why Teams Hold the Secret to Well-Being and Resilience," published by Wharton School Press.

    Dee Patel