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The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they've left behind

  • Written by Beth Saunders, Curator and Head of Special Collections and Gallery, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageLewis Wickes Hine, 'A little spinner in a Georgia Cotton Mill, 1909.'Gelatin silver print, 5 x 7 in. The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (P545), CC BY-SA

At the University of Maryland, Baltimore County’s Special Collections, where I am head curator, we’ve recently completed a major digitization and...

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'From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma' – a college course explores nature's medicine cabinet and different ways of healing

  • Written by Heather McIlvaine-Newsad, Professor of Anthropology, Western Illinois University
imagePeople for millennia have used what grows around them as medicine.LorenzoT81/iStock via Getty Images Plusimage

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

Title of course:

“From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma”

What prompted the idea for the course?

I’m from the...

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Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?

  • Written by Yasmin Moll, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
imageJewelry of the kandake Amanishakheto from a pyramid at Meroe.Einsamer Schütze/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Jada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African queens. “We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as...

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Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals

  • Written by Marlaine Figueroa Gray, Assistant Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, University of Washington
imageFacing a blank page can be an exercise in courage. stellalevi/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on the deep need that people feel for human touch and connection in hospital settings. Having relatives peering through windows at their loved ones or unable to enter hospitals altogether exacerbated the lack of...

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Millions of women are working during menopause, but US law isn't clear on employees' rights or employers' obligations

  • Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageHot flashes can happen anywhere, including at work.Aleksei Morozov/iStock via Getty Images Plus

While she was interviewing Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler in March 2023, Drew Barrymore suddenly exclaimed: “I’m so hot … I think I’m having my first hot flash!”

She took off her blazer and fanned herself dramatically.

Whi...

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El Niño is back – that's good news or bad news, depending on where you live

  • Written by Bob Leamon, Associate Research Scientist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageWarm water along the equator off South America signals an El Niño, like this one in 2016.NOAA

El Niño is officially here, and while it’s still weak right now, federal forecasters expect this global disrupter of worldwide weather patterns to gradually strengthen.

That may sound ominous, but El Niño – Spanish for...

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Do federal or state prosecutors get to go first in trying Trump? A law professor untangles the conflict

  • Written by Darryl K. Brown, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imageFormer President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in New Hampshire on April 27, 2023.Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

A federal grand jury in Florida indicted former President Donald Trump on June 8, 2023, on multiple criminal charges related to classified documents he took from the White House to his home in Mar-a-Lago,...

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Pat Robertson's lasting influence on American politics: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Senior Religion + Ethics Editor
imagePat Robertson speaks at the Christian Coalition's annual meeting on Sept. 9, 1995, in Washington, D.C.Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Televangelist Pat Robertson, who died at the age of 93 on June 8, 2023, was a familiar face on television for many conservative Christians, attracting a million viewers each day on his flagship show,...

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Overcrowded trains serve as metaphor for India in Western eyes – but they are a relic of colonialism and capitalism

  • Written by Ritika Prasad, Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
imageBy the end of the 19th century, railways were being used by millions across India.Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

A devastating rail crash that left almost 300 people dead has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the lives of Indians.

Indeed, to many Western observers, images of men and women crammed into...

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Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

  • Written by Mark Satta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
imageA drag show in Nashville, Tenn., during Day One of Nashville Pride 2022. Mickey Bernal/Getty Images

The drag shows will go on. At least for now.

On June 2, 2023, Judge Thomas Parker, a Trump-appointed federal district court judge in western Tennessee, ruled that Tennessee’s “Adult Entertainment Act” violated the First...

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  3. Republicans' anti-ESG attack may be silencing insurers, but it isn’t changing their pro-climate business decisions
  4. WHO's recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss leaves many questions unanswered
  5. Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn't do
  6. Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil
  7. What is incorruptibility? A scholar of Catholic worship explains
  8. Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity's board in a SWAT-team raid is highly unusual and could be unconstitutional
  9. Cost and lack of majors are among the top reasons why students leave for-profit colleges
  10. Messi is heading to the US as Saudi Arabia kicks off bidding war with MLS for aging soccer stars
  11. Oklahoma OKs the nation's first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow
  12. Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling
  13. Forts Cavazos, Barfoot and Liberty — new names for army bases honor new heroes and lasting values, instead of Confederates who lost a war
  14. Brain tumors are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline
  15. Mounting research documents the harmful effects of social media use on mental health, including body image and development of eating disorders
  16. Mike Pence is jockeying against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination – joining the ranks of just one vice president who, in 1800, also ran against a former boss
  17. The ugly side of beauty: Chemicals in cosmetics threaten college-age women's reproductive health
  18. Why insurance companies are pulling out of California and Florida, and how to fix some of the underlying problems
  19. Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it's the Olmecs who are the 'mother culture' of ancient Mesoamerica
  20. This course studies NGOs aiming to help countries recover from mass atrocities and to prevent future violence
  21. Peaches are a minor part of Georgia's economy, but they're central to its mythology
  22. Nearly 20% of the cultural differences between societies boil down to ecological factors – new research
  23. Kakhovka dam breach: 3 essential reads on what it means for Ukraine's infrastructure, beleaguered nuclear plant and future war plans
  24. UK PM Sunak visits Washington to strengthen ties, watch baseball – having already struck out on trade deal
  25. US, Chinese warships' near miss in Taiwan Strait hints at ongoing troubled diplomatic waters, despite chatter about talks
  26. Changing wild animals' behavior could help save them – but is it ethical?
  27. Political compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutions
  28. Scientists' political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public's trust in science
  29. Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ's Great Society – affirmative action
  30. Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
  31. Blockchain is a key technology – a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
  32. 3 ways to use ChatGPT to help students learn -- and not cheat
  33. Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and other threats to sea life
  34. A community can gentrify without losing its identity -- examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works
  35. Several Down syndrome features may be linked to a hyperactive antiviral immune response – new research
  36. How building more backyard homes, granny flats and in-law suites can help alleviate the housing crisis
  37. Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health concern – researchers are studying how it causes cancer
  38. Is there life in the sea that hasn't been discovered?
  39. How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it
  40. Sudan’s war is wrecking a lot, including its central bank – a legacy of trailblazing African American economist and banker Andrew Brimmer
  41. Saying that students embrace censorship on college campuses is incorrect -- here's how to discuss the issue more constructively
  42. Baseless anti-trans claims fuel adoption of harmful laws – two criminologists explain
  43. Birth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust
  44. Charities can get a 6% donations boost when Charity Navigator gives them more stars – but to get there, they might game the system
  45. Judging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges – and possibly the federal judiciary, too
  46. How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy
  47. The allure of the ad-lib: New research identifies why people prefer spontaneity in entertainment
  48. Moldova is trying to join the EU, but it will have a hard time breaking away from Russia's orbit
  49. Work requirements don't work for domestic violence survivors – but Michigan data shows they rarely get waivers they should receive for cash assistance
  50. How do credit scores work? 2 finance professors explain how lenders choose who gets loans and at what interest rate