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Why it can make sense to believe in the kindness of strangers

  • Written by Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz, Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
imageWhen rain from Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston and surrounding areas, some people were more eager to volunteer than others.michelmond/Shutterstock.com

Would you risk your life for a total stranger?

While you might consider yourself incapable of acts of altruism on that scale, it happens again and again. During hurricanes and mass shootings, some...

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Here's why your local TV news is about to get even worse

  • Written by Margot Susca, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Communication
imageBeaming in news from far away.Daniel Fung/Shutterstock.com

Considering the history of television news a few years ago, iconic anchor Ted Koppel declared that CBS’ 1968 debut of “60 Minutes” forever altered the landscape of broadcast journalism: A news program drew enough advertising to turn a profit. As Koppel told it, “60...

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How a young Ernest Hemingway dealt with his first taste of fame

  • Written by Verna Kale, Associate Editor, The Letters of Ernest Hemingway and Assistant Research Professor of English, Pennsylvania State University
imageErnest Hemingway with a bull near Pamplona, Spain in 1927, two years before 'A Farewell to Arms' would be published.Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.

When he published “The Sun Also Rises” in 1926, Ernest Hemingway was well-known among the expatriate literati of Paris and to...

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The strange story of turkey tails speaks volumes about our globalized food system

  • Written by Michael Carolan, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
imageHeaded for export?Ryan McDonough, CC BY

Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork and poultry every year. When I asked one producer recently to name something his industry thinks about that consumers don’t, he replied, “Beaks and butts.” This was his shorthand for animal...

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Veterans turned poets can help bridge divides

  • Written by James Dubinsky, Associate Professor of English, Virginia Tech
imageVietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Although Veterans Day is a national holiday, often filled with parades and celebrations, it brings with it ambiguity.

Howard Zinn, a World War II veteran, once wrote, “I do not want the recognition of my service to be used as a glorification of war.”

Sometimes the cost of...

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The mystery of a 1918 veteran and the flu pandemic

  • Written by Ruth Craig, Emerita Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth College
imageBeds with patients in an emergency hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, during the influenza epidemic around 1918.National Museum of Health and Medicine., CC BY

Vaccination is underway for the 2017-2018 seasonal flu, and next year will mark the 100-year anniversary of the 1918 flu pandemic, which killed roughly 40 million people. It is an opportune...

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How the proposed budget and tax cuts could stunt new affordable housing

  • Written by Michelle D. Layser, Research Fellow, Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University
imageFor many Americans, there is no such thing as affordable housing in today's real estate market.Aleutie/Shutterstock.com

Low-income Americans are already struggling to keep a roof over their heads due to a growing affordable housing shortage.

But budgets drafted by the Trump administration and Congress, along with provisions in the tax cut package,...

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The opioid crisis is at its worst in rural areas. Can telemedicine help?

  • Written by Jamey Lister, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Wayne State University
imagePeople wait in line for a methadone clinic to open in Hoquiam, Washington, a small town within a predominantly rural area.David Goldman/AP Photo

Some of the communities hit hardest by the opioid epidemic are in rural America. However, many of those same communities lack access to comprehensive treatment.

To address the epidemic’s increasing...

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FBI tries to crack another smartphone: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation US
imageWho should be allowed inside?PopTika/Shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of archival stories.

Federal investigators following up on the mass shooting at a Texas church on Nov. 5 have seized the alleged shooter’s smartphone – reportedly an iPhone – but are reporting they are unable to unlock it, to...

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Could Atlanta be on track to elect a white mayor?

  • Written by Andra Gillespie, Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
imageAtlanta mayoral candidates Keisha Lance Bottoms (left) and Mary Norwood will face off in December.AP Photo/David Goldman

On Nov. 7, none of the 12 candidates for mayor of Atlanta received more than 50 percent of the vote.

That means the two candidates with the most votes, Councilwomen Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mary Norwood, will face off in a Dec. 5...

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