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The hidden story of when two Black college students were tarred and feathered

  • Written by Karen Sieber, Humanities Specialist, McGillicuddy Humanities Center, University of Maine
imageNewspaper coverage of the incident is hard to find.New York Herald

One cold April night in 1919, at around 2 a.m., a mob of 60 rowdy white students at the University of Maine surrounded the dorm room of Samuel and Roger Courtney in Hannibal Hamlin Hall. The mob planned to attack the two Black brothers from Boston in retaliation for what a newspaper...

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In mice, a mother’s love comes from the gut

  • Written by Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology; author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are, Indiana University
imageBeing a good mother depends on many factors, including the the bacteria in the mouse mother's gut.IvonneW/iStock/Getty Images Plus

There is perhaps nothing more heartbreaking and confusing than a mother who neglects her children.

In 2017, approximately 675,000 children in the U.S. were victims of mistreatment, with 75% reported as neglected. The...

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When dogs bark, are they using words to communicate?

  • Written by Clive Wynne, Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
image'Hey everybody, there's big news happening over here!'Wesley Martinez Da Costa/EyeEm via Getty Imagesimage

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

When dogs bark, do they have words? – Sarah W., age 9, Clinton, New York

Does your dog...

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Of microbes and mothers – certain gut bacteria in mice can disrupt the mother-child relationship

  • Written by Bill Sullivan, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology; author of Pleased to Meet Me: Genes, Germs, and the Curious Forces That Make Us Who We Are, Indiana University
imageBeing a good mother depends on many factors, including the the bacteria in the mouse mother's gut.IvonneW/iStock/Getty Images Plus

There is perhaps nothing more heartbreaking and confusing than a mother who neglects her children.

In 2017, approximately 675,000 children in the U.S. were victims of mistreatment, with 75% reported as neglected. The...

Read more: Of microbes and mothers – certain gut bacteria in mice can disrupt the mother-child relationship

Slave-built infrastructure still creates wealth in US, suggesting reparations should cover past harms and current value of slavery

  • Written by Joshua F.J. Inwood, Associate Professor of Geography Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
imageThe Port of Savannah used to export cotton picked by enslaved laborers and brought from Alabama to Georgia on slave-built railways. Cotton is still a top product processed through this port.Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

American cities from Atlanta to New York City still use buildings, roads, ports and rail...

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Impeachment trial: Research spanning decades shows language can incite violence

  • Written by Kurt Braddock, Assistant Professor of Public Communication, American University School of Communication
imageThe U.S. Capitol, which was besieged by insurrectionists on Jan. 6, and where the Trump impeachment trial takes place in the Senate.Xinhua/Liu Jie via Getty Images

Senators, acting in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump that begins on Feb. 9, will soon have to decide whether to convict the former president for inciting a deadly,...

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When Black kids – shut out from the whitewashed world of children's literature – took matters into their own hands

  • Written by Paige Gray, Professor of Writing and Liberal Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design
imageA newspaper boy hawks copies of the Chicago Defender.Library of Congress

Hanging on the wall in my office is the framed cover of the inaugural issue of The Brownies’ Book, a monthly periodical for Black youths created by W.E.B. Du Bois and other members of the NAACP in 1920.

The magazine – the first of its kind – includes poems...

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The First Amendment will likely protect the anonymity of Redditors who discussed GameStop stock

  • Written by Erica Goldberg, Associate Professor of Law, University of Dayton
imageGameStop logo is seen at one of their stores in Athens, Ohio.Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

GameStop, the video game retail chain, saw its stock rise as much as 1,800% in January 2021 after fans, who believe the stock was unfairly devalued by large investors, championed the stock’s purchase.

Because WallStreetBets, an...

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Latest jobs report shows why the unemployment rate needs fixing

  • Written by Veronika Dolar, Assistant Professor of Economics, SUNY Old Westbury
imageThe number of people seeking jobless benefits has soared during the pandemic.AP Photo/John LocherimageCC BY-NC-ND

Many economistswould agree that the official U.S. unemployment rate is an inadequate measure of actual labor market conditions.

Although this is one of the most cited pieces of data on the economy as a whole, not many people understand how...

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Fecal microbe transplants help cancer patients respond to immunotherapy and shrink tumors

  • Written by Diwakar Davar, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
imageThe gut is filled with microbes that can affect human health.ChrisChrisW/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The effect of a drug, or impact of a treatment like chemotherapy, doesn’t just depend on your body. The success of a particular medicine also depends on the trillions of bacteria in your gut.

The 100 trillion bacteria that live within the...

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