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Student loan debt is costing recent grads much more than just money

  • Written by Kate Padgett Walsh, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University
imageRecent college graduates owed an average of nearly $30,000 in student loans in 2019.lightspeedshutter/iStock via Getty Images Plus

President Joe Biden promised to forgive up to US$10,000 in student loan debt during his 2020 campaign. Now, a few months into his presidency, over 415 organizations have urged him to use his executive authority to...

Read more: Student loan debt is costing recent grads much more than just money

Why it's good for kids to have friends from different socioeconomic backgrounds

  • Written by Leah M. Lessard, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, University of Connecticut
imageHaving a diverse set of friends supports youth development.Mark Lennihan/AP

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

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Friendships that bridge across social class – “cross-class friendships” – can minimize middle school academic achievement differences that are based on the level of...

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There are plenty of moral reasons to be vaccinated – but that doesn’t mean it’s your ethical duty

  • Written by Travis N. Rieder, Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
imageEthicists disagree on whether people are morally obligated to take small actions that – on their own – contribute only slightly to the collective good.Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

With the news that all U.S. adults are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the holy grail of infectious disease mitigation – herd...

Read more: There are plenty of moral reasons to be vaccinated – but that doesn’t mean it’s your ethical duty

An advantage of the government's new payments for families: Not humiliating poor people

  • Written by Wendy Bach, Professor of Law, University of Tennessee
imageNearly all U.S. families with children will benefit.Tara Moore/Stone via Getty Images

The US$1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package President Joe Biden signed in March 2021 will expand the child tax credit for one year. Instead of providing families with up to $2,000 per child under 17, the government will distribute a total of $3,600 for each...

Read more: An advantage of the government's new payments for families: Not humiliating poor people

What's next for Cuba and the United States after Raul Castro's retirement

  • Written by Joseph J. Gonzalez, Associate Professor, Global Studies, Appalachian State University
imageWith Raul Castro's resignation as first secretary of the Communist Party, the Castro era is officially over in Cuba.Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

Cuba’s Castro dynasty has officially ended.

On April 16, 2021, Raul Castro – younger brother of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro – relinquished his position as first secretary...

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From haute cuisine to hot dogs: How dining out has evolved over 200 years – and is innovating further in the pandemic

  • Written by Hannah Cutting-Jones, Lecturer, Department of History, University of Oregon
imageThe dining-out experience has changed as people wear masks and are separated by plexiglass in outdoor dining.Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Dining out has for generations been a fun way to celebrate special occasions, meet friends or just enjoy a quiet evening with someone special. But for many, that ended almost overnight last...

Read more: From haute cuisine to hot dogs: How dining out has evolved over 200 years – and is innovating...

Democratic bill attempts to undo voter restrictions of past 15 years

  • Written by Nicholas Espíritu, Lecturer in Law, University of California, Los Angeles
imageSpeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and fellow Democrats address reporters on H.R. 1 at the Capitol in Washington on March 3, 2021. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photos

The recent national elections — conducted in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic — highlighted difficulties Americans face to register to vote and cast a ballot. But...

Read more: Democratic bill attempts to undo voter restrictions of past 15 years

Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate

  • Written by Robert Glennon, Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Arizona
imageAerial view of Lake Powell on the Colorado River along the Arizona-Utah border.AP Photo/John Antczak

Interstate water disputes are as American as apple pie. States often think a neighboring state is using more than its fair share from a river, lake or aquifer that crosses borders.

Currently the U.S. Supreme Court has on its docket a case between Tex...

Read more: Interstate water wars are heating up along with the climate

Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon

  • Written by Peter Richards, Adjunct Professor, George Washington University
imageA deforested piece of land in the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia, in northern Brazil, on Aug. 23, 2019.Carl De SouzaA/FP via Getty Images

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed his country’s participation in a virtual climate summit convened by the U.S. for April 22 and 23, vowing in a recent letter to U.S....

Read more: Brazil’s economic crisis, prolonged by COVID-19, poses an enormous challenge to the Amazon

Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn't prepared to counter Russia

  • Written by Rockford Weitz, Professor of Practice & Director, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageRussia has been beefing up its Arctic icebreaker fleet to take advantage of the climate changes.Lev Fedoseyev\TASS via Getty Images

For decades, the frozen Arctic was little more than a footnote in global economic competition, but that’s changing as its ice melts with the warming climate.

Russia is now attempting to claim more of the Arctic...

Read more: Competition heats up in the melting Arctic, and the US isn't prepared to counter Russia

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  11. Fatal police violence may be linked to preterm births in neighborhoods nearby
  12. America goes back to school – 5 essential reads on parenting in the pandemic
  13. I’m a pediatrician who cares for transgender kids – here’s what you need to know about social support, puberty blockers and other medical options that improve lives of transgender youth
  14. 6 ways recent college graduates can enhance their online job search
  15. 80% of fatal e-scooter crashes involve cars – new study reveals where and why most collisions occur
  16. As extreme fires transform Alaska's boreal forest, deciduous trees put a brake on carbon loss and how fast the forest burns
  17. Prolonged brain dysfunction in COVID-19 survivors: A pandemic in its own right?
  18. French row over mosque isn't simply about state financing – it runs deep into Islamophobia and French secularism
  19. How Baptists hold differing views on the resurrection of Christ and why this matters
  20. What former foster children went through when the COVID-19 pandemic closed college campuses
  21. Scientists are on a path to sequencing 1 million human genomes and use big data to unlock genetic secrets
  22. Why Wall Street investors' trading California water futures is nothing to fear – and unlikely to work anyway
  23. Nearly 60 million Americans don't drink their tap water, research suggests – here's why that's a public health problem
  24. Infrastructure? Or jobs? Controversy over name of Biden proposal highlights long tradition in politics
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  26. How to get COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries – and still keep patent benefits for drugmakers
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  29. Trump, defying custom, hasn't given the National Archives records of his speeches at political rallies
  30. Compassionate courage moves beyond 'cancel culture' to challenge systemic racism – but it's hard work
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  32. Is magic immoral? It played a role in the development of early Christianity
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  41. Why student athletes need a new playbook to stay safe in the COVID-19 era
  42. How 'complementarianism' – the belief that God assigned specific gender roles – became part of evangelical doctrine
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