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Is Ryan Kelly's iconic photograph an American 'Guernica'?

  • Written by Jennifer Wenzel, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies, Columbia University

On August 12, Charlottesville Daily Progress photographer Ryan M. Kelly captured the exact moment that Nazi sympathizer James Alex Fields, Jr. drove his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of counterprotesters, injuring 19 and killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. It’s probably the most enduring image to emerge from the weekend of “Unite the...

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Charlottesville and the politics of fear

  • Written by David Alpher, Adjunct Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
imageDid Trump's rhetoric played a part in radicalizing the far-right protesters in Charlottesville?AP Photo/Steve Helber

I have spent nearly 16 years studying how the risk of violence grows in societies around the world and running programs designed to stem the tide. I have seen toxic rhetoric from political leaders result in violence in countries like...

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How ancient cultures explained eclipses

  • Written by Roger Culver, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Colorado State University
imageA 1765 painting of Helios, the personification of the sun in Greek mythology.Wikimedia Commons

On August 21, a total solar eclipse will be visible across parts of the United States.

As the Earth and moon sweep through space in their annual journey around the sun, the three bodies align in such a way that the Earth passes into the shadow of the moon....

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Why tourists go to sites associated with death and suffering

  • Written by Daniel B. Bitran, Professor of Psychology, College of the Holy Cross
imageStudents at Ponar Forest in Lithuania, where Nazis massacred many Jews.Daniel B. Bitran, CC BY

On a beautiful summer day in 2016, as I walked with a group of college students along a well-trodden path sprinkled with needles and cones from majestic pine trees, our mood was somber and morose. The chirping of birds and the burning off of the dew on...

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Why state-level single-payer health care efforts are doomed

  • Written by Simon Haeder, Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
imageSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at an Aug. 1 press conference, the first he held after the defeat of his health care bill.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

With members of Congress spending the month of August in their home districts, Republican efforts to do away with President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care...

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Trump's rejection of national climate report would do more damage than exiting the Paris Agreement

  • Written by Gary W. Yohe, Huffington Foundation Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies, Wesleyan University
imageOne of the impacts of climate change is an increase in the frequency of heavy rain events. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

A scientific report done every four years has been thrust into the spotlight because its findings directly contradict statements from the president and various Cabinet officials.

If the Trump administration chooses to reject the...

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FirstNet for emergency communications: 6 questions answered

  • Written by Ladimer Nagurney, Professor of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Hartford
imageFirstNet could relieve emergency workers of having to carry multiple radios and other communications devices.AP Photo/Ric Francis

Editor’s note: In the aftermath of 9/11, public safety officials in New York City and around the country realized that firefighters, police officers and ambulance workers needed to be able to talk to each other at...

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How union stakes in ailing papers like the Chicago Sun-Times may keep them alive

  • Written by Marick Masters, Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageA pedestrian walks past a Chicago Sun-Times newspaper box.AP Photo/M. Spencer Green

The recent purchase of the Chicago Sun-Times for a nominal US$1 by a consortium of labor-affiliated organizations and individual investors highlights the troubled state of the newspaper industry.

It also raises the question of whether union ownership can bolster the...

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How much longer will Maduro's grip on power last? Look to the military

  • Written by David Pion-Berlin, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside

If the Venezuelan military withdraws support for President Nicholás Maduro, his end may be near.

A large middle class has been thrust into poverty in Venezuela. Food and medicine are in short supply, and malnourishment is widespread. Security forces have violently beaten back opposition protesters and jailed leading opposition figures.

Reign...

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How subversive artists made thrift shopping cool

  • Written by Jennifer Le Zotte, Assistant Professor of Material Culture and History, University of North Carolina Wilmington
imageCustomers shop during at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's Out of the Closet thrift store in Columbus, Ohio.Jay LaPrete/AP

National Thrift Shop Day (August 17) exists alongside other quirky holidays like Play Your Ukulele Day (February 2) and Rice Crispy Treat Day (September 18). Though intended as a lighthearted celebration of an acceptable...

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  2. How a British royal's monumental errors made India's partition more painful
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  4. Tracing the sources of today's Russian cyberthreat
  5. How parents can help their freshman teens cope with stress
  6. Trump's threat to withdraw from NAFTA may hit a hurdle: The US Constitution
  7. Bait and switch: Anchovies eat plastic because it smells like prey
  8. Does biology explain why men outnumber women in tech?
  9. Lest we forget: Children are watching this racism, violence and our reactions
  10. The hidden stories of medical experimentation on Caribbean slave plantations
  11. The legal threat to diversity on campus
  12. Are men seen as 'more American' than women?
  13. Why the US shouldn't start a trade war with China
  14. Total eclipse, partial failure: Scientific expeditions don't always go as planned
  15. The road to India's partition
  16. End-to-end encryption isn't enough security for 'real people'
  17. Red team-blue team? Debating climate science should not be a cage match
  18. How safe is chicken imported from China? 5 questions answered
  19. Voyager Golden Records 40 years later: Real audience was always here on Earth
  20. Why social smoking can be just as bad for you as daily smoking
  21. Why didn't sanctions stop North Korea’s missile program?
  22. Bullying and suicide: What's the connection?
  23. Betsy DeVos' 6-month report card: More undoing than doing
  24. What to do with Confederate statues?
  25. Rise in globalism doesn't mean the end for nationalists
  26. The slippery slope of the oligarchy media model
  27. Why the withering nuclear power industry threatens US national security
  28. What the Google gender 'manifesto' really says about Silicon Valley
  29. Tracing the links between basic research and real-world applications
  30. Thinking beyond Trump: Why power companies should be investing now in carbon-free electricity
  31. The untold stories of women in the 1967 Detroit rebellion and its aftermath
  32. Seeing without eyes – the unexpected world of nonvisual photoreception
  33. MalwareTech's arrest sheds light on the complex culture of the hacking world
  34. Want to fix America's infrastructure? Build in the places that need help the most
  35. Do college presidents still matter?
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  37. China is the key to avoiding nuclear 'fire and fury' in North Korea
  38. TB's stronghold in India: A tragedy there, and a grave concern for the rest of the world
  39. Can transgender TV characters help bridge an ideological divide?
  40. Climate gloom and doom? Bring it on. But we need stories about taking action, too
  41. Are sex offender registries reinforcing inequality?
  42. Eclipsing the occult in early America: Benjamin Franklin and his almanacs
  43. Trump and Obama have one surprising thing in common – the words they use
  44. How eclipses were regarded as omens in the ancient world
  45. Disasters can harm older adults long after storms have passed
  46. The military, minorities and social engineering: A long history
  47. Why governmental transparency will not work without strong leadership
  48. Why Ronald McDonald Houses should welcome homemade casseroles
  49. Affirmative action around the world
  50. Scientist at work: Why this meteorologist is eager for an eclipse