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Amid growing legalization, cannabis in culture and politics is the focus of this anthropology course

  • Written by Hillary Jeanne Haldane, Professor of Anthropology, Quinnipiac University
imageLaws that govern cannabis use are changing across the nation.Darren415 via Getty Imagesimage

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Anthropology of Cannabis

What prompted the idea for the course?

Whenever I taught my medical anthropology course, I noticed that...

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Race is already a theme of the 2024 presidential election – continuing an American tradition

  • Written by Marjorie Hershey, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
imageDonald Trump's increasingly anti-immigrant campaign is steeped in race. Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images

I imagine that lots of people won’t like this article. They’ll feel attacked. They’ll feel it’s unfair. The depth of that response will show just how deeply rooted American politics is, and has always been, in...

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US raids in Iraq and Syria: How retaliatory airstrikes affect network of Iran-backed militias

  • Written by Sara Harmouch, PhD Candidate, School of Public Affairs, American University
imageThe headquarters of an Iranian-linked group in Anbar, Iraq was among the sites targeted by U.S. bombers.Hashd al-Shaabi Media Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

U.S. bombers struck dozens of sites across Iraq and Syria on Feb. 2, 2024, to avenge a drone attack that killed three American service members just days earlier.

The retaliatory strikes...

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US launches retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria − a national security expert explains the message they send

  • Written by Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of Practice in International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imagePresident Joe Biden attends the arrival of the remains of three U.S. service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan.Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

The United States mounted more than 125 retaliatory strikes against Iranian forces and Iranian-backed militias at seven military sites in Iraq and Syria on Feb. 2, 2024, after a drone strike ki...

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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

  • Written by Diego Javier Luis, Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University
imageCeremonia de castigo por herejía, llamada "auto de fe", en el pueblo de San Bartolomé Otzolotepec, en el actual México.Museo Nacional de Arte/Wikimedia Commons

Uno de los mitos más extendidos sobre la sociedad colonial latinoamericana es que era católica y punto.

Es una historia conocida: Según cuentan los...

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Los carteles de ‘No se acepta efectivo’ son una mala noticia para millones de estadounidenses sin cuenta bancaria

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Clinical Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University

¿Cuánta gente no tiene una cuenta bancaria? ¿Y hasta qué punto es difícil vivir sin una?

Estas preguntas son cada vez más importantes a medida que más comercios se niegan a aceptar efectivoen ciudades de todo EE.UU. Las personas sin cuenta bancaria se ven excluidas de tiendas y restaurantes que se...

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Biden is campaigning against the Lost Cause and the ‘poison’ of white supremacy in South Carolina

  • Written by Joseph Patrick Kelly, Professor of Literature and Director of Irish and Irish American Studies, College of Charleston
imagePresident Joe Biden at Mother Emanuel AME Church in South Carolina on Jan. 8, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

In the blur of breaking news, one of President Joe Biden’s first speeches of the 2024 campaign was given in South Carolina and has already been mostly forgotten in the ongoing coverage of the state’s democratic primary on...

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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

  • Written by Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University

A panel of three federal judges ruled on Dec. 21, 2023, that a few state House and Senate legislative maps drawn by an independent Michigan commission violate the Voting Rights Act. Their ruling, which is currently under appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, says the maps dilute Black voting power in 13 Detroit area legislative districts and those...

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From throwing soup to suing governments, there’s strategy to climate activism’s seeming chaos − here’s where it’s headed next

  • Written by Shannon Gibson, Associate Professor of International Relations and Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Climate activism has been on a wild ride lately, from the shock tactics of young activists throwing soup on famous paintings to a surge in climate lawsuits by savvy plaintiffs.

While some people consider disruptive “antics” like attacking museum artwork with food to be confusing and alienating for the public, research into social...

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Training an animal? An ethicist explains how and why your dog − but not your frog − can be punished

  • Written by Jon Garthoff, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tennessee
imageOnly one of these guys deserves to be in timeout.Wild Horse Photography/Moment via Getty Images

People talk to their pets every day: offering praise when they’re good, reassurance when they’re confused and affection when they’re cuddling. We also speak to animals when they misbehave. “Why did you do that?” someone...

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