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George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ is a story of jazz, race and the fraught notion of America’s melting pot

  • Written by Ryan Raul Bañagale, Associate Professor and Chair of Music, Colorado College
imageIt took George Gershwin just 10 days to pen the American classic.GAB Archive/Redferns via Getty Images

February 12, 1924, was a frigid day in New York City. But that didn’t stop an intrepid group of concertgoers from gathering in midtown Manhattan’s Aeolian Hall for “An Experiment in Modern Music.” The organizer, bandleader P...

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About a third of employees have faced bullying at work – here’s how to recognize and deal with it

  • Written by Jason Walker, Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
imageBullying at work often includes a power imbalance.Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images

The phenomenon of bullying, harassment and sexual abuse in workplaces throughout North America is widespread and harmful to both individuals and organizations. In fact, bullying at work affects up to 30% of workersover time.

As practitionersand researchers who...

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Power outages leave poor communities in the dark longer: Evidence from 15M outages raises questions about recovery times

  • Written by Chuanyi Ji, Associate Professor of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageLow-income communities often have a longer wait for electricity to come back after outages.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

Electricity is essential to just about everyone – rich and poor, old and young. Yet, when severe storms strike, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often wait longest to recover.

That isn’t just a perception.

We...

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The divine matchmaker in Chinese mythology − Old Man Under the Moon − who helps couples find love

  • Written by Megan Bryson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee
imageLooking for love − a store in Huaian, in China's eastern Jiangsu province, selling flowers on Valentine's Day.STR/AFP via Getty Images

In China, people celebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14, but there are at least three holidays and cultural traditions centered on romantic love. A figure that ties together these other holidays is the...

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Synthetic human embryos let researchers study early development while sidestepping ethical and logistical hurdles

  • Written by Min Yang, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington
imageStudying embryogenesis is key to unraveling the mysteries of early life.luismmolina/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Embryonic development, also known as embryogenesis, is a cornerstone in understanding the origins of life. But studying this marvel of intricate and layered biological processes in people faces considerable challenges. Early-stage human...

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Biden’s ‘hard look’ at liquefied natural gas exports raises a critical question: How does natural gas fit with US climate goals?

  • Written by Emily Grubert, Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy Policy, University of Notre Dame
imageA heat exchanger and transfer pipes at Dominion Energy's Cove Point LNG Terminal in Lusby, Md.AP Photo/Cliff Owen

The Biden administration has frozen pending decisions on permit applications to export liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to countries other than U.S. free trade partners. During this pause, which will last for up to 15 months, the...

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Super Bowl party foods can deliver political bite – choose wisely

  • Written by Joshua J. Dyck, Professor & Chair of Political Science; Director of the Center for Public Opinion, UMass Lowell
imageIf you are what you eat, what does that mean for your politics?jenifoto/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Conservative outrage over the presence of a female pop star at professional football games is a sign of how many parts of American life and culture have taken on a partisan political flavor.

Partisanship doesn’t just apply to opinions about the...

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Indonesians head to polls amid concerns over declining democracy, election integrity and vote buying

  • Written by Angguntari Ceria Sari, Lecturer in International Relations, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
imageGearing up for the election.Achmad Ibrahim/Associated Press

In a record year for elections around the world, Indonesia’s Feb. 14, 2024, vote is set to be one of the largest – and it will be one of the sternest tests for democracy’s progress.

Voters are expected to turn out in record numbers to choose between some 20,000 national,...

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Michigan mother convicted of manslaughter for school shootings by her son – after buying him a gun and letting him keep it unsecured

  • Written by Thaddeus Hoffmeister, Professor of Law, University of Dayton
imageJennifer Crumbley enters the Michigan courtroom during her trial on involuntary manslaughter charges on Feb. 5, 2024.Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

In a decision expected to have far-reaching implications for the criminal responsibility of parents of mass shooters, a Michigan jury on Feb. 6, 2024, convicted Jennifer Crumbley on charges of involuntary...

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More than 78 ‘friends’ of the Supreme Court offer advice on the 14th Amendment and Trump’s eligibility

  • Written by Wayne Unger, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
imageUS President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images)

Members of the U.S. Capitol Police targeted with “brutal violence” on Jan. 6, 2021, 25 historians of the U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction, the San Francisco Taxpayers...

