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How to overcome your device dependency and manage a successful digital detox

  • Written by Kelley Cours Anderson, Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Charleston
imageGetting outside – without your phone – is one way to disconnect.We Are/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Life in the digital world can be rewarding. It’s convenient to order groceries for pickup, share photographs or music, and keep in touch with family and friends, no matter the distance. However, it can also be draining. The...

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St. Augustine was no stranger to culture wars – and has something to say about today’s

  • Written by Michael Lamb, Executive Director of the Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University
imageTiffany stained-glass window of St. Augustine, in the Lightner Museum in the Florida city that bears his name.Daderot/Wikimedia Commons

Americans are deeply divided, and the results of the 2024 presidential election are unlikely to heal these divisions. If the 2020 election is any indication, they might even become worse.

As a scholar of character...

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The colonial legacy lurking beneath economic unrest in the French Caribbean

  • Written by David A. Vivian, Visiting Assistant Professor of French Language and Culture, Soka University of America
imageMembers of the French union CGT Martinique perform a go-slow protest on the ring road leading to the airport in Fort-de-France, on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, on Oct. 15, 2024.Philippe Lopez/AFP via Getty Images)

For weeks, the French Caribbean island of Martinique has been the site of at-times violent protests over high living costs...

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Monkeys know who will win the election – primal instincts humans share with them shape voters’ choices

  • Written by Michael Platt, Professor of Marketing and Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
imageWould you and this rhesus macaque choose the same candidate?EcoPic/iStock via Getty Images Plus

As Election Day looms with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump locked in a dead heat, pollsters and pundits are scrambling for clues to predict the outcome.

But what if the answer lies not in political data or campaign strategies, but in the instincts of a...

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No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with over 23,000 jobs planned

  • Written by James Morton Turner, Professor of Environmental Studies, Wellesley College
imageWorkers install battery packs in a BMW X5 in South Carolina. A new battery plant under construction nearby will supply BMW factories.BMW

The United States is in the midst of the biggest boom in clean energy manufacturing investments in history, spurred by laws like the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act...

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No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest factories, with thousands of jobs planned

  • Written by James Morton Turner, Professor of Environmental Studies, Wellesley College
imageWorkers install battery packs in a BMW X5 in South Carolina. A new battery plant under construction nearby will supply BMW factories.BMW

The United States is in the midst of the biggest boom in clean energy manufacturing investments in history, spurred by laws like the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act...

Read more: No, America’s battery plant boom isn’t going bust – construction is on track for the biggest...

For one survivor, the 1920 Election Day massacre in Florida was ‘the night the devil got loose’

  • Written by Jerald Podair, Professor of History, Lawrence University
imageDescendants of July Perry attend a 2019 ceremony unveiling a historical marker of his lynching. AP Photo/John Raoux

Mose Norman, a Black registered voter, was ready to cast his ballot for presidential candidate Warren G. Harding.

But when he arrived at his polling place on Election Day, Nov. 2, 1920, in the orange grove town of Ocoee, Florida,...

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Elon Musk misses Philly court date, stalling ‘illegal lottery’ case against him − an expert on Philadelphia politics weighs in

  • Written by Richardson Dilworth, Professor of Politics, Drexel University
imageElon Musk is still doling out $1 million a day to contestants in swing states.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

On Oct. 28, 2024, just over a week before Election Day, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit against Elon Musk to stop his US$1 million voter sweepstakes from continuing in Pennsylvania....

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Trump’s Detroit insults are based on old narratives local media are rewriting every day

  • Written by Danielle K. Brown, Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
imageIt's been a war of words − and T-shirt slogans − in Detroit this campaign season.Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

Michigan’s swing-state status means people are talking about Detroit.

Some have been saying unpleasant things.

Addressing the Detroit Economic Club on Oct. 11, presidential candidate Donald Trump...

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Denver slaughterhouse ban could affect food systems in Colorado and beyond

  • Written by Jennifer Martin, Associate Professor of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University
imageIf passed, ballot measure 309 would close Superior Farms, north of Denver. Hyoung Chang/Denver Post via Getty Images

Ballot measure 309 aims to ban slaughterhouses in the city and county of Denver. If passed, the measure would close just one facility, Superior Farms, in the Globeville neighborhood north of Denver.

I’m an associate professor of...

