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Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s white Christian nationalism

  • Written by Tobin Miller Shearer, Professor of History and African-American Studies, University of Montana
imageA group of teenagers marching during a civil rights rally. Bettman via Getty Images

Fifty-eight years ago in the summer of 1966, a group of Black church leaders took out a full-page advertisement in The New York Times titled “Black Power.” Their densely worded statement called on national leaders, “white churchmen,” Black...

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Kamala Harris’ purported Irish ancestry highlights complicated backstory of identity and enslavement

  • Written by Christine Kinealy, Director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute, Quinnipiac University
imageIf elected -- and her father's account of the family's history is correct -- Kamala Harris would become the 24th U.S. president of Irish heritageOlivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

When Barack Obama was elected president, the people of Moneygall in Ireland celebrated. Birthplace of Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather on his white...

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Yellow food dye can make living tissue transparent − these methods could one day improve cancer treatment, blood draws and even tattoo removal

  • Written by Guosong Hong, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University
imageA dye called FD&C Yellow 5 could have some useful scientific properties. Noppawat Tom Charoensinphon/Moment via Getty Images

Why isn’t your body transparent? Some animals such as jellyfish, zebra fish and some glass frogs have see-through bodies. But most mammals, including humans, aren’t transparent.

While the idea of a transparent...

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US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government benefits declined and food prices soared

  • Written by Michael Long, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Insecurity and Inequality Research, Oklahoma State University
imageWhen grocery prices rise, it's harder to fill your shopping cart.Gri-spb/iStock via Getty Images PlusimageCC BY-ND

The official U.S. food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 from 12.8% in 2022, according to data the U.S. Department of Agriculture released on Sept. 4, 2024. That means more than 1 in 8 Americans – about 47 million people –...

Read more: US food insecurity rate rose to 13.5% in 2023 as government benefits declined and food prices soared

El alegre léxico de la lengua española puede ayudar a resolver un misterio de salud llamado la paradoja hispana

  • Written by Maria Magdalena Llabre, Professor of Psychology, University of Miami
imageLas pistas para resolver la paradoja han surgido de un lugar poco probable.Jose Luis Pelaez/Stone via Getty Images

A principios de diciembre de 2021, estuve viendo a un fisioterapeuta por una lesión de hombro. Durante una de mis visitas, el fisioterapeuta se alternaba entre mí y otro paciente en una cama contigua, que tenía una...

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Oil and gas communities are a blind spot in America’s climate and economic policies

  • Written by Noah Kaufman, Senior Research Scholar in Climate Economics, Columbia University
imageSeveral rural communities in the western U.S. rely heavily on the fossil fuel industry.AP Photo/David Zalubowski

On a recent visit to Rangely, a small town in northwest Colorado, my colleagues and I met with the administrators of a highly regarded community college to discuss the town’s economy. Leaving the scenic campus, we saw families...

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Guilt over kids’ screen time is common, uncomfortable and can stress family relationships − but it can have a silver lining

  • Written by Robin Nabi, Professor of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara
imageScreen time can be a major point of contention for parents and children.Fertnig/E+ via Getty Images

What parent hasn’t been there? It’s been a long day, you still have dinner to make, maybe lunches for tomorrow too, and you just don’t have the energy to wrangle your kids into a new art project or plead with them to pick up a book.

I...

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Harris campaign tries to beat Trump at his own game − ridicule

  • Written by Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
imageKamala Harris laughs at Donald Trump during her convention speech on Aug. 22, 2024.Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images

In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed her opponent, former President Donald Trump – not with scorn or outright condemnation but, as columnist Peter...

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Utilities rely on dirty ‘peaker’ plants when power demand surges, but there are alternatives

  • Written by Akshaya Jha, Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
imageKearny Generating Station, a former coal-fired baseload power plant, now a gas-fired peaker, on the Hackensack River in New Jersey.Jim Henderson/Wikipedia, CC BY

The U.S. is nearing the end of one of its hottest summers on record. Across the nation, heat waves have driven peak electricity demand on some days to levels far exceeding seasonal averages...

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As a high school teacher and as governor, Tim Walz has tapped the power of geographic information systems, or GIS, to solve complex problems

  • Written by Marcia Moreno Báez, Research professor of geospatial technology, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageGov. Tim Walz has been a champion of geographic information systems.Anadolu via Getty Images

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz first learned about geographic information systems, or GIS, as a high school geography teacher in the 1990s, he didn’t need much convincing about how useful it would be.

“I said to my colleagues, ‘This is going...

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  10. Humans infecting animals infecting humans − from COVID-19 to bird flu, preventing pandemics requires protecting all species
  11. How HIV/AIDS got its name − the words Americans used for the crisis were steeped in science, stigma and religious language
  12. ‘Social profit orientation’ can help companies and nonprofits alike do more good in the world
  13. Poor people are business owners, too – but myths around poverty and entrepreneurship hold them back
  14. What is the Shroud of Turin and why is there so much controversy around it?
  15. Chip that steers terahertz beams sets stage for ultrafast internet of the future
  16. Domesticating horses had a huge impact on human society − new science rewrites where and when it first happened
  17. 7 years after genocide, plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is exacerbated by camp violence
  18. How one 83-year-old fell into a fraudster’s fear bubble – and how gift cards played a key role
  19. In the face of DEI backlash, belonging plays a key role to future success
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  21. African immigrant students draw on family and community strengths in quest for college
  22. Putin’s visit to Mongolia defies ICC warrant and tests neutral nation’s ‘third neighbor’ diplomacy
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  29. Apps, 911 services and mobile phones don’t offset deadly consequences of more restrictive border policies
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