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Black women prefer hair products marketed with them in mind

  • Written by Yewande O. Addie, Doctoral Candidate, College of Journalism and Communication, University of Florida
Black female consumers outpace other consumer groups in a number of spending categories, notably personal care and hair products, but feel unappreciated by top brands.Peathegee Inc/Getty Images

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Marketing reports indicate that black consumers long to feel authentically...

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Librarians could be jailed and fined under a proposed censorship law

  • Written by Nicole Cooke, Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina
A sign of the timesGeraldine Wilkins/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

A bill pending in Missouri’s legislature takes aim at libraries and librarians who are making “age-inappropriate sexual material” available to children.

The measure, championed by Ben Baker, a Republican lawmaker, calls for establishing review boards who would...

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The problem with health care price transparency: We don't have cost transparency

  • Written by Michael Williams, Associate Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Integration; Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the UVA Center for Health Policy, University of Virginia
In the U.S. health care industry, price and cost are often conflated.Getty Images / Johnny Greig

US$2.4 million. $1.5 million. $2.28 million. These are the amounts of money the health system where I work, teach and receive health care spent purchasing a PET scanner, a CT scanner and a three-month supply of pembrolizumab, a drug that treats a...

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How one man fought South Carolina Democrats to end whites-only primaries – and why that matters now

  • Written by Bobby J. Donaldson, Associate Professor of History; Director Center for Civil Rights History and Research, University of South Carolina
George and Laura Elmore (left) voting after wining a landmark case ending white-only primaries in South CarolinaUniversity of South Carolina Civil Rights Center, CC BY

A rusting chain-link fence represents a “color line” for the dead in Columbia, South Carolina. In Randolph Cemetery, separated by the barrier from the well-manicured lawn...

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Why federal judges with life tenure don't need to fear political attacks from Trump or anyone else

  • Written by Amy Steigerwalt, Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
President Donald Trump, left, and federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, right.Trump, AP/Steve Helber and Jackson, Wikipedia

Editor’s note: President Donald Trump has mounted attacks on the Justice Department and its various branches, on prosecutions he’s interested in and the judges presiding over those cases. He’s complained that...

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Video of 6-year-old girl's arrest shows the perils of putting police in primary schools

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
Orlando police officer Dennis Turner leads a 6-year-old girl away in handcuffs after her arrest for kicking and punching staff at her school.Orlando Police Department/Orlando Sentinel via AP

When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids safe.

The recent release of body camera footage from the...

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¿Cómo prepararnos para el coronavirus? 3 preguntas y respuestas

  • Written by Aubree Gordon, Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
Alex Azar, el secretario de salud pública en Estados Unidos, presenta en el Senado sobre el coronavirus, 25 de febrero, 2020. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Nota del editor: Las autoridades de Salud Pública en los Estados Unidos han advertido que el coronavirus, que se ha propagado en distintas partes de los Estados Unidos, se avecina y...

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How socialism became un-American through the Ad Council’s propaganda campaigns

  • Written by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Associate Teaching Professor of American Studies, Miami University
Bernie Sanders was asked at a CNN-sponsored town hall about socialism.CNN screenshot

Bernie Sanders has emerged as the Democratic front-runner in the race for the presidential nomination.

Yet even some left-leaning pundits and publications are concerned about what they see as Sanders’ potential lack of electability.

Sanders is a Democratic...

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Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

  • Written by Stephanie Clark, Virginia M. Gladney Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University
Holey moley!Tim UR/Shutterstock.com

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

Why does Swiss cheese have holes? – Owen F., age 13, Belmont, Massachusetts

There are thousands of kinds of cheese, each with its own color, shape,...

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In gender discrimination, social class matters a great deal

  • Written by Catherine Harnois, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University
Women with less income and education may be hurt more by gender discrimination. Getty Images / Sean Murphy

The Harvey Weinstein guilty verdict is a victory for the #MeToo movement. “Today is a powerful day & a huge step forward in our collective healing,” wrote the actress Rose McGowan on Twitter.

Still, sexism is pervasive in...

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