Asian Spectator

The Times Real Estate

.

The sudden dismissal of public records staff at health agencies threatens government accountability

  • Written by Reshma Ramachandran, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Yale University

Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025, to shrink its workforce by 20,000 people. Among workers dismissed in early April were several teams responsible for fulfilling requests for access to previously unreleased government data, information...

More Articles ...

  1. Wide variety of old-growth ecosystems across the US makes their conservation a complex challenge
  2. Railways were essential to carrying out the Holocaust – decades later, corporate reckoning continues
  3. 200 years ago, France extorted Haiti in one of history’s greatest heists – and Haitians want reparations
  4. Cory Booker’s long speech offers a strategy for Trump opponents in a fragmented media landscape
  5. Miami researchers are testing a textured seawall designed to hold back water and create a home for marine organisms
  6. Dark energy may have once been ‘springier’ than it is today − DESI cosmologists explain what their collaboration’s new measurement says about the universe’s history
  7. Giving cash to families in poor, rural communities can help bring down child marriage rates – new research
  8. Des Moines food pantries face spiking demand as the Iowa region’s SNAP enrollment declines
  9. 25 years of Everglades restoration has improved drinking water for millions in Florida, but a new risk is rising
  10. A need for chaos powers some Americans’ support for Elon Musk taking a chainsaw to the US government

Magazine

Bahaya sering dengar musik pakai ‘earphone’: Berisiko pekak hingga depresi

● Penggunaan earphone, headphone, dan headset berlebihan bisa ganggu pendengaran dan pengaruhi kesehatan mental● Riset mengungkap mayoritas pengguna perangkat audio portabel berusia 19-29 ...

Jebakan keuangan digital: mengapa Gen Z rentan terjerat pinjol dan ‘paylater’?

●Gen Z makin mudah akses paylater, pinjol, dan investasi digital.●Banyak yang terjebak utang dan investasi spekulatif karena terpengaruh capaian orang lain di medsos.●Edukasi keuanga...

“Bayar, bayar, bayar”: Bagaimana musik dapat membentuk identitas sosial dan mendorong aksi kolektif

● Musik memiliki kekuatan untuk mempertegas identitas sosial dan memobilisasi aksi kolektif. ● Konsep ‘multiple identification’ menjelaskan bagaimana individu dapat memiliki l...