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Protections against sexual misconduct on campus may end up stifling free speech

  • Written by Laurel Leff, Associate Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
Victims of sexual violence and their supporters gather to protest outside a speech from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at George Mason University Arlington, Virginia.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The student journalists we and other university faculty work with tackle difficult issues in our classrooms and for student publications. They write about...

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Fight or switch? How the low-carbon transition is disrupting fossil fuel politics

  • Written by Cara Daggett, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Virginia Tech
Commuters idle in rush-hour traffic outside Philadelphia. AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma

As the Trump administration works to weaken regulations on fossil fuel production and use, a larger struggle is playing out across multiple industries. Until recently, oil companies and their defenders generally reacted to calls for regulating carbon emissions by spr...

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Cartel sieges leave Mexicans wondering if criminals run the country

  • Written by Angélica Durán-Martínez, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Clouds of smoke from burning cars mark the skyline of Culiacan, Mexico, during a 12-hour siege by the Sinaloa Cartel, Oct. 17, 2019. AP Photo/Hector Parra

Recent deadly attacks by criminal organizations have instilled fear across Mexico.

In mid-October, shootouts between cartels and police in the states of Guerrero and Michoacán killed over...

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Do lockdown drills do any good?

  • Written by Jaclyn Schildkraut, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, State University of New York Oswego
Drills can help people learn how to respond when an active shooter situation arises, as recently occurred in Santa Clarita, Calif.AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

School lockdown drills and exercises are controversial today, due in large part to some troubling examples making headlines.

Teachers in Monticello, Indiana, for example, were hurt when they...

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Americans bankrupted by health care costs: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Pennsylvania State University
Amanda Gershon testifies at a public hearing on Medicaid expansion in Lincoln, Nebraska, Oct. 16, 2018. Gershon had $60,000 worth of medical debt at age 22 because of an autoimmune illness.Nati Harnik/AP Photo

Medical bankruptcy has been a talking point for many Democratic candidates as they make their individual cases for health care reform. This...

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Vitamin E and vaping injuries: What's safe in your diet is rarely safe in your lungs

  • Written by Cosby Stone, Instructor in Allergy/Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University
A vitamin E acetate sample during a tour of the Medical Marijuana Laboratory of Organic and Analytical Chemistry at the Wadsworth Center in Albany, New York on Nov. 4, 2019.Hans Pennink/AP Photo

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced a preliminary finding that implicates a vitamin E additive as the potential cause of lung...

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Gluten-sensitive liberals? Investigating the stereotype suggests food fads unite us all

  • Written by Trey Malone, Assistant Professor and Extension Economist, Michigan State University
Lots of common foods tend to be full of gluten.Ezume Images/Shutterstock.com

Sitting down for a family feast, do you need to gird yourself for battle in the ongoing sociopolitical culture war? In today’s hyperpartisan United States, common food products have become proxies for conservative and liberal values. Meat-eating Republicans versus qui...

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Documentary provides rare look at higher education in prison

  • Written by Mneesha Gellman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emerson College
Students in an advanced bachelor's degree seminar in the Bard Prison Initiative at Eastern New York Correctional Facility.Skiff Mountain Films

What is prison for? Should it include a college education?

Those two questions are at the heart of “College Behind Bars,” a new documentary that airs Nov. 25 and 26 on PBS. The documentary –...

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A major democracy fights to maintain the rule of law -- this time, it's Israel

  • Written by David A. Frank, Professor of Rhetoric, University of Oregon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.AP/Oded Balilty

Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with three counts of corruption on Nov. 21.

At the same moment, former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill was testifying before the House Intelligence Committee about the Trump Administration’s...

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On TV, political ads are regulated – but online, anything goes

  • Written by Ari Lightman, Professor of Digital Media and Marketing, Carnegie Mellon University
There are different rules for ads on TV versus online.Goran Petric/Shutterstock.com

With the 2020 election just a year away, Facebook is under fire from presidential candidates, lawmakers, civil rights groups and even its own employees to provide more transparency on political ads and potentially stop running them altogether.

Meanwhile, Twitter has...

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  8. Chile protests: President's speeches early in crisis missed the mark, AI study reveals
  9. Nail salon workers suffer chemical exposures that can be like working at a garage or a refinery
  10. Christians have lived in Turkey for two millennia – but their future is uncertain
  11. When de-aging De Niro and Pacino, 'Irishman' animators tried to avoid pitfalls of the past
  12. How Democrats in Atlanta discussed economic issues that affect women and children
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  15. Some smokers credit e-cigarettes with saving their lives – does that matter?
  16. Why hearsay isn't a problem for Congress in impeachment hearings
  17. Beyond fact-checking: 5 things schools should do to foster news literacy
  18. Ukraine is taking a beating in the impeachment hearings – here's what's at stake
  19. An economist's guide to watching the Atlanta 2020 presidential debate: 3 essential reads
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  21. Was that joke funny or offensive? Who's telling it matters
  22. Immigrants and some people of color are moving to the suburbs – but life there isn't as promising as it once was
  23. Why the CDC warns antibiotic-resistant fungal infections are an urgent health threat
  24. Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous president
  25. Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader
  26. Why saying 'OK boomer' at work is considered age discrimination – but millennial put-downs aren't
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  28. Is there hope for a Hong Kong revolution?
  29. Long wait times in ERs drive up costs, signal health care distress
  30. Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up
  31. Relax, Devin Nunes – theater is essential to politics
  32. Why Hindu nationalists are cheering moves to build a temple, challenging a secular tradition
  33. How gene-edited white blood cells are helping fight cancer
  34. Why the nation should screen all students for trauma like California does
  35. Did bees live in the time of dinosaurs?
  36. Why do teachers make us read old stories?
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  38. How rich people like Gordon Sondland buy their way to being US ambassadors – 5 questions answered
  39. Chile's political crisis is another brutal legacy of long-dead dictator Pinochet
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  45. Proposed asylum fees are part of a bid to make immigrants to the US fund their own red tape
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  47. Haiti protests summon spirit of the Haitian Revolution to condemn a president tainted by scandal
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  49. Cities and states take up the battle for an open internet
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