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  1. Trump was not king and can be prosecuted for crimes committed while president: Appeals court places limits on immunity
  2. Supreme Court heads into uncharted, dangerous territory as it considers Trump insurrection case
  3. Dietary supplements and protein powders fall under a ‘wild west’ of unregulated products that necessitate caveats and caution
  4. Dietary supplements and protein powders fall under a ‘wild west’ of products that necessitate caveats and caution
  5. Black travelers want authentic engagement, not checkboxes
  6. Driving the best possible bargain now isn’t the best long-term strategy, according to game theory
  7. Peer review isn’t perfect − I know because I teach others how to do it and I’ve seen firsthand how it comes up short
  8. A two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians might actually be closer than ever
  9. AI helps students skip right to the good stuff in this intro programming course
  10. Perils of pet poop – so much more than just unsightly and smelly, it can spread disease
  11. Self-extinguishing batteries could reduce the risk of deadly and costly battery fires
  12. From rebel to retail − inside Bob Marley’s posthumous musical and merchandising empire
  13. It’s the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac − associated with good fortune, wisdom and success
  14. Black communities are using mapping to document and restore a sense of place
  15. Enemy collaboration in occupied Ukraine evokes painful memories in Europe – and the response risks a rush to vigilante justice
  16. Why Elon Musk’s ‘self-driving’ of Tesla’s board and its decision to pay him $56B collided with the law – and what happens next
  17. Why do people and animals need to breathe? A biologist explains why you need a constant source of oxygen
  18. What do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics of how to interpret them
  19. Studying lake deposits in Idaho could give scientists insight into ancient traces of life on Mars
  20. Lunar science is entering a new active phase, with commercial launches of landers that will study solar wind and peer into the universe’s dark ages
  21. Amid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus of this anthropology course
  22. Race is already a theme of the 2024 presidential election – continuing an American tradition
  23. US raids in Iraq and Syria: How retaliatory airstrikes affect network of Iran-backed militias
  24. US launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria − a national security expert explains the message they send
  25. El período colonial de América Latina fue mucho menos católico de lo que parece, a pesar de los intentos de la Inquisición de controlar la religión
  26. Los carteles de ‘No se acepta efectivo’ son una mala noticia para millones de estadounidenses sin cuenta bancaria
  27. Biden is campaigning against the Lost Cause and the ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina
  28. An independent commission is racing to redraw Detroit’s voting maps under a federal court order − but the change may not elect more Black candidates
  29. From throwing soup to suing governments, there’s strategy to climate activism’s seeming chaos − here’s where it’s headed next
  30. Training an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog − but not your frog − can be punished
  31. A former federal judge explains what it’s like to be on the bench in a high-profile trial like those involving Donald Trump’s criminal charges
  32. Does Trump actually have to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll? Not immediately, at least
  33. How can I get ice off my car? An engineer who studies airborne particles shares some quick and easy techniques
  34. Orbital resonance − the striking gravitational dance done by planets with aligning orbits
  35. Students with disabilities often left on the sidelines when it comes to school sports
  36. Billy Joel is back for an encore − but why did he wait so long to turn the lights back on?
  37. Why Taylor Swift is an antihero to the GOP − but Democrats should know all too well that her endorsement won’t mean it’s all over now
  38. 3 years on from coup, economic sanctions look unlikely to push Myanmar back to democracy
  39. Funding for refugees has long been politicized − punitive action against UNRWA and Palestinians fits that pattern
  40. Are social media apps ‘dangerous products’? 2 scholars explain how the companies rely on young users but fail to protect them
  41. Republicans and Democrats consider each other immoral – even when treated fairly and kindly by the opposition
  42. AI can help − and hurt − student creativity
  43. The last days of Woodrow Wilson
  44. Why treason is a key topic in Trump’s 14th Amendment appeal to the Supreme Court
  45. Supreme Court word-count limits for lawyers, explained in 1,026 words
  46. Norman Jewison’s ‘Rollerball’ depicted a world in which corporations controlled all information – is this dystopian vision becoming reality?
  47. Suicide has reached epidemic proportions in the US − yet medical students still don’t receive adequate training to treat suicidal patients
  48. With the economy looking bright enough, the Federal Reserve seems content to play the waiting game
  49. Super Bowl ads: It’s getting harder for commercials to score with consumers
  50. More than a year after the death of an environmental activist, questions remain on the dangerousness of the Stop Cop City movement near Atlanta