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Was that joke funny or offensive? Who's telling it matters

  • Written by Michael Thai, Lecturer, The University of Queensland
The identity of the joke-teller matters more than you might think.Jamesbin/Shutterstock.com

In September, before the start of its 45th season, “Saturday Night Live” brought on some new cast members. The decision to hire one of them, Shane Gillis, was roundly criticized after disparaging jokes he’d made at the expense of Asian and...

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Immigrants and some people of color are moving to the suburbs – but life there isn't as promising as it once was

  • Written by Grigoris Argeros, Associate Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University
Achieving the American dream. 4 PM production/Shutterstock.com

In the traditional American image of suburbia, the majority of residents are predominately native-born white Americans, living in large single-family houses enclosed by white picket fences.

Americans presume that moving to such suburbs will offer them access to resources and...

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Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat

  • Written by Cornelius (Neil) J. Clancy, Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of Mycology, University of Pittsburgh
This is a medical illustration of an drug-resistant fungus, _Aspergillus fumigatus_. Stephanie Rossow/CDC

In 2013 I took care of a gentleman who underwent surgery for what all his physicians, including me, thought was liver cancer. Surgery revealed that the disease was a rare but benign tumor, rather than cancer. As you might imagine, he and his...

Read more: Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat

Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous president

  • Written by Matthew Peter Casey, Clinical Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University
Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales rally with indigenous flags outside the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, Nov. 18, 2019.AP Photo/Juan Karita

Days after the powerful Bolivian leader Evo Morales was forced to resign as president after allegations of election fraud, Bolivia’s new interim president made her first public appearance....

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Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader

  • Written by Matthew Peter Casey, Clinical Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University
Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales rally with indigenous flags outside the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, Nov. 18, 2019.AP Photo/Juan Karita

Days after the powerful Bolivian leader Evo Morales was forced to resign as president after allegations of election fraud, Bolivia’s new interim president made her first public appearance....

Read more: Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader

Why saying 'OK boomer' at work is considered age discrimination – but millennial put-downs aren't

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
OK, boomer... Motortion Films/Shutterstock.com

The phrase “OK boomer” has become a catch-all put-down that Generation Zers and young millennials have been using to dismiss retrograde arguments made by baby boomers, the generation of Americans who are currently 55 to 73 years old.

Though it originated online and primarily is fueling memes,...

Read more: Why saying 'OK boomer' at work is considered age discrimination – but millennial put-downs aren't

So you want to be an autocrat? Here's the 10-point checklist

  • Written by Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
Two autocrats: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, and Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, right, in Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 7, 2019. AP/Presidential Press Service

Democracy is in trouble, despite popular uprisings and dynamic social movements in Lebanon, Hong Kong and across Europe and Latin America.

Scholars say countries across the...

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Long wait times in ERs drive up costs, signal health care distress

  • Written by Lindsey Woodworth, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
Wait times in emergency rooms are not only frustrating but also costly.Johnson Photography LLC

Wait times in emergency rooms are so out of control that researchers recently tested whether aromatherapy would make waiting in the ER more tolerable.

It didn’t.

Over a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine offered an ominous warning:...

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Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up

  • Written by Damian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
The appetite for smart local news is there. The challenge is figuring out how to make it profitable.Sharaf Maksumov/Shutterstock.com

With the polarization of America’s media and politics reaching a fever pitch, many news consumers – “worn out by a fog of political news,” as a recent New York Times feature put it – are...

Read more: Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up

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