The first 27 satellites for Amazon's Kuiper project were launched into space on Monday in an effort to beam broadband internet globally.  

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Bryn Rosenfeld is an associate professor of government at Cornell University and studies post-communist politics and public opinion. Even if a long-term ceasefire is reached, she says Ukraine and its supporters should be concerned with more than just the threat of a new Russian invasion. 

Foreign Policy

International

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Nicole Martin, director of Cornell University’s Milk Quality Improvement Program and expert on dairy foods microbiology, says that the cuts shouldn’t worry consumers, as states can cover the gap in testing.

Food & Agriculture

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James Carter is an assistant professor of organizational behavior and examines diversity and discrimination in organizations. He says that many consumers, and people of color in particular, feel betrayed by corporate flip-flopping on social issues.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

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While U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared to favor the idea that religious parents can remove their children from public school lessons that include LGBTQ themes, this situation prompts reflection on the boundaries of religious liberty in a pluralistic society says Cornell University professor Landon Schnabel. 

Law and Policy

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Pope Francis — the first pope from Latin America, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first non-European to lead the Church since the 8th century — died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy. 

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Wendong Zhang is an assistant professor of applied economics and policy at Cornell University. He says the tariffs by the U.S., and the resulting counter-tariffs from China, have resulted in the highest, broad-based tariff hikes since WWII.

Economics and Business

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Shannon Gleeson is a professor of labor relations, law and history and studies the politics of immigrant worker rights. While the agreement focuses on those immigrants with final orders of removal, or who are under criminal investigation, she says this distinction obscures the impact this shift in policy will have. 

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Sara Bronin is a professor of planning at Cornell University, an architect, attorney and founding director of the National Zoning Atlas. Her recent work with the Regional Plan Association analyzed the increasing risk of future flooding in New York City and how it may affect housing. 

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to tell the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation – a move that will likely draw criticism from scientists, dentists and public health officials who claim the U.S. Health Secretary is “anti-science”.

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