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The federal government will stop collecting data on LGBT seniors. That's bad news for their health

  • Written by Brandon Brown, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, Riverside
imageAIDS Memorial Quilt on display in Washington, D.C., 2012. HIV is a particular health concern for LGBT seniors. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

You’ve likely read the front-page news about accessible gender-neutral bathrooms. This has gained attention, not only as a human rights issue, but also a political one.

What we don’t usually read is...

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Should Americans fear the 'nuclear option' in Congress?

  • Written by Jon Gould, Professor of Public Affairs and Law, American University
imageGOP Senate Judiciary Committee members after voting in favor of sending Gorsuch to the full Senate for confirmation.Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Soon Senate Republicans are likely to consider a “nuclear option” to put Judge Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court.

Just like a nuclear strike, the repercussions are likely to be wide-ranging and...

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Why women's peace activism in World War I matters now

  • Written by Anya Jabour, Regents Professor of History, The University of Montana
imagePeace Delegates on the Noordam – Mrs. P. Lawrence, Jane Addams, Anna MolloyLibrary of Congress

A hundred years ago, soon after winning reelection on the campaign slogan “He kept us out of war,” President Woodrow Wilson called on the U.S. Congress to authorize “a war to end all wars.”

The U.S. entry into World War I...

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What history reveals about surges in anti-Semitism and anti-immigrant sentiments

  • Written by Ingrid Anderson, Lecturer, Arts & Sciences Writing Program, Boston University
imageMore than 100 headstones were vandalized at the Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia in Feb. 2017.AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma

This February, more than 100 gravestones were vandalized at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society Cemetery outside of St. Louis, Missouri and at the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has called...

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Why men and women lie about sex, and how this complicates STD control

  • Written by Shervin Assari, Research Investigator of Psychiatry and Public Health, University of Michigan
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When it comes to reporting the number of sex partners or how often they have sexual intercourse, men and women both lie. While men tend to overreport it, women have a tendency to underreport it. Although the story is not that simple and clear-cut, I have discovered some interesting reasons why this is the case – and...

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Where's your county seat? A modern mathematical method for calculating centers of geography

  • Written by Peter Rogerson, Professor of Geography, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageTen states need to move the markers.Nicolas Henderson, CC BY

People have long been intrigued by figuring out the center of the places where we live.

You’re probably familiar with the concept of center of population. Imagine placing an equal weight at the residential location of each individual; the center of population would be the single...

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How should World War I be taught in American schools?

  • Written by Kyle Greenwalt, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
imageModern high school students are learning two very different approaches to World War I.Africa Studio / Shutterstock.com

April 6 marks the centenary of the United States’ entry into World War I. But how should Americans remember the war?

In Hungary, for example, World War I is often remembered for the Treaty of Trianon, a peace treaty that...

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As the US entered World War I, American soldiers depended on foreign weapons technology

  • Written by David Longenbach, Lecturer in History, Pennsylvania State University
imageAmerican troops drive French Renault FT tanks to the battle line in the Forest of Argonne, France, September 26, 1918.U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and entered World War I. Since August 1914, the war between the Central and Entente Powers had devolved into a bloody...

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