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LGBTQ people have a troubled relationship with police − new survey shows high rates of harassment, abuse and distrust

  • Written by Stefan Vogler, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageParticipants in the 2023 San Francisco Pride parade show their opposition to law enforcement. Chelsea Guglielmino/Getty Images

The LGBTQ community’s long history with law enforcement is so troubled and violent that organizers at some recent Pride parades decided to ban police from marching in the parade.

Throughout the 20th century, the police...

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Even fictional presidents don’t look like Kamala Harris − although Black men and white women have been represented in the Oval Office

  • Written by Peter Kastor, Professor of History & American Culture Studies, Associate Vice Dean of Research, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
imageThere have been Black presidents and female presidents in movies, but no presidents with Kamala Harris' background.Klaus Hackenberg/The Image Bank/Getty Images

The United States had its first Black president and its first female president over a half-century ago.

They were fictional, they were on screen, their names were Douglass Dilman and Leslie...

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SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy

  • Written by Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Johns Hopkins University
imageElon Musk's ties with Donald Trump could affect how the former president would approach U.S. space policy. Saul Martinez via Getty Images

Elon Musk officially endorsed Donald Trump for president of the United States on July 13, 2024, shortly after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Musk, a billionaire technology entrepreneur, has made...

Read more: SpaceX’s Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president – what this could mean for US space policy

Hotel guests are getting used to refillable shampoos and less housekeeping, study suggests

  • Written by Farhad Tabatabaei, Ph.D. Candidate in Hospitality Business Analytics, University of Delaware
imageToday's hotel guests apparently don't mind making their own beds.Tetra Images via Getty Images

Eco-friendly hotels increasingly are asking guests to forgo daily housekeeping or use their towels more than once. At the same time, hospitality researchers have long assumed that guests find these efforts to promote sustainability inconvenient and undesir...

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International students will offer a big boost to the US economy this back-to-school season

  • Written by Barnet Sherman, Professor, Multinational Finance and Trade, Boston University
imageMove-in day at the University of Southern California attracts students from around the world.Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Of the millions of young adults heading off to college this fall, many will be international students. If trends continue, about 1 million students from around the world will come to the U.S. to pursue...

Read more: International students will offer a big boost to the US economy this back-to-school season

How Ohio schools reduced chronic absenteeism

  • Written by Anthony James, Professor of family science and social work, Miami University
imageOhio educators are encouraged to take a positive approach to school discipline.Maskot / Getty Images

Schools in Ohio, like other schools across the country, are struggling to reduce chronic absenteeism, which spiked during the pandemic. But Ohio may have a head start on dealing with the problem, thanks to a 2018 state law encouraging a positive...

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Wildfires don’t just burn farmland − they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock

  • Written by Andrew J. Whelton, Professor of Civil, Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University
imageA water pipe that was used to carry water to livestock crosses land burned in the Maui fires in August 2023. Andrew Whelton/Purdue University, CC BY-ND

The wildfires that burned across Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 became the deadliest conflagration in the United States in more than a century. While the harm to homes and tourism drew the most...

Read more: Wildfires don’t just burn farmland − they can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops...

JD Vance is no pauper − he’s a classic example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak on behalf of the poor

  • Written by Lennard J. Davis, Distinguished Professor of English, Disability Studies and Medical Education, University of Illinois Chicago
imageRepublican vice presidential nominee JD Vance holds a rally in his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, on July 22, 2024.Luke Sharrett/The Washington Post via Getty Images

JD Vance has climbed to his current position as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, in part, by selling himself as a hillbilly, calling on his Appalachian background to...

Read more: JD Vance is no pauper − he’s a classic example of ‘poornography,’ in which the rich try to speak...

Mammary glands in a dish − what miniature organs reveal about evolution, lactation, regeneration and breast cancer

  • Written by Gat Rauner, Research Assistant Professor of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University
imageThis is an image of a rabbit mammary gland organoid. Organoids are made of stem cells pushed to become specific types of organ cells. Rauner Lab/Tufts University, CC BY-ND

All mammals have mammary glands that produce milk, a feature that has fascinated scientists for many years. Questions such as why mammary glands evolved in the first place, how...

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FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD treatment – a drug researcher explains the challenges psychedelics face

  • Written by Benjamin Y. Fong, Honors Faculty Fellow, Associate Teaching Professor, and Associate Director of the Center for Work & Democracy, Arizona State University
imageA growing body of evidence points to MDMA's therapeutic potential for managing an array of hard-to-treat conditions like PTSD and depression.Antonio Ciufo/Moment via Getty Images

Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics announced on Aug. 9, 2024, that the Food and Drug Administration declined to approve the company’s application for the use of...

Read more: FDA rejects MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD treatment – a drug researcher explains the challenges...

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