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Why Trump's tweets on Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib go into the heart of American Jewish politics

  • Written by Noam Pianko, Professor, University of Washington
President Trump recently pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to block the entry of two congresswomen to Israel.AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File

President Trump recently asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deny entry to two Democratic congresswomen planning to visit Israel. Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, Trump...

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These college rankings focus on schools that help students get ahead

  • Written by Robert Kelchen, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
Some college rankings focus on how students fare after graduation.Syda Productions/Shutterstock.com

The Abstract features interesting research and the people behind it.

Robert Kelchen, a scholar of higher education, oversees the college rankings at Washington Monthly. The magazine’s rankings are meant to provide an alternative to the more...

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Examining a video's changes over time helps flag deepfakes

  • Written by Wael Abd-Almageed, Research Team Lead and Senior Scientist, Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California
Big changes from one frame to the next can signal trouble.Jesse Milan/Flickr, CC BY

It used to be that only Hollywood production companies with deep pockets and teams of skilled artists and technicians could make deepfake videos, realistic fabrications appearing to show people doing and saying things they never actually did or said. Not anymore...

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Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America?

  • Written by Jonathan Coopersmith, Professor of History, Texas A&M University
In Asia, umbrellas are commonly used as a form of sun protection.AP Photo/Kin Cheung

Many of us apply sunscreen when we go to the beach. But walking outside under the fierce summer sun – even if it’s to run a quick errand – can be taxing: We sweat, we get exhausted, we burn and we expose ourselves to dangerous UV rays.

In Asian...

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Feral pigs harm wildlife and biodiversity as well as crops

  • Written by Marcus Lashley, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Mississippi State University
Wild boar in a swamp in Slidell, Louisiana.AP Photo/Rebecca Santana

They go by many names – pigs, hogs, swine, razorbacks – but whatever you call them, feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are one of the most damaging invasive species in North America. They cause millions of dollars in crop damage yearly and harbor dozens of pathogens that threaten...

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Amazon fires are destructive, but they aren't depleting Earth's oxygen supply

  • Written by Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
Fire consumes an area near Jaci Parana, state of Rondonia, Brazil, Aug. 24, 2019.AP Photo/Eraldo Peres

Fires in the Amazon rainforest have captured attention worldwide in recent days. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who took office in 2019, pledged in his campaign to reduce environmental protection and increase agricultural development in the...

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Democrats turn a venerable legal tool into a declaration of war

  • Written by Austin Sarat, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
The Supreme Court in JuneAP/J. Scott Applewhite

Legal briefs, in even the most high profile cases, rarely make headlines. They are technical documents intended to persuade judges in a case about particular points of law.

In American law schools, students now take courses to help them master the arcane genre of brief writing. Their persuasiveness dep...

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Poland invites nationalism in its commemoration of WWII by moving location and inviting Trump

  • Written by Rebecca M. Townsend, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Hartford
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Piłsudski Square, Warsaw. Rebecca M. Townsend

Every year, Poland commemorates where World War II broke out on Sept. 1, 1939: the Baltic Seacoast peninsula of Westerplatte in Gdańsk in the precise spot and time, 4:45 a.m., where German ships opened fire on Poland.

It will be different this year.

For the 80th...

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Catholic Church sex abuse: The difference a Pennsylvania grand jury made in lives of survivors

  • Written by Brian Clites, Instructor and Associate Director, Case Western Reserve University
The Pennsylvania grand jury report may have played a role in helping survivors come to grips with their past.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

It has been one year since the Pennsylvania grand jury report named 300 sexually abusive Roman Catholic priests in the state. After an 18-month investigation, the grand jury concluded that “over one thousand child...

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Setting the historical record straight for the critics of The New York Times project on slavery in America

  • Written by Kelley Fanto Deetz, Lecturer in American Studies, University of Virginia
Screen Shot of the New York Times homepage for its series, "1619."New York Times

Four hundred years after the event, the New York Times has published a special project focusing on the first Africans arriving in 1619 at Point Comfort, Virginia, and the legacy of slavery in the U.S.

“No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been...

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