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AI could constantly scan the internet for data privacy violations, a quicker, easier way to enforce compliance

  • Written by Karuna Pande Joshi, Assistant Professor of Information Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
You leave bits of your personal data behind online, and companies are happy to trade in them.metamorworks/ iStock/Getty Images Plus

You’re trailing bits of personal data – such as credit card numbers, shopping preferences and which news articles you read – as you travel around the internet. Large internet companies make money off...

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'Sea-level rise won't affect my house' – even flood maps don't sway Florida coastal residents

  • Written by Risa Palm, Professor of Urban Studies and Public Health, Georgia State University
Floods as a result of Hurricane Irma in Fort Lauderdale. Shutterstock.com/FotoKina

Advertisers understand that providing consumers with the facts will not sell products. To get people to stop and pay attention, successful advertising delivers information simply and with an emotional hook so that consumers notice and, hopefully, make a purchase.

Clim...

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The Philippines has rated 'Golden Rice' safe, but farmers might not plant it

  • Written by Glenn Davis Stone, Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Washington University in St Louis
Golden rice, right, compared to white rice, left.IRRI/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

“Golden Rice” is probably the world’s most hotly debated genetically modified organism (GMO). It was intended to be a beta carotene-enriched crop to reduce Vitamin A deficiency, a health problem in very poor areas. But it has never been offered to...

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The dystopian experience of skiing in New Jersey's new American Dream mall

  • Written by Robert Snyder, Professor of Journalism and American Studies, Rutgers University Newark
Snowboarders and skiers enjoy the grand opening of Big Snow.AP Photo/Seth Wenig

In 50 years of skiing, my first downhill run of 2020 was like nothing I had ever experienced. The 28-degree temperature and machine-made snow were familiar enough, but I ended up skiing through a windowless rectangular box, beneath girders and electric lights, and...

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How Trump's proposed benefits changes will create hardship for rural people with disabilities

  • Written by Lillie Greiman, Project Director, RTC: Rural, The University of Montana
Rural Americans are more likely than urban Americans to experience disability.Natee K Jindakum/Shutterstock.com

Changes to the Social Security Disability Insurance program proposed in January by the Trump administration could make it harder for over 8 million Americans with disabilities to maintain federal benefits.

That’s particularly true...

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Democratic plans for raising taxes on the rich: A guide for the middle class

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
Warren and Sanders are the candidates with arguably the most aggressive plans to tax the rich. AP Photo/Meg Kinnard

It’s hardly surprising that if a Democrat wins the White House, taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations will probably go up. How they’ll go up is the more interesting question.

The 2020 Democratic presidential...

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What Trump’s picks for the Presidential Medal of Freedom – like Rush Limbaugh and Antonin Scalia – say about him

  • Written by E. Fletcher McClellan, Professor of Political Science, Elizabethtown College
Rush Limbaugh reacts as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

President Donald Trump awarded his 15th Presidential Medal of Freedom to conservative radio commentator Rush Limbaugh on Feb. 4.

This award was notable for two reasons. First, it was controversial because Limbaugh is a polarizing...

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Deported to death: US sent 138 Salvadorans home to be killed

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
Street gangs that operate with impunity make El Salvador one of the world's most violent countries. Few murders are ever solved.MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images

At least 138 people deported from the United States to El Salvador since 2013 have been killed, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch, which investigates human rights abuses...

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The 6 countries in Trump's new travel ban pose little threat to US national security

  • Written by Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The new ban applies to citizens of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania.Ingus Kruklitis/Shutterstock.com

Over the past two decades, how many people have been killed in the U.S. by extremists from the six countries on the Trump administration’s new travel ban list?

The answer is zero, according to data I have collected from...

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The secret to the success of two Oscar-nominated scores

  • Written by Michael Slowik, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, Wesleyan University
Randy Newman and Hildur Guðnadóttir have been nominated for their scores for 'Marriage Story' and 'Joker,' respectively.Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, Hildur Guðnadóttir: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

Every year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar to the film with the best original score.

The best...

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