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How American policing fails neighborhoods -- and cops

  • Written by James J. Nolan, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University

How should we understand the violence, counterviolence and civil unrest that mark the current era in American policing?

And, based on this understanding, what can we do to stop it?

Rather than focus on the characteristics of “bad apple” police officers or angry, revengeful citizens, sociologists like me tend to look at the context in...

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Early stage breast cancer: How to know whether to forgo chemo

  • Written by Valerie Malyvanh Jansen, Clinical Instructor, Vanderbilt University
imageWoman receiving chemotherapy.From www.shutterstock.com

There has been substantial publicity about the MINDACT trial, which could lead to changes in breast cancer treatment. The study’s results suggest that women with a certain genetic profile would have a good chance of survival and cure regardless of chemotherapy.

While the results are...

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For African-American families, a daily task to combat negative stereotypes about hair

  • Written by Marva L. Lewis, Associate Professor, Tulane University
imagePsychology research shows how hair combing sends a powerful message from parent to child.'Combing' via www.shutterstock.com

Mothers across all cultures may worry about being judged for their child’s appearance. But for African-American mothers, a child’s hairstyle can be especially anxiety-inducing. If they don’t properly care for...

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How civic intelligence can teach what it means to be a citizen

  • Written by Douglas Schuler, Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Evergreen State College
imageWhat does it mean to be a citizen in today's world?Christopher Kennedy / Cassie Thornton, CC BY-SA

This political season, citizens will be determining who will represent them in the government. This, of course, includes deciding who will be the next president, but also who will serve in thousands of less prominent positions.

But is voting the only...

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Believing in free will makes you feel more like your true self

  • Written by Elizabeth Seto, Ph.D. Candidate in Social and Personality Psychology, Texas A&M University
imageBelieving in free will makes us feel more like ourselves.Man walking via www.shutterstock.com.

Do we have free will? This is a question that scholars have debated for centuries and will probably continue to debate for centuries to come.

This isn’t a question I can answer, but what I am interested in is “what happens if we do (or do not)...

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Does TPP's slow death mean the world is now unsafe for trade deals?

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University

It seems that the world has become unsafe for trade agreements. In particular, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a major new trade deal among the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations, has become a political lightning rod for both the left and the right.

As if to highlight that fact once again, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said...

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Former chief White House ethics lawyer: Clinton Foundation controversy is just a distraction from bigger issue

  • Written by Richard Painter, S. Walter Richey Professor of Corporate Law, University of Minnesota

Hillary Clinton’s critics claim that federal ethics laws were broken when her subordinates at the State Department arranged meetings and other favors for donors to the Bill and Hillary Clinton Foundation.

Evidence is still surfacing as to who at the State Department did what and why. But as a former chief White House ethics lawyer in the Bush...

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TV news stories about birth control quote politicians and priests more often than medical experts

  • Written by Elizabeth W. Patton, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan
imageMedical experts are rarely quoted in TV news stories about contraception.Image of TV studio via www.shutterstock.com.

Ninety-nine percent of reproductive age U.S. women who have ever had sex have used contraception at some point in their lives. And thanks to the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, more people have access to...

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Cybathlon: A bionics competition for people with disabilities

  • Written by Robert Riener, Professor of Sensory-Motor Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Millions of people worldwide rely on orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs and other assistive devices to improve their quality of life. In the United States alone, there are more than 1.6 million people with limb amputations. The World Health Organization estimates the number of wheelchair users to be about 65 million people worldwide.

It is...

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Who should pay for our corn ethanol policy – Big Oil or gas stations?

  • Written by Tristan R. Brown, Assistant Professor of Energy Resource Economics, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
imageEthanol made from corn goes into our gas tanks. Now refiners who pay for the subsidy are complaining of rising costs. armydre2008/flickr, CC BY

When most of us refuel our car or truck with gas, we’re also filling up with ethanol – the E10 label on many gas pumps indicates that 10 percent of the fuel is ethanol.

The reason we run our...

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