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+ even fictional presidents on screen struggle with race and gender US Edition - Today's top story: SpaceX's Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy [View in browser]( US Edition | 13 August 2024 [The Conversation] [The Conversation]( Top headlines - [FDA declines MDMA therapy approval, requests more research]( - [Wildfires contaminate water used by farmers – new area of research]( - [JD Vance and when not-so-poor people write about the poor]( Lead story While billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has his hands in a number of industries, including social media and electric vehicles, his space company SpaceX has completely transformed the commercial space industry. Its capsules now carry astronauts to the International Space Station, and the company is working with NASA to design a landing system to return humans to the Moon. Last night, Musk interviewed former president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump on the social platform X, which Musk acquired two years ago. Trump had been banned from X (then known as Twitter) in 2021, and the former president returned to posting on the platform yesterday. Musk’s endorsement of Trump for president in the 2024 election [suggests he may hope to influence future space policy]( – and if Trump wins the election, he could appoint Musk an advisory role, notes space expert Svetla Ben-Itzhak. In her latest article, she breaks down Trump’s and Musk’s visions for the final frontier, as well as the policies they pushed for in the past. [ [The Conversation has no ads or paywalls, because of support from our readers](. ] Mary Magnuson Associate Science Editor Elon Musk’s ties with Donald Trump could affect how the former president would approach U.S. space policy. Saul Martinez via Getty Images [SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy]( Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Johns Hopkins University Elon Musk’s support of Donald Trump could earn him some influence over space policy if Trump wins the 2024 election. Politics + Society - [Even fictional presidents don’t look like Kamala Harris − although Black men and white women have been represented in the Oval Office]( Peter Kastor, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents. But they have to be one or the other: a Black man or a white woman. - [LGBTQ people have a troubled relationship with police − new survey shows high rates of harassment, abuse and distrust]( Stefan Vogler, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A landmark study of police-LGBTQ relations finds that 21% of respondents have been stopped by police in the past year, and 53% of Black trans respondents have been the victims of police brutality. Education - [How Ohio schools reduced chronic absenteeism]( Anthony James, Miami University An Ohio law targeting student suspensions had a happy side effect. Requiring schools to use a positive approach to discipline reduced chronic absenteeism, study says. 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Davis, University of Illinois Chicago It happens in journalism and it happens in the arts. But in Congress – where just 2% of representatives held blue-collar or service-industry jobs before entering politics – it’s rampant. Environment + Energy - [Wildfires don’t just burn farmland − they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock]( Andrew J. Whelton, Purdue University Just like fires can contaminate municipal water systems by melting pipes, farms’ and ranches’ water supply systems are at risk. A first-of-its-kind study after the Maui fires explores the harms. Health + Medicine - [FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD treatment – a drug researcher explains the challenges psychedelics face]( Benjamin Y. Fong, Arizona State University The FDA’s decision shines a light on some of the unique obstacles that psychedelic drugs may face on the path to approval. Trending on site - [Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%]( - [Remembering the longest journey to Auschwitz – the deportation of Rhodes’ Jews decimated a small but vibrant community with centuries of Mediterranean history]( - [Imane Khelif’s gold medal run shows how sex testing in women’s sports puts regulators in an impossible bind]( Today's graphic 📈 [Over the past six decades, many vice presidential candidates brought balance to the ticket in key ways, including experience, youth and coming from states that were in a different region than the presidential candidate's.]( From the story, [Veepstakes have evolved from where you live to who you are − which way will Harris turn to balance the ticket?]( - - More of The Conversation Like this newsletter? 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