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A long-running immigration problem: The government sometimes detains and deports US citizens

  • Written by Cassandra Burke Robertson, Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Professional Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
Entering a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Florida.AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

We are law professors who have studied civil litigation involving citizenship disputes and thousands of cases involving citizens caught up in immigration cases.

That includes the U.S. citizens who have been accidentally swept up in the...

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Hong Kong protests continue as China asserts more control over the island territory

  • Written by Kelly Chernin, Research Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University

It’s a tradition for people in Hong Kong to protest on July 1, the anniversary of the day in 1997 when the Chinese took over control of the territory from the British.

This year, the protests were likely the largest in Hong Kong history, and smaller protests continued days later.

On July 1, several dozen protesters out of a crowd of maybe a...

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Why I made an app to document the seclusion and restraint of special education students

  • Written by Gabriela Marcu, Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan
A research assistant demonstrates an app designed to document what takes place in special education classrooms.Gabriela Marcu, Author provided

School districts are failing to accurately report when their most vulnerable students are being physically restrained or secluded. That’s according to a June 2019 report from the Government...

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Without parking, thousands of Americans who live in vehicles have nowhere to go

  • Written by Graham Pruss, Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Washington
Without off-street space, vehicle residents crowd available public parking in Seattle. May 8, 2016.Graham Pruss, CC BY-NC-ND

My neighbor, Billy, has lived for 17 years in a 20-foot-long recreational vehicle parked within a mostly industrial, but now gentrifying, neighborhood in Seattle.

A 68-year-old former carpet layer and handyman, Billy says he...

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Roberts rules: The 2 most important Supreme Court decisions this year were about fair elections and the chief justice

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The Supreme Court is on summer vacation, but because of John Roberts, they may have to come back.AP/J. Scott Applewhite

The week before Independence Day, Chief Justice John Roberts gave the United States two extraordinary rulings on the nature of American democracy. Both cases are about fair elections, and both outcomes are all about John Roberts.

Th...

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So far cultured meat has been burgers – the next big challenge is animal-free steaks

  • Written by Natalie R. Rubio, Cellular Agriculture PhD Candidate, Tufts University
Meat of the future might be quite different from meat of the past.Stanley Kubrick, photographer, LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ6-2352., CC BY-ND

The meat you eat, if you’re a carnivore, comes from animal muscles. But animals are composed of a lot more than just muscle. They...

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How indigenous women revolutionized Bolivian wrestling

  • Written by Nell Haynes, Assistant Teaching Professor, Georgetown University

Though wrestling is widely regarded as the world’s oldest sport, women have only recently gained a foothold.

And even then, they’ve done so while facing tremendousdiscrimination and resistance from organizers, other wrestlers and fans.

This is certainly true in competitive Olympic forms of wrestling. But it’s also been the case for...

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Confused about what to eat? Science can help

  • Written by P.K. Newby, Scientist, Science Communicator, and Author, Harvard University
Science can help you decide which diet works best for you.wavebreakmedia/shutterstock.com

Do you feel like nutritionists are always changing their minds? Do you want science-based information about diet but don’t know whom or what to believe?

If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone: More than 80% of Americans are befuddled....

 

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What is personalized learning and why is it so controversial? 5 questions answered

  • Written by Penny Bishop, Associate Dean and Professor of Middle Level Education, University of Vermont
More schools are plopping students in front of computer screens for 'personalized learning.' What are the drawbacks?wavebreakmedia/www.Shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: The term “personalized learning” is becoming more common. Indeed, 39 states mention personalized learning in their school improvement plans, as required by the Every...

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High-value opportunities exist to restore tropical rainforests around the world – here's how we mapped them

  • Written by Robin Chazdon, Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
Forest restoration is underway in Biliran, Leyte, Philippines led by the local community with support from international researchers and government agencies. Robin Chazdon, CC BY-ND

The green belt of tropical rainforests that covers equatorial regions of the Americas, Africa, Indonesia and Southeast Asia is turning brown. Since 1990, Indonesia has...

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