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Only 1.6% of US doctors were Black in 1906 – and the legacy of inequality in medical education has not yet been erased

  • Written by Benjamin Chrisinger, Assistant Professor, Community Health, Tufts University
imageBlack students at Meharry Medical College, in 1915.Heritage Art/Getty Images

Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for...

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AI plus gene editing promises to shift biotech into high gear

  • Written by Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry, Connecticut College
imageAI knowledge combined with gene-editing precision opens the way to dial-a-protein.KTSFotos/Moment via Getty Images

During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.” That isn’t true anymore.

Since then,...

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All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics

  • Written by Nusrat S. Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Amherst College
imageRight-wing British politician Nigel Farage is hit in the face with a milkshake during his general election campaign launch in Clacton-on-Sea, eastern England, on June 4, 2024. Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

Nigel Farage, a U.K. politician known for his populist anti-European Union rhetoric, endless media appearances and close friendship...

Read more: All shook up? UK’s Nigel Farage is the latest to bear the brunt of pelting as popular politics

Emigration: The hidden catalyst behind the rise of the radical right in Europe’s depopulating regions

  • Written by Rafaela Dancygier, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University
imageSmaller towns and villages in Sweden have suffered economically as a result of out-migration.Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP via Getty Images

Earlier this spring, the European Parliament voted to overhaul its immigration policy to more evenly distribute responsibility among member states for managing the arrival of migrants and asylum-seekers.

Lurking in...

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Job figures are coming out, and here’s my prediction: The markets will overreact to the headlines

  • Written by Jeffrey Hart, Senior Lecturer of Finance, Auburn University
imageLook beyond the headlines.AlpamayoPhoto/E+ via Getty Images

As the saying goes, “There are lies, damn lies and statistics.”

And on the first Friday of every month, the American public gets a ton of new statistics to peruse. That’s when the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its latest jobs figures. Within minutes of the data...

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The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 took on people with diabetes continues today

  • Written by Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
imageHundreds of millions of people worldwide have diabetes.Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images

At the start of the pandemic, many people living with diabetes were wondering what COVID-19 meant for them. Diabetes was already known to put people at higher risks from other infectious diseases, including flu. Would it be the same with COVID-19? At the...

Read more: The disproportionate toll that COVID-19 took on people with diabetes continues today

90% of Michigan state troopers are white − why making the force more representative is a challenge

  • Written by Ann Marie Ryan, Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Education, Organizational Psychology, Michigan State University
imageThe Michigan State Police force is predominantly white and male. Doug Coombe

Experts see increasing diversity among police as a key solution to reducing racial bias in traffic stops, arrest rates and officer-involved shootings.

But while police agencies have invested in recruiting more racial minorities and women, progress in diversifying police...

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Young adults who fare relatively well after spending time in the child welfare system say steady support from caring grown-ups made a big difference

  • Written by Julie Cederbaum, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Southern California
imageOffering a teen in need a safe place to stay can make a difference in the long term.Justin Lambert/DigitalVision via GettyImages

Young people who have exited foster care generally fare better – in work, school and relationships – if they get consistent support from adults who care about them during their teen years.

My research team...

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Cities contain pockets of nature – our study shows which species are most tolerant of urbanization

  • Written by Joseph Curti, Ph.D. Candidate in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles
imageBlack-crowned night herons perch on rocks in the Los Angeles River in Los Angeles. Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The Earth is losing animals, plants and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the planet is entering its sixth mass extinction. But there’s some surprising good news: Urban areas may be key to...

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Summer reading: 5 young-adult fiction novels that explore LGBTQ+ teen lives

  • Written by James B. Blasingame, Professor of English, Arizona State University
imageThese titles promise to surprise and delight.Saowakhon Brown/Moment via Getty Images

In recognition of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, The Conversation reached out to Gabriel Acevedo and James B. Blasingame, English professors at Arizona State University who focus on sexuality and sexual identity in young-adult fiction. What follows is a list the two scholars...

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  4. Colorado to tighten regulations on funeral homes after multiple scandals − here’s what this means for families
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  7. Heat index warnings can save lives on dangerously hot days − if people understand what they mean
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  9. Why India and Pakistan’s T20 cricket showdown in New York is such a big deal
  10. Could Elvis’ Graceland hold a key to bridging America’s cultural divide?
  11. Your favorite drink can cause breast cancer – but most women in the US aren’t aware of alcohol’s health risks
  12. 500 years ago, Machiavelli warned the public not to get complacent in the face of self-interested charismatic figures
  13. Narendra Modi sworn in as India’s prime minister for a third term after a narrow win – suggesting Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric
  14. Modi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power
  15. Life on the US-Mexico border is chaotic. An immigration scholar explains why − and it’s not for the reasons that some GOP lawmakers claim
  16. Wisconsin is a key swing state this year – and has a history of being unpredictable
  17. Trump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
  18. Sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis
  19. Pregnancy is an engineering challenge − diagnosing and treating preterm birth requires understanding its mechanics
  20. Messages can trigger the opposite of their desired effect − but you can avoid communication that backfires
  21. Trump’s lawyers in lawsuits claiming he won in 2020 are getting punished for abusing courts and making unsupported claims and false statements
  22. Forgetting appointments, deadlines and that call to Mom − the phenomenon of prospective memory and how to improve yours
  23. An American flag, a pencil sharpener − and the 10 Commandments: Louisiana’s new bill to mandate biblical displays in classrooms is the latest to push limits of religion in public schools
  24. Scrappy, campy and unabashedly queer, public access TV series of the 1980s and 1990s offered a rare glimpse into LGBTQ+ life
  25. ‘The first wave went through hell’ – how the 16th Infantry Regiment’s heroism helped bring victory on D-Day
  26. Mexico elects first female president − but will that improve the lot of country’s women?
  27. Online shoppers behave differently after chatting with staff of the opposite gender, new research shows – here’s why businesses should be paying attention
  28. School boards, long locally focused and nonpartisan, get dragged into the national political culture wars
  29. Anti-abortion rights activists navigate a new, post-Roe landscape, as state bans mean they can ‘save babies’
  30. Returning a 170-year-old preserved lizard to Jamaica is a step toward redressing colonial harms
  31. Perception of campus police is more negative among students from minority groups
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  35. Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?
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  38. China turns to private hackers as it cracks down on online activists on Tiananmen Square anniversary
  39. Trump’s guilty verdict is not the end of the matter
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  41. Engineering cells to broadcast their behavior can help scientists study their inner workings
  42. Internships are linked to better employment outcomes for college graduates – but there aren’t enough for students who want them
  43. Why is ‘moral equivalence’ such a bad thing? A political philosopher explains
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