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Nightly Applause Is Nice, but Some Doctors Think Votes Would Be Nicer

By Emma Goldberg Maxine Dexter, an intensive care physician, remembers exactly where she was sitting the Thursday morning her political ambitions were born. She was looking out her bedroom window toward northwest Portland — the snow-capped peak of Mount Adams winking at her from across the valley. She clutched a coffee her husband had brought upstairs […]

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Is there a doctor in the House?

Ronny Jackson, Donald Trump’s former physician, had been struggling for months to break through in a crowded field of Republicans vying for a congressional seat in Texas — despite his ties to the president. But that’s all changed since the coronavirus outbreak:Jackson has become a regular presence on conservative radio and cable TV, tapping his […]

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‘Running for office takes a lot of guts’: 314 Action and the case for electing scientists to local government

Our “Local STEM” series highlights local government and community initiatives and organizations in areas that relate to STEM. by Clarke Knight In 2014, chemist and entrepreneur Shaughnessy Naughton ran for U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania’s 8th District. Despite having no prior political experience, she came within two percentage points of winning the Democratic primary. Although her […]

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An Ocean Engineer and a Nuclear Physicist Walk Into Congress …

By Maggie Astor MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — From a couch on the back deck of a dockside restaurant, the Beatles playing in the background and a breeze blowing off the water, Joe Cunningham gestured to Shem Creek. “This could be the reality here, of oil rigs and oil spills off the beach,” Mr. Cunningham said. “An […]

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STEM Professionals are Serving in Congress in record numbers

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The US just sent 10 new scientists to Congress, including an ocean expert, a nurse, and a biochemist. Here’s the full list.
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The US just sent 10 new scientists to Congress, including an ocean expert, a nurse, and a biochemist. Here’s the full list.

Despite a government shutdown, the 116th Congress is now underway in Washington. A record number of women are in the ranks — 127, according to Rutgers Center for American Women and Politics. They include the first Muslim women, the first Somali-American, and the first Native American women. There are more scientists too. Last November, 10 new science-credentialed candidates were […]

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Thanks to Trump, Scientists are going to run for office

For American science, the next four years look to be challenging. The newly inaugurated President Trump, and many of his Cabinet picks, have repeatedly cast doubt upon the reality of human-made climate change, questioned the repeatedly proven safety of vaccines. Since the inauguration, the administration has already frozen grants and contracts by the Environmental Protection Agency and gagged researchers at […]

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