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American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to put their remains to rest

  • Written by Diana Blaine, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageLifeGem is a company that extracts carbon from cremated human remains and transforms it into diamonds to remember loved ones. Handout/LifeGem via Getty Images

Death may be inevitable and universal, but the ways people deal with it most certainly are not. Whether doing Tibetan Buddhist sky burials, attending a graveside service dressed in black or...

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Language induces an identity crisis for the children and grandchildren of Latino immigrants

  • Written by Amelia Tseng, Assistant Professor in Spanish and Linguistics, American University
imageMany second- and third-generation Latinos feel insecure about their Spanish-speaking abilities.Shaul Schwarz, Verbatim/Getty Images for Be Vocal

A young Latina mother I was interviewing once laughed uncomfortably as she described her sons’ embarrassment when put on the spot by older Latinos.

They would speak to her sons in Spanish, before...

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3 reasons the House GOP is not any more dysfunctional than the Democrats − even after the prolonged speaker chaos

  • Written by David R. Jones, Professor of Political Science, Baruch College, CUNY
imageTabulating votes during one of the many ballots held by House Republicans to choose a speaker.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File

For many observers, a key takeaway from the recent leadership struggle in the U.S. House is that Democrats skillfully manage their caucus while Republicans are uniquelydysfunctional.

This claim is based in large part on a c...

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Young, female voters were the key to defeating populists in Poland's election – providing a blueprint to reverse democracy's decline

  • Written by Patrice McMahon, Professor of Political Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
imageDonald Tusk looks set to lead the governing coalition, in large part thanks to female voters.Omar Marques/Getty Images

The results of Poland’s parliamentary elections held on Oct. 15, 2023, have been lauded as a blow against populism – and they may also hold important lessons for reversing democracy’s decline.

In the vote, the...

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Are journalists serving Virginia's voters well? Election could offer insights on media on national level

  • Written by Jeff South, Associate professor emeritus, Journalism, Virginia Commonwealth University
imageVirginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin gives a thumbs-up during an Economic Club of Washington event on Sept. 26, 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As Virginia holds elections on Nov. 7, 2023, to fill all 140 seats in the state legislature, the results will likely offer insights on the nation’s political pulse. Voters’ preferences for...

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Trump’s violent rhetoric echoes the fascist commitment to a destructive and bloody rebirth of society

  • Written by Mark R. Reiff, Research Affiliate in Legal and Political Philosophy, University of California, Davis
imageDonald Trump attends his civil fraud trial in New York City on Oct. 25, 2023. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump’s rhetoric has regularly bordered on the incitement of violence. Lately, however, it has become even more violent. Yet both the press and the public have largely just shrugged their shoulders.

As a...

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From India and Taiwan to Tibet, the living assist the dead in their passage

  • Written by Liz Wilson, Professor of Comparative Religion, Miami University
imageHindu devotees prepare to scatter ashes of the deceased into the sea as part of Ngaben, a mass cremation ceremony, in Surabaya, Indonesia.Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images

Many people see death as a rite of a passage: a journey to some new place, or a threshold between two kinds of being. Zoroastrians believe that there is a bridge of judgment tha...

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Workplace discrimination saps everyone's motivation − even if it works in your favor

  • Written by Brent Simpson, Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
imageIf your boss is biased, this is a logical response.Robert Daly/OJO Images via Getty Images

When people work for discriminatory managers, they put in less effort. That’s true both when managers are biased against them and when they’re biased in their favor, according to a new paper that Nicholas Heiserman of Oklahoma State University and...

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How Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor became Halloween's theme song

  • Written by Megan Sarno, Assistant Professor of Music, University of Texas at Arlington
imageIn Bach's era, the pipe organ was one of the world's most technologically advanced instruments.Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis via Getty Images

Imagine a grand house on a hill, after dark on an autumn night. As the door opens, an organ pierces through the thick silence and echoes through the cavernous halls.

The tune that comes to many minds will be...

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Jewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief and fear

  • Written by Dov Waxman, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
imageA house in a kibbutz In Be'eri, Israel, was the scene of part of the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023.Amir Levy/Getty Images

In the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the Israeli military response, Jewish people in Israel and around the world have, at times, been posting on social media or otherwise saying publicly that...

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  1. Collaborative water management can be a building block for peace between Israelis and Palestinians
  2. Palestinian Christians and Muslims have lived together in the region for centuries − and several were killed recently while sheltering in the historic Church of Saint Porphyrius
  3. Day of the Dead is taking on Halloween traditions, but the sacred holiday is far more than a 'Mexican Halloween'
  4. In the Israel-Hamas war, children are the ultimate pawns – and ultimate victims
  5. This course uses big data to examine how American newspapers covered lynchings
  6. United Auto Workers union hails strike-ending deals with automakers that would raise top assembly-plant hourly pay to more than $40 as 'record contracts'
  7. Violent and disturbing war images from the Mideast can stir deep emotions − a PTSD expert explains how to protect yourself and your kids from overexposure
  8. Louisiana's 'In God We Trust' law tests limits of religion in public schools
  9. White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments
  10. How to deal with visual misinformation circulating in the Israel-Hamas war and other conflicts
  11. Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements
  12. Why Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most 'authentic' social media platform
  13. A Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers
  14. AIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these 'artificial persons' follow the law
  15. 'I see no happy ending' − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation
  16. Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents
  17. UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza
  18. I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors
  19. To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature
  20. Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment
  21. Turkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its 'middleman strategy' and pick a side on the war in Ukraine
  22. FDA advisory panel's conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds
  23. How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth
  24. New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority
  25. When communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a 'temporary' solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality
  26. Polls have value, even when they are wrong
  27. Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes
  28. What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
  29. Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
  30. From morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent
  31. Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria
  32. TCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land
  33. Are ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
  34. Let the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media's crisis of legitimacy
  35. The Rio Grande isn't just a border – it's a river in crisis
  36. Backlash to the oil CEO leading the UN climate summit overlooks his ambitious agenda for COP28 – and concerns of the Global South
  37. Space rocks and asteroid dust are pricey, but these aren't the most expensive materials used in science
  38. How 'La Catrina' became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead
  39. Hot-button topics may get public attention at the Vatican synod, but a more fundamental issue for the Catholic Church is at the heart of debate
  40. GOP's House paralysis is a crisis in a time of crises
  41. The Israel-Hamas war deepens the struggle between US and Iran for influence in the Middle East
  42. Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom
  43. A layered lake is a little like Earth’s early oceans − and lets researchers explore how oxygen built up in our atmosphere billions of years ago
  44. Key Trump co-defendants accept plea deals – a legal expert explains what that means
  45. For the Osage Nation, the betrayal of the murders depicted in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' still lingers
  46. How much time do kids spend on devices – playing games, watching videos, texting and using the phone?
  47. Hezbollah alone will decide whether Lebanon − already on the brink of collapse − gets dragged into Israel-Hamas war
  48. Delivering aid during war is tricky − here’s what to know about what Gaza relief operations may face
  49. New research helps explain why Indian girls appear to be less engaged in politics than Indian boys
  50. A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women's fight to remake labor laws