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Trump's policies will harm coal-dependent communities instead of helping them

  • Written by Mark Partridge, Professor of Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University
imageTVA Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee, site of a 1.1 billion gallon spill of coal ash slurry in 2008, photographed on March 28, 2012.Appalachian Voices, CC BY

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is moving to repeal the Clean Power Plan as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to bring jobs and prosperity to communities that rely on the coal...

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What hundreds of American public libraries owe to Carnegie's disdain for inherited wealth

  • Written by Arlene Weismantel, Senior Associate Director, Libraries, Michigan State University
imageThe Girard, Kansas Carnegie library.National Park Service

The same ethos that turned Andrew Carnegie into one of the biggest philanthropists of all time made him a fervent proponent of taxing big inheritances. As the steel magnate wrote in his seminal 1899 essay, The Gospel of Wealth:

“Of all forms of taxation this seems the wisest. By taxing...

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How the stoicism of Roman philosophers can help us deal with depression

  • Written by Robert S. Colter, Associate Lecturer, Philosophy, University of Wyoming
imageThe statue of Marcus Aurelius Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome.Jeff, CC BY-NC-ND

Depression is on the rise. A study conducted by the World Health Organization found an increase of 20 percent in depression cases within just a decade.

I work on a university campus. One might expect such a place to feel vibrant and energetic, but lately there seems to...

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Nobody reads privacy policies – here's how to fix that

  • Written by Florian Schaub, Assistant Professor of Information; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageMost people don't know what they're agreeing to.Micolas/Shutterstock.com

Have you ever actually read an app’s privacy policy before clicking to accept the terms? What about reading the privacy policy for the website you visit most often? Have you ever read or even noticed the privacy policy posted in your doctor’s waiting room or your...

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Why having the sex talk early and often with your kids is good for them

  • Written by Veronica I. Johnson, Associate Professor, Counselor Education, The University of Montana
imageTalking to your kids about sex is important, even if they don't welcome the conversation. SpeedKingz/Shutterstock.com

Parents may be uncomfortable initiating “the sex talk,” but whether they want to or not, parents teach their kids about sex and sexuality. Kids learn early what a sexual relationship looks like.

Broaching the topic of...

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How the US government created and coddled the gun industry

  • Written by Brian DeLay, Associate Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley
imageA U.S. soldier fires a Colt M16 in Vietnam in 1967.U.S. Army

After Stephen Paddock opened fire on Las Vegas concertgoers on Oct. 1, many people responded with calls for more gun control to help prevent mass shootings and the routine violence ravaging U.S. neighborhoods.

But besides a rare consensus on restricting the availability of so-called bump...

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Economist who helped behavioral 'nudges' go mainstream wins Nobel

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
imageAs a founder of behavioral economics, Thaler has helped change the way economists look at the world. AP Photo/Paul Beaty

The 2017 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to University of Chicago’s Richard Thaler for his work in behavioral economics, which is the integration of economics with psychology.

While the award was not a total...

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Why would the Trump administration ban travel from Chad?

  • Written by Tricia Bacon, Assistant Professor of Justice, Law & Criminology, American University

In September, the Trump administration issued a revised travel ban after conducting a “worldwide review” to determine whether citizens from other countries posed a security or safety threat.

The administration continued to ban citizens from most of the Muslim majority countries sanctioned in the original order – Somalia, Libya,...

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Why Rick Perry's proposed subsidies for coal fail Economics 101

  • Written by Meredith Fowlie, Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
imageDemolishing the coal-fired R.E. Burger Power Station in Shadyside, Ohio, July 29, 2016.PROFirstEnergy Corp., CC BY-ND

In a controversial proposal, Energy Secretary Rick Perry has asked federal regulators to effectively subsidize coal and nuclear power plants at ratepayers’ expense. Under Perry’s proposal, plants that operate in...

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For Native Americans, a river is more than a 'person,' it is also a sacred place

  • Written by Rosalyn R. LaPier, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, The University of Montana
imageColorado River.AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File

The environmental group Deep Green Resistance recently filed a first-of-its-kind legal suit against the state of Colorado asking for personhood rights for the Colorado River.

If successful, it would mean lawsuits can brought on behalf of the river for any harm done to it, as if it were a person.

In the...

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  37. The real reason some people become addicted to drugs
  38. Merkel's challenge: Governing Germany in an age of rising nationalism
  39. Why Pope Francis is reviving a long tradition of local variations in Catholic services
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  42. Worries about spreading Earth microbes shouldn't slow search for life on Mars
  43. Tax 'reform' for the rich: Trump's plan abandons his working-class supporters
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