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One likely winner of the World Cup? Putin

  • Written by Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev watch the action during the match between Russia and Saudi Arabia that opened the 2018 World Cup.Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

Half a million soccer fans will head to Russia to watch their national teams compete in the FIFA World Cup. Billions more...

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Why New York state is suing the Trumps: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Megan Tompkins-Stange, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Eric, Don Jr., Ivanka and Donald TrumpAP Photo/Evan Vucci

Editor’s note: New York state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood is suing Donald Trump’s foundation and its board of directors over an alleged “pattern of persistent illegal conduct.” Megan Tompkins-Stange, a University of Michigan public policy professor, explains...

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How can a baby have 3 parents?

  • Written by Jennifer Barfield, Assistant Professor, Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Colorado State University
By Fakhrul Najmi

It seems impossible, right? We have been taught from the time we were young that babies are made when a sperm and an egg come together, and the DNA from these two cells combine to make a unique individual with half the DNA from the mother and half from the father. So how can there be a third person involved in this process?

To...

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Puerto Ricans don't trust official information on Hurricane Maria

  • Written by Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Assistant Teaching Professor in Sociology, Pennsylvania State University

On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, destroying the power grid as well as most of the communications structure. In some cases, it took more than five days for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. to hear about their loved ones. In the case of Debora Pérez, a woman who lost her stepfather due to the hurricane, it took more...

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Why domestic abuse and anti-gay violence qualify as persecution in asylum law

  • Written by Sabi Ardalan, Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Law School, Harvard University

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently upended decades of U.S. legal precedent by asserting that women fleeing domestic violence will not generally qualify for asylum. To do so, he challenged the principle that women victims of domestic violence are members of a “particular social group.”

This phrase – “particular social...

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How Native American food is tied to important sacred stories

  • Written by Rosalyn R. LaPier, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, The University of Montana
The First Salmon ceremony being performed.U.S. Department of Agriculture , CC BY-ND

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling, on June 11, that asked Washington state to remove culverts that block the migration of salmon. The ruling has significant implications for Northwest Coast tribes, whose main source of food and livelihood is salmon....

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How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade war

  • Written by Daniel Cooper, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
A jumble of steel scrapDaniel Cooper, CC BY-SA

Many economists expect President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to increase what American companies and consumers pay for those metals and the goods made from them. Dozens of companies have already said they will have to fire workers or even go out of business. And, as the r...

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A Father's Day reminder from science: Your kids aren't really growing up quickly

  • Written by Keith Payne, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
They only seem to grow up so fast.VCoscaron/Shutterstock.com

I am one of those men for whom it is impossible to find Father’s Day gifts.

I don’t wear ties. My socks are all the same, in the interest of efficiency. I enjoy cooking, which would seem to open up some possibilities. But I have an annoying habit of buying useful gadgets as I...

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Mexico seeks to become 'country of refuge' as US cracks down on migrants

  • Written by Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
Mexico has been doing the U.S.'s 'dirty work' on immigration for too long, says the front-runner in the country's July 1 presidential election.AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo

Mexico is often considered a transit country for migrants. It’s the territory Central Americans must cross to get to the United States.

But many generations of migrants have...

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El nuevo aeropuerto de la Ciudad de México es un desastre ambiental que podría ser un gran parque natural

  • Written by Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
El nuevo aeropuerto diseñado por Norman Foster en la Ciudad de México, visto aquí en una representación de computadora, es visualmente impactante pero ambientalmente problemático.Presidencia de la República Mexicana CC-by-2.0, CC BY

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