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Irma price gouging highlights sad truth: Consumer fleecing is the new normal

  • Written by Ramsi Woodcock, Professor of Legal Studies, Georgia State University
imageMany accused Delta, shown here over Tampa in 2014, and other carriers of price gouging ahead of Irma, but it's just business as normal.Drew Horne/Shutterstock.com

Since Hurricane Irma put Florida in its sights, there have been thousands of reports of price gouging on everything from water to gasoline.

The most notable complaint was not, however,...

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5 things that have changed about FEMA since Katrina – and 5 that haven't

  • Written by Patrick Roberts, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech
imageFEMA's handling of Hurricane Katrina inspired resentment in the affected communities – but did it bring about real change in the organization?Dental Ben, CC BY-SA

Hurricanes, wildfires and earthquakes – is the Federal Emergency Management Agency ready for the new era of disasters?

I’m a professor of public administration and...

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Sleepy teenage brains need school to start later in the morning

  • Written by Kyla Wahlstrom, Senior Research Fellow in Organizational Leadership, Policy and Development, University of Minnesota
imageTheir hormones mean they still need zzz's even when they're already supposed to be in homeroom.Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock.com

Millions of high schoolers are fighting with their alarm clocks as they start another academic year. As they struggle to get up early, parents battle to get them out of bed and off to school – a stressful way for...

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5 ways to stretch your disaster relief dollars

  • Written by David Campbell, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageHurricane Irma caused major damage to Naples and other Florida cities.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

Many Americans want to help the people suffering from recent natural disasters in the U.S. and elsewhere.

There’s no shortage of media reports listing groups that are taking these donations, which may ultimately total billions of dollars. But how can...

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Should the US put power lines underground?

  • Written by Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies , University of Florida
imageHurricanes Harvey and Irma caused widespread power outages. AP Photo/Eric Gay

It is the height of a highly destructive hurricane season in the United States. The devastation of Harvey in Texas and Louisiana caused nearly 300,000 customers to lose electricity service, and Hurricane Irma has cut service to millions of people. Soon, winter storms will...

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Do hurricanes feel the effects of climate change?

  • Written by Chanh Kieu, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, Indiana University
imageSatellite image on Sept. 7, 2017 shows three hurricanes: Irma in the center just north of the island of Hispaniola, Katia on the left in the Gulf of Mexico and Jose in the Atlantic Ocean on the right.NOAA via AP

Hurricane Harvey, with its historical amount of rainfall over Texas, followed by a string of Hurricanes Irma, Jose and Katia in the North...

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Want to fix America's health care? First, focus on food

  • Written by Dariush Mozaffarian, Professor of Nutrition, Tufts University
imagePoor diet hurts our health and our wallets.Lukas Goja/Shutterstock.com

The national debate on health care is moving into a new, hopefully bipartisan phase.

The fundamental underlying challenge is cost – the massive and ever-rising price of care which drives nearly all disputes, from access to benefit levels to Medicaid expansion.

So far,...

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Is the new iPhone designed for cybersafety?

  • Written by Arun Vishwanath, Associate Professor of Communication, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageHow safe is it to use an iPhone?Mesk Photography/Shutterstock.com

As eager customers meet the new iPhone, they’ll explore the latest installment in Apple’s decade-long drive to make sleeker and sexier phones. But to me as a scholar of cybersecurity, these revolutionary innovations have not come without compromises.

Early iPhones...

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How colleges can help students keep out of academic trouble

  • Written by R. Sekhar Chivukula, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Michigan State University
imageAbo Photography/Shutterstock

It happens every fall: Over two million new students show up at colleges and universities across the United States. But by winter break, hundreds of thousands of them will have a grade point average that places them in an academic status called probation and puts their college educations at risk.

At Michigan State...

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American generosity after disasters: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Patrick Rooney, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
imageMillions of Americans donate to relief efforts after natural disasters.MISHELLA/Shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: After 9/11, Americans responded with the kind of outpouring of generosity usually reserved for the most powerful hurricanes and earthquakes. Ever since those terrorist attacks, the Indiana University Lilly Family School of...

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  26. Are natural disasters part of God's retribution?
  27. Why can't more American women access medications for preterm birth?
  28. Christian faith doesn't just say disasters are God's retribution
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  30. How DACA affected the mental health of undocumented young adults
  31. The 'internet of things' is sending us back to the Middle Ages
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  33. How a tiny portion of the world's oceans could help meet global seafood demand
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  35. In cities and on ranches, planning is key to protect animals during disasters
  36. Why giving cash, not clothing, is usually best after disasters
  37. Finger size does matter... in sports
  38. How Muslim Americans are fighting Islamophobia and securing their civil rights
  39. Don't blame food stamps for obesity in America
  40. What victims of Hurricane Harvey can learn from Katrina as rebuilding begins
  41. What Hurricane Harvey says about risk, climate and resilience
  42. What the Industrial Revolution really tells us about the future of automation and work
  43. Want a job? It's still about education.
  44. Why Hurricane Harvey donors shouldn't boycott the Red Cross
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  46. How can job loss be bad for health, and recession be good for it?
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