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Supreme Court DACA decision isn't just about Dreamers -- it's about whether the White House has to tell the truth

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Immigration rights advocates rally outside Supreme Court.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The fate of 700,000 people facing deportation may hang on a new question facing the U.S. Supreme Court: Is the White House legally obligated to tell the whole truth when justifying its actions?

In November, justices heard arguments over the...

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Who is born a US citizen?

  • Written by Carol Nackenoff, Richter Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College
Some people are U.S. citizens at birth, like this baby born in California.Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock.com

A recent court ruling about faraway American Samoa may have profound implications for a conflict that’s been going on for nearly 200 years: who gets to be an American citizen.

Debates over who gets citizenship and what kind of citizenship...

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An old debate over religion in school is opening up again

  • Written by David Mislin, Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
A Bible class at a public high school in Georgia,AP Photo/David Goldman

As the 2020 election approaches in the United States, President Donald Trump is adding school prayer to the list of contentious issues up for debate. At a rally in early January he announced plans to “safeguard students’ and teachers’ First Amendment rights to...

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Meet the narwhal, 'unicorn of the sea'

  • Written by Kristin Laidre, Associate Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
Over 100,000 narwhals swim the Earth's Arctic waters.Kristin Laidre, CC BY-ND

Narwhals are often called the unicorns of the sea. The long tusk of the male narwhal sets these whales apart, but it’s not the only thing that makes Monodon monoceros among the most intriguing and mysterious marine mammals.

A deep-diving cetacean in the odontocete...

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Why fitness trackers may not give you all the 'credit' you hoped for

  • Written by Katie Siek, Associate Professor of Informatics, Indiana University
Wearable fitness trackers have less accuracy when used in certain ways.bogdankosanovic/E+ via Getty Images

January is a time when many people make resolutions – and then break them. Almost 60% of Americans will resolve to exercise more, but fewer than 10% will stick with their resolution. A key to keeping resolutions is ensuring they are measu...

Read more: Why fitness trackers may not give you all the 'credit' you hoped for

3 quotes that defined the first Democratic debate of 2020

  • Written by Dennis Jett, Professor of International Affairs, Pennsylvania State University
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders shake hands before the debate on Jan. 14.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

Editor’s note: Six Democrats qualified for the final debate before the Iowa caucus on Feb. 3. We asked three scholars to watch the Jan. 14 debate, held at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, and pick a quote from one of the candidates to...

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Earthquake forecast for Puerto Rico: Dozens more large aftershocks are likely

  • Written by Richard Aster, Professor of Geophysics and Department Head, Colorado State University
The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church lies in ruins after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, Jan. 7, 2020. AP Photo/Carlos Giusti

Multiple strong and damaging earthquakes in southern Puerto Rico starting around Dec. 28, 2019 have killed at least one person, caused many serious injuries and collapsed numerous buildings,...

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Worrying about being drafted doesn't mean you're disloyal – it's an old American tradition

  • Written by Amy Rutenberg, Assistant Professor of History, Iowa State University
A large group of American male Reserve Officers Training Corps students gather to protest the U.S. draft in the late 1930s. Anthony Potter Collection/Getty Images

Fear of imminent war and a draft have escalated in the wake of U.S. forces killing Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in early January.

Misinformation spread across social media platforms....

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Parental leave laws are failing single parents

  • Written by Deborah Widiss, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs; Professor of Law and Ira C. Batman Faculty Fellow, Indiana University
Single-parent families are getting less paid leave but perhaps need more of it.shurkin_son/Shutterstock.com

The two parties in Congress don’t agree on much these days. However, in the final days of December, they struck a deal that will give about 2 million federal workers paid time off following the birth of a baby, an adoption or the...

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How Prohibition changed the way Americans drink, 100 years ago

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Senior Lecturer, Questrom School of Business, Boston University
Prohibition did little to ease Americans' love of liquor.AP Photo

On Jan. 17, 1920, one hundred years ago, America officially went dry.

Prohibition, embodied in the U.S Constitution’s 18th amendment, banned the sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol. Yet it remained legal to drink, and alcohol was widely available throughout...

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  2. Think twice before shouting your virtues online – moral grandstanding is toxic
  3. Being copycats might be key to being human
  4. Microwaving sewage waste may make it safe to use as fertilizer on crops
  5. Heading into Iowa: Where do the Democratic candidates stand on health care coverage?
  6. Why the US-Iran conflict isn’t driving oil prices higher – and why it probably should
  7. Can the Constitution stop the government from lying to the public?
  8. The secret origins of presidential polling
  9. What US election officials could learn from Australia about boosting voter turnout
  10. High-priced specialty drugs: Exposing the flaws in the system
  11. Pope ends a secrecy rule for Catholic sexual abuse cases, but for victims many barriers to justice remain
  12. Restricting trade in endangered species can backfire, triggering market booms
  13. Why hip-hop belongs in today's classrooms
  14. Brexit could spell the end of globalization, and the global prosperity that came with it
  15. Cyberspace is the next front in Iran-US conflict – and private companies may bear the brunt
  16. Why are there seven days in a week?
  17. Weinstein jurors must differentiate between consent and compliance – which research shows isn't easy
  18. Large turnouts for Soleimani’s funeral in Iran carry powerful collective emotions – just as Americans saw during the colonial era
  19. Killing of Soleimani evokes dark history of political assassinations in the formative days of Shiite Islam
  20. Why some public universities get to keep their donors secret
  21. The made-up crisis behind the state takeover of Houston's public schools
  22. We're living in the bizarre world that Flaubert envisioned
  23. Your blood type may influence your vulnerability to norovirus, the winter vomiting virus
  24. Why we are hard-wired to worry, and what we can do to calm down
  25. 3D printing of body parts is coming fast – but regulations are not ready
  26. Matching Vietnamese brides with Chinese men, marriage brokers find good business – and sometimes love
  27. Rotting feral pig carcasses teach scientists what happens when tons of animals die all at once, as in Australia's bushfires
  28. Trump, like Obama, tests the limits of presidential war powers
  29. The US-Iran conflict and the consequences of international law-breaking
  30. School closures can hit rural communities hard
  31. What Trump's tweet threatening Iran's cultural sites could mean for Shiite Muslims
  32. Tweets about cannabis' health benefits are full of mistruths
  33. How countries in conflict, like Iran and the US, still talk to each other
  34. Children of color already make up the majority of kids in many US states
  35. Should college funding be tied to how many students graduate?
  36. Telecommuters create positive change – so why aren't employers more flexible about people working from home?
  37. Monkeys smashing nuts with stones hint at how human tool use evolved
  38. Trump asks NATO allies for help with Iran after years of bashing the alliance
  39. What happens when community college is made free
  40. For linguists, it was the decade of the pronoun
  41. Moving Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado won't be good for public lands
  42. What did the Romans do in the year 0? A fake theologian explains
  43. I'm an OB/GYN who attended thousands of deliveries before wondering why Americans give birth in bed
  44. AI can now read emotions – should it?
  45. Should government assistance cover pet food or potato chips? It depends whom you ask
  46. Coyotes are poised to enter South America for the first time
  47. Should government assistance cover pet food or potato chips? It depends who you ask
  48. Congressional Republicans abandon constitutional heritage and Watergate precedents in defense of Trump
  49. How a Chilean dog ended up as a face of the New York City subway protests
  50. Could Iran-US tensions mean troubled waters ahead in the Strait of Hormuz?