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Cómo las ciudades pueden ayudar a los inmigrantes a sentirse en casa: 4 gráficos

  • Written by Ernesto Castañeda, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University

Al mismo tiempo que crece el sentimiento antimigrante en varios lugares desde Alemania hasta Estados Unidos, varias ciudades hallan maneras para hacer que los inmigrantes se sientan como en casa.

Durante más de una década, he realizado cientos de entrevistas en Nueva York, París y Barcelona para comprender cómo cada...

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What makes Putin's vision of a Russian-US oil alliance a pipedream

  • Written by Anna Mikulska, Nonresident Fellow in Energy Studies, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
One historic handshake in HelsinkiAP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

When Russian leader Vladimir Putin addressed the media in Helsinki alongside President Donald Trump, he proposed that their countries “work together” to make oil and gas markets calmer.

Trump didn’t say whether he supported the idea but he repeated his frequent...

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US health care companies begin exploring blockchain technologies

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
Finding ways to link health care data in a secure and confidential way.PopTika/Shutterstock.com

The sprawling U.S. health care industry has trouble managing patient information: Every doctor, medical office, hospital, pharmacy, therapist and insurance company needs different pieces of data to properly care for patients. These records are scattered...

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MGM is suing the victims of the worst mass shooting in US history. Here's why

  • Written by Timothy D. Lytton, Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
The scene in Las Vegas several days after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.AP Photo/Gregory Bull

Last October, Stephen Paddock unleashed a barrage of automatic gunfire from a 32nd-floor hotel room overlooking a large crowd of concertgoers attending a country music festival in Las Vegas. With a body count of 59 dead and another 500 wounded,...

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Reeling from the news? Train your brain to feel better with these 4 techniques

  • Written by Laurel Mellin, Associate Clinical Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, President Donald Trump and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras before the NATO summit in Brussels July 11, 2018. AP Photo/Ludovic Marin

Americans have been barraged in the past couple of weeks by a series of major news events – some of them unsettling. President Trump’s trip to Europe left many...

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What is heaven?

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Illustration of Dante's Paradiso.Giovanni di Paolo

When a family member or a friend passes away, we often find ourselves reflecting on the question “where are they now?” As mortal beings, it is a question of ultimate significance to each of us.

Different cultural groups, and different individuals within them, respond with numerous,...

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How the PROSPER Act could negatively impact LGBTQ students

  • Written by Timothy R. Bussey, Assistant Director for the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Kenyon College
Congress is currently considering the PROSPER Act, which could have a dramatic impact on LGTBQ students.Peshkova/www.shutterstock.com

The PROSPER Act, a bill to reauthorize and overhaul key elements of higher education law, could be brought for a vote in the House of Representatives any day now. Even so, the actual level of support for the PROSPER...

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Has Trump violated his oath of office? A primer on presidential duty and accountability

  • Written by Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
Donald Trump, taking the presidential oath of office in 2017AP/Matt Rourke

After his joint press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, U.S. President Donald Trump was barraged with criticism from both friends and foes.

Standing next to Putin, Trump repudiated U.S. intelligence that the Russians interfered with the 2016...

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¿Qué hace ICE, la agencia federal que aplica las leyes de inmigración d EEUU?

  • Written by Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor, University of California, Merced
Los manifestantes sostienen carteles delante de la oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE).AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

¿Será que usted haya oído el eslogan “Abolish ICE”?

Esta frase en inglés -que quiere decir “Eliminen el ICE”, el Immigration and Customs Enforcement, o...

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¿Qué hace ICE, la agencia federal que aplica las leyes de inmigración en EEUU?

  • Written by Tanya Golash-Boza, Professor, University of California, Merced
Los manifestantes sostienen carteles delante de la oficina del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE).AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

¿Será que usted haya oído el eslogan “Abolish ICE”?

Esta frase en inglés -que quiere decir “Eliminen el ICE”, el Immigration and Customs Enforcement, o...

Read more: ¿Qué hace ICE, la agencia federal que aplica las leyes de inmigración en EEUU?

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  2. Ozone pollution in US national parks is nearly the same as in large cities
  3. New treatment in the works for disfiguring skin disease, vitiligo
  4. Health clubs using tanning beds to attract members despite cancer risks, new study shows
  5. What criminal conspiracy charges against an alleged Russian spy might mean for the NRA: 3 questions answered
  6. Why proactive leadership is important – or how Congress could have prevented Trump's Helsinki fiasco
  7. The brainwashing myth
  8. How refugees in Britain went from living in old bunkers and stately homes to being detained in cells
  9. Why attorneys represent immigrants for free
  10. Why Trump hasn't been impeached – and likely won't be
  11. Americans distrusted US democracy long before Trump's Russia problem
  12. Electric scooters on collision course with pedestrians and lawmakers
  13. Cómo vino la Iglesia Católica a oponerse al control de natalidad
  14. Microprocessor designers realize security must be a primary concern
  15. The rescued Thai boys are considering becoming monks — here's why
  16. Harvesting rain could help Caribbean countries keep the water on after hurricanes
  17. Multilingual learners doing better in US schools than previously thought
  18. When corporations take credit for green deeds their lobbying may tell another story
  19. How a positive outlook on the future may protect teens from violence
  20. How man and machine can work together to diagnose diseases in medical scans
  21. Pigments from microbes provide clue to evolution in ancient oceans – but weren't pink a billion years ago
  22. Thing-makers, tool freaks and prototypers: How the Whole Earth Catalog's optimistic message reinvented the environmental movement in 1968
  23. If the 12 indicted Russians never face trial in the US, can anything be gained?
  24. ¿Cómo 'quema' la grasa nuestro cuerpo?
  25. Understanding the emoji of solidarity
  26. How summer and diet damage your DNA, and what you can do
  27. Born in the USA: Having a baby is costly and confusing, even for a health policy expert
  28. Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected to 'transform' Mexico. Can he do it?
  29. Why I teach math through knitting
  30. Do I want an always-on digital assistant listening in all the time?
  31. Trade war could chill China’s growing investment in US economy
  32. When race triggers a call to campus police
  33. How your social network could save you from a disaster
  34. 3 charts explain how Russians see Trump and US
  35. As Putin-Trump summit nears, 3 charts explain how Russians see the US
  36. Securing America's voting systems against spying and meddling
  37. Revisiting Jimmy Carter's truth-telling sermon to Americans
  38. Emmett Till's life matters
  39. Central American kids come to the US fleeing record-high youth murder rates at home
  40. Spain's majority-female cabinet embodies women's global rise to power
  41. What is Novichok? A neurotoxicologist explains
  42. Scientist at work: Identifying individual gray wolves by their howls
  43. When Trump calls Russia a 'competitor' for the US, he might be talking about natural gas exports
  44. Trade wars will boost digital manufacturing – at consumers' own homes with personal 3D printers
  45. Why trade wars can be perilous: 5 essential reads
  46. As the World Cup winds down and the summit nears, Trump is playing Putin's game
  47. The IceCube observatory detects neutrino and discovers a blazar as its source
  48. Why meeting with Putin may just give Trump a popularity boost
  49. Are you suddenly interested in the Supreme Court? You're not alone
  50. Even self-driving cars need driver education