Nita Crawford

Nita Crawford, international relations professor studying the environmental and climate costs of war. Julie Perkins, rural pharmacist keeping a Kansas drugstore open amid pharmacy deserts. Megan McCarty Carino, reporter and labor-market analyst tracking jobless claims and housing trends. They discuss a coastal town's fight over federal immigration plans, labor market signals, plunging new-home sales, rural pharmacy survival, and war-related environmental damage.

Patrick Bigger, research director quantifying conflict emissions; Nita Crawford, international relations professor studying political and environmental costs of war; Doug Weir, director tracking conflict-related environmental harm. They discuss massive carbon releases from recent strikes, toxic smoke and water contamination, challenges of monitoring damage, military emissions and reporting gaps, and how reconstruction and energy shocks deepen long-term environmental impacts.

Garrett Epps, legal affairs editor who covered Newport, Oregon's clash with federal immigration enforcement. Nita Crawford, scholar on the environmental and climate costs of war. Megan McCarty Carino, reporter who tracks labor market data. They discuss a small town's pushback over ICE and a relocated rescue helicopter. They also cover jobless claims, mortgage and pharmacy deserts, and how conflict drives emissions.