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  1. Denver voters reject slaughterhouse ban, allowing Superior Farms to continue selling lamb in Colorado and nationwide
  2. International election monitors can help boost people’s trust in the electoral process − but not all work the same way
  3. Who formally declares the winner of the US presidential election?
  4. Sudan’s civil war has left at least 62,000 dead by our estimate − but the true figure could be far higher
  5. With Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk and Donald Trump, Republicans’ ‘strict father’ has become the creepy uncle
  6. Independent voters think for themselves and stay out of politics – 3 essential reads
  7. Tariffs are back in the spotlight, but skepticism of free trade has deep roots in American history
  8. New Orleans schools still separate and unequal 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education
  9. In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies – an entomologist explains the implication for global pest control
  10. Rust Belt voters aren’t all white, but election coverage of the region often ignores the concerns of people of color there
  11. The next president will play a key role in shaping US trade policy – here’s what voters need to know
  12. Americans own guns to protect themselves from psychological as well as physical threats
  13. Fear, hope and the economy: what is motivating Americans as they decide who to vote for – podcast
  14. Slow vote-counting, flip-flopping leads, careful certification and the weirdness of the Electoral College – people who research elections look at what to expect on election night
  15. ‘Each bears his own ghosts’: How the classics speak to these days of fear, anger and presidential candidates stalking the land
  16. A new president will be elected − but it may take some time to determine who wins
  17. The ‘Courage Tour’ is attempting to get Christians to vote for Trump − and focused on defeating ‘demons’
  18. Religion in the workplace is tricky – but employers and employees both lose when it becomes a total taboo
  19. Simple science summaries written by AI help people understand research and trust scientists
  20. Fighting antibiotic resistance at the source – using machine learning to identify bacterial resistance genes and the drugs to block them
  21. Scholar’s new rap album seeks to turn the tables on the ‘masters’ from the Old South
  22. Time to freak out? How the existential terror of hurricanes can fuel climate change denial
  23. People with blindness and low vision are squeezed by high costs of living − new research
  24. What the presidential candidates have done − and where they stand − on education
  25. Nationalism is not patriotism: 3 insights from Orwell about Trump and the 2024 election
  26. Why vote for Harris or Trump? A cheat sheet on the candidates’ records, why their supporters like them and why picking one or the other makes sense
  27. Misinformation is more than just bad facts: How and why people spread rumors is key to understanding how false information travels and takes root
  28. Abortion and marijuana ballot measures may bring out Florida Democrats, but the GOP has 1M more active voters in the Sunshine State
  29. Why Pennsylvania’s election results will take time to count
  30. Defender su voto: Pasos a seguir si su derecho al voto es cuestionado el día de las elecciones
  31. Cannabis legalization may hit a ‘red wall’ at the ballot box
  32. Making a Snickers bar is a complex science − a candy engineer explains how to build the airy nougat and chewy caramel of this Halloween favorite
  33. The ancient Irish get far too much credit for Halloween
  34. Grow fast, die young? Animals that invest in building high-quality biomaterials may slow aging and increase their lifespans
  35. On foreign policy, Trump opts for disruption and Harris for engagement − but they share some of the same concerns
  36. Beyond bottled water and sandwiches: What FEMA is doing to get hurricane victims back into their homes
  37. How Trump’s racist talk of immigrant ‘bad genes’ echoes some of the last century’s darkest ideas about eugenics
  38. Corporate social responsibility disclosures are a double-edged sword, new research suggests
  39. RFK Jr.’s pivot to Trump is a journey taken by many populists swept along the left-to-right alternative media pipeline
  40. For an estimated 4 million people with felony convictions, restoring their right to vote is complicated – and varies state by state
  41. Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee aid – and puts millions of lives at risk
  42. Rising partisanship is making nonprofits more reluctant to engage in policy debates − new research
  43. What to do if your vote is challenged: Practical advice from a civil rights attorney for Election Day
  44. My family lived the horrors of Native American boarding schools – why Biden’s apology doesn’t go far enough
  45. Vampire bats – look beyond the fangs and blood to see animal friendships and unique adaptations
  46. LGBTQ+ voters in these 4 states could swing the 2024 presidential election
  47. Michiganders or Michiganians? A linguist explains why the answer is clear
  48. Trump’s anti-Haitian rhetoric reflects America’s long-standing racism against Haiti and its people
  49. Why do we use gasoline for small vehicles and diesel fuel for big vehicles?
  50. US math teachers view student performance differently based on race and gender