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What Kwanzaa means for black Americans

  • Written by Frank Dobson, Associate Dean of Students, Vanderbilt University
imageKwanzaa celebrations.Black Hour, CC BY-NC

On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food, decorations and other cultural objects, such as the kinara, which holds seven candles. At many Kwanzaa ceremonies, there is also African drumming and...

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A former Israeli diplomat answers 5 questions about Jerusalem

  • Written by Dan Arbell, Scholar-in-residence at the Center for Israeli Studies , American University

Editor’s note: Professor Dan Arbell of American University, who spent 25 years in the Israeli Foreign Service, answers five questions about Jerusalem, which President Donald Trump recently recognized as the capital of Israel.

1. What is Jerusalem like today?

Jerusalem has a growing high-tech sector, a diverse, multicultural and multiethnic...

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More businesses are trying mobile apps to lure and keep consumers

  • Written by Venkatesh Shankar, Professor of Marketing; Director of Research, Center for Retailing Studies, Texas A&M University
imageUsing a store's mobile app can affect in-store purchases.Javier Arres/Shutterstock.com

Intense retail competition has led old standbys, such as Sears, to close dozens of stores. Walmart is venturing online more. And Amazon is expanding offline, opening stores and buying Whole Foods. The fight for retail dollars is fierce, and the battleground will...

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Why finding new HIV targets takes so long: Some basics about basic research

  • Written by Christy Gaines, Doctoral candidate, biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageA vial of blood that has been tested for HIV. Jarun Ontarkal/Shutterstock.com

Although great strides have been made at combating human immunodeficiency virus, leading to better quality of life and a longer life expectancy for those living with the virus, significant problems remain.

As of 2016, 36.7 million people worldwide were living with the...

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GOP tax plan doubles down on policies that are crushing the middle class

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
imageA big part of that check is being drawn from middle-class accounts.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The U.S. middle class has always had a special mystique.

It is the heart of the American dream. A decent income and home, doing better than one’s parents, and retiring in comfort are all hallmarks of a middle-class lifestyle.

Contrary to what some may...

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Climate change will displace millions in coming decades. Nations should prepare now to help them

  • Written by Gulrez Shah Azhar, Ph.D. Candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School
imagePakistani commuters travel on a flooded street following a heavy rainfall in Karachi, Aug. 31, 2017.AP Photo/Shakil Adil

Wildfires tearing across Southern California have forced thousands of residents to evacuate from their homes. Even more people fled ahead of the hurricanes that slammed into Texas and Florida earlier this year, jamming highways...

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Exxon Mobil's about-face on climate disclosure

  • Written by Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of California, Davis
imageProtesters have sought for years to force Exxon Mobil to disclose the risks it faces due to climate change and to do more to minimize them. AP Photo/LM Otero

Exxon Mobil Corp. has vowed to do a better job in disclosing the risks it faces from climate change starting “in the near future” after bucking pressure to do that for years.

Until...

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Market bubbles and sonic attacks: Mass hysterias will never go away

  • Written by Barry Markovsky, Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
imageWere U.S. diplomats at the embassy in Cuba stricken by a mass delusion?AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Ancient and quaint seem the days of witch crazes, demon scares and tulip manias. Instances of mass hysteria may strike you as rare events in modern advanced societies. But such outbreaks are products of their times. They’re still around today, just...

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The dangerous belief that white people are under attack

  • Written by Clara Wilkins, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University
imageLucian Wintrich, left, leaves court on Dec. 11 after charges of breach of peace were dropped. In November, Wintrich had delivered a speech at the University of Connecticut titled 'It's OK To Be White.'AP Photo/Jessica Hill

In August, the Justice Department decided to investigate instances of bias against whites in university admissions. Since then,...

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What is a soul, anyway? Pullman's 'La Belle Sauvage' tackles the big questions

  • Written by Marek Oziewicz, Professor, Literacy Education, University of Minnesota

“La Belle Sauvage” is the first volume of “The Book of Dust” series, in which the best-selling fantasy author Philip Pullman returns to the world of “His Dark Materials.”

As a scholar of fantasy and children’s literature, I have been hoping for this novel for 17 years. The original trilogy, which consist...

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  5. Why the Republican tax plan can help put American youths back to work
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  7. Black voters won Alabama for the Dems. Here's what they need in return
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  14. With FCC's net neutrality ruling, the US could lose its lead in online consumer protection
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  18. Trump's right about one thing: The US Senate should end its 60-vote majority
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