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Disney's potential 21st Century Fox merger continues troubling trend of media consolidation

  • Written by Margot Susca, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Communication
imageDo we really want one conglomerate to control so much of the media landscape?Sergsta/Shutterstock.com

In the U.S., only a handful of media companies control what children and adults watch and read.

Now that number could get even smaller.

The proposed US$52.4 billion merger of Disney and 21st Century Fox would merge the first and third largest film...

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The pall that the tax package is casting over charities

  • Written by Patrick Rooney, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
imageChanges to the tax code may strike a blow to the charitable world.Shutter OK/Shutterstock.com

The tax-code overhaul that Republican lawmakers approved and Trump is expected to sign into law will raise the price of charitable giving for millions of Americans, surely reducing how much money the nation gives.

As an economist and a scholar of...

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The pall that the tax law is casting over charities

  • Written by Patrick Rooney, Executive Associate Dean for Academic Programs, Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
imageChanges to the tax code may strike a blow to the charitable world.Shutter OK/Shutterstock.com

The tax-code overhaul that Republican lawmakers approved and Trump signed into law will raise the price of charitable giving for millions of Americans, surely reducing how much money the nation gives.

As an economist and a scholar of philanthropy who...

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What the 'California Dream' means to indigenous peoples

  • Written by Olivia Chilcote, Assistant Professor Department of American Indian Studies, San Diego State University

The California Dream is a myth for many California Indian peoples and tribes.

Since settlers arrived, California Indians’ reality has largely been one of land dispossession, cultural assimilation and even genocide.

If California Indians were to design their own dream it would place decolonization at its core. Decolonization is the undoing of...

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Better ways to foster solar innovation and save jobs

  • Written by Edward Barbier, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
imageMost of the growing number of jobs in the solar industry have more to do with maintaining and installing panels than manufacturing them.only_kim/Shutterstock.com

The U.S. solar industry is nervously awaiting President Donald Trump’s decision whether to impose punitive duties on imported solar panels and related equipment or even restrict some...

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Who forced the cigarette companies to run those anti-smoking ads?

  • Written by Stanton Glantz, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
imageJudge Gladys Kessler's ruling in 2006 was the basis for tobacco companies' corrective statements now airing on TV and placed in newspapers.Tobacco Free Kids, CC BY-SA

You may have seen ads run by the big cigarette companies listing the dangers of smoking and that they manipulated cigarettes to make them more addictive.

The path to the...

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Sí o sí, se celebra la Navidad en Puerto Rico

  • Written by Evelyn Milagros Rodriguez, Research, Reference and Special Collections Librarian, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
imageMuchas partes de Puerto Rico siguen impactadas por Huracán María pero el pueblo se prepara para la Navidad.Lorie Shaull/flickr, CC BY-SA

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Es un dicho popular que Puerto Rico celebra la “Navidad más larga del mundo”.

Los puertorriqueños comenzamos nuestros preparativos navideños desde el...

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Puerto Ricans aren't giving up on Christmas

  • Written by Evelyn Milagros Rodriguez, Research, Reference and Special Collections Librarian, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao
imageThough much of Puerto Rico remains devastated by Hurricane Maria, people are preparing to celebrate the holidays.Lorie Shaull/flickr, CC BY-SA

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Some say Puerto Rico has the longest Christmas in the world.

For Puerto Ricans, who are 85 percent Catholic, Christmas starts after Thanksgiving, continues through Christmas Day, and...

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Why parents should check twice before offering holiday sweets

  • Written by Sarah Irvine Belson, Associate Professor of Education, American University
imageA first-grader eats a candy cane while watching the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.Chris O'Meara/AP

Over the holidays, most families will indulge in sugary treats. But before you offer your child a candy cane or chocolate coin, consider what research tells us about how kids perform in math is affected by what they eat for lunch – and...

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During the holidays, giving gifts to the dead can help you cope with grief

  • Written by Jenna Drenten, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Loyola University Chicago
imageA toy truck left at a tombstone in a Montreal cemetery.Marc Bruxelle/Shutterstock.com

Every December, my family decorates two Christmas trees: one for our living room and one for the cemetery, where my sister is buried.

She died when she was 15 years old. Twenty years later, we still buy a new ornament each year to place on her mini graveside...

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