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Marsch für die Wissenschaft

Zeit online: March for Science: Weil es keine Alternative zu Fakten gibt. “Trump und der Brexit haben sie alarmiert: Forscher weltweit demonstrieren gegen Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit und “alternative Fakten”. Auch in Berlin sind es Tausende.” Von Saskia Gerhard, Berlin.

“Den Unglauben gegenüber der Wissenschaft sieht der Physiker auch bei Populisten, wenn sie gegen Eliten wettern und die Forscher miteinbeziehen. “Aber auch in der linksliberalen Ecke spürt man heftige Skepsis, zum Beispiel bei den Impfgegnern.” Es sei schwierig, dagegen zu halten, denn diese Gruppen ließen sich durch Fakten nicht überzeugen. “Sie glauben an ihre eigene Wahrheit und vereinzelt finden sie sogar Experten, die sich auf ihre Seite stellen. Die werden dann immer wieder hervorgehoben, obwohl sie eine kleine Minderheit sind.”
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In Deutschland hat der Marsch eine andere Bedeutung als in den USA, glaubt Klaus Jäger. “Wir marschieren hier aus Solidarität und um zu zeigen: Wir sind da. In den USA hat das eine andere Dimension, da wird ein Klimaskeptiker an die Spitze der Environmental Protection Agency, der amerikanischen Umweltschutzbehörde, gesetzt und Forschungsfreiheit beschnitten.””

“[N]othing prepared us for the magnitude of this train wreck”

Los Angeles Times:

  1. Our Dishonest President

    “It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters. The Times called him unprepared and unsuited for the job he was seeking, and said his election would be a “catastrophe.“ “

  2. Why Trump Lies

    “Donald Trump did not invent the lie and is not even its master. Lies have oozed out of the White House for more than two centuries and out of politicians’ mouths — out of all people’s mouths — likely as long as there has been human speech.”

  3. Trump’s Authoritarian Vision

    “Standing before the cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump bemoaned how special interests had rigged the country’s politics and its economy, leaving Americans victimized by unfair trade deals, incompetent bureaucrats and spineless leaders.”

  4. Trump’s War on Journalism

    “In Donald Trump’s America, the mere act of reporting news unflattering to the president is held up as evidence of bias. Journalists are slandered as “enemies of the people.“ “

  5. Conspiracy Theorist in Chief

    “It was bad enough back in 2011 when Donald Trump began peddling the crackpot conspiracy theory that President Barack Obama was not a native-born American. But at least Trump was just a private citizen then.”

  6. California Fights Back

    “When Donald Trump threatened on the campaign trail to deport every single immigrant living in the country illegally, bring back offshore drilling and reverse the anti-pollution policies that help clear smoggy skies, Californians immediately understood that our state would be disproportionately affected — and disproportionately harmed — by the reckless policies he was hoping to enact.”

“There were some things that just didn’t quite add up,“

Washington Post: These high school journalists investigated a new principal’s credentials. Days later, she resigned. By Samantha Schmidt.

“Under Kansas law, high school journalists are protected from administrative censorship. “The kids are treated as professionals,“ Smith said. But with that freedom came a major responsibility to get the story right, Smith said. It also meant overcoming a natural hesitancy many students have to question authority.”