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Central American migrant caravan begins crossing US border: 5 essential reads

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, Global Affairs Editor, The Conversation US

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of stories from The Conversation’s archive.

The Central American migrants whose month-long journey northward across Mexico spurred President Donald Trump to attack them on Twitter have begun to enter the United States.

Some 1,500 Central Americans, most of them Hondurans, began their trip from...

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How does Congress have chaplains without violating the separation of church and state?

  • Written by Wendy Cadge, Professor of Sociology and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Brandeis University
Father Patrick Conroy.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Last week, news reports emerged that House Speaker Paul Ryan had forced Father Patrick Conroy, a Jesuit priest and longtime House chaplain, to resign over what many, including Conroy,have claimed is about the content of his prayer. Speaker Ryan has disputed this account, saying that some members...

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Nike's #MeToo moment shows how 'legal' harassment can lead to illegal discrimination

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon

Nike’s having its #MeToo moment – and it illustrates plainly what’s still missing from our discussion of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Women at Nike, fed up with the status quo, recently undertook a covert survey asking about sexual harassment and gender discrimination, which eventually reached the CEO of the world’s...

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Will Trump's ire force Montana’s Senator Tester away from political center?

  • Written by Lee Banville, Associate Professor of Journalism, The University of Montana
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., during a 2012 campaign stop in Helena, Montana AP Photo/Matt Gouras

Democrat Jon Tester has made a name for himself by largely not making a national name for himself.

In the last 11 years, the two-term Montana senator has walked an increasingly narrow line – backing many critical partisan initiatives while also...

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Why top US universities have law schools but not police schools

  • Written by Nidia Bañuelos, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Davis
Police school lecture series, 1935.Courtesy of Berkley, Ca. Police Department – Historical Unit

In response to protests calling for police reform and accountability, some U.S. police departments are partnering with colleges and universities to develop anti-bias training for their employees.

In Washington D.C., for example, officers will take a...

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Nazis pressed ham radio hobbyists to serve the Third Reich – but surviving came at a price

  • Written by Bruce Campbell, Associate Professor of German Studies, College of William & Mary
Joseph Goebbels, left, shows the 'people's receiver' to Adolf Hitler at a radio exhibition in 1933.Badische Zeitung

When people have free and unfettered choices of activities, they both entertain and express themselves through their pastimes – whether stamp or coin collecting, scrapbooking, gardening or tinkering with electronic gadgets. But...

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Being clear about your last wishes can make death easier for you and loved ones

  • Written by Lori A. Roscoe, Associate Professor of Health Communication, University of South Florida
A living will can lessen grief and stress, studies suggest. Jacob Lund/Shutterstock.com

Barbara Bush’s recent death and the way she prepared for it remind us that death can be peaceful and marked by family togetherness rather than conflict.

Mrs. Bush chose palliative, or comfort, care over aggressive medical treatment given her age and...

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Technology is better than ever – but thousands of Americans still die in car crashes every year

  • Written by Alva O. Ferdinand, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
35,092 people died in crashes on U.S. roadways in 2015.Honeybee49/shutterstock.com

Today, driving is arguably safer than ever been before.

Modern vehicles now boast a number of safety features, including blind spot monitoring, driver alertness detection systems and emergency braking. Additionally, highway engineering has improved over the last...

Read more: Technology is better than ever – but thousands of Americans still die in car crashes every year

3 vital ways to measure how much a university education is worth

  • Written by Mark S. Schlissel, President, University of Michigan
The U.S. continues to wrestle with questions about the value of a college degree.ByEmo/Shutterstock.com

Editor’s note: Today we begin a new series in which we ask the leaders of our country’s colleges and universities to address some of the most pressing issues in higher education.

The past several years have seen increased calls for...

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Black employees in the service industry pay an emotional tax at work

  • Written by Alicia Grandey, Professor of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Starbucks workers in Seattle.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File

The arrests of two black men who were waiting for a friend at a Starbucks in Philadelphia have raised questions about how race determines how customers are treated.

But does race also affect how the employees are treated within the service industry?

Prior research shows that black workers in...

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