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2021 Atlantic hurricane season showed the US isn’t prepared for climate-related disasters that push people deeper into poverty

  • Written by Marina Lazetic, Senior Research Analyst and Ph.D. Candidate in Human Security, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imagePeople wade through high water to evacuate a flooded home in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida struck.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. This time the levees held. Billions of dollars invested in reinforcing them had paid off – at...

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When 'hunker down' isn't an option: The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season showed how low-income communities face the highest risks

  • Written by Marina Lazetic, Senior Research Analyst and Ph.D. Candidate in Human Security, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imagePeople wade through high water to evacuate a flooded home in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida struck.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. This time the levees held. Billions of dollars invested in reinforcing them had paid off – at...

Read more: When 'hunker down' isn't an option: The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season showed how low-income...

'Hunker down' is not enough: 2021 hurricane season showed US isn't prepared as climate-related disasters push people deeper into poverty

  • Written by Marina Lazetic, Senior Research Analyst and Ph.D. Candidate in Human Security, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imagePeople wade through high water to evacuate a flooded home in LaPlace, La., after Hurricane Ida struck.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2021, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina flooded the city. This time the levees held. Billions of dollars invested in reinforcing them had paid off – at...

Read more: 'Hunker down' is not enough: 2021 hurricane season showed US isn't prepared as climate-related...

Why we're using filmmaking to encourage vaccination by Black and Latino Angelenos

  • Written by Jeremy Kagan, Professor of Film & Television Production, School of Cinematic Arts, University of Southern California
imageStrong narratives can help sway opinions.Jeremy Kagan, CC BY-SA

People have recognized the power of storytelling for thousands of years. The Bible relies on parables like the prodigal son because stories successfully convey the underlying message in a memorable way that’s easy to pass along to future generations.

But when public health leaders...

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How vulnerable is your personal information? 4 essential reads

  • Written by Eric Smalley, Science + Technology Editor
imageChances are some of your data has already been stolen, but that doesn't mean you should shrug data breaches off.WhataWin/iStock via Getty Images

When you enter your personal information or credit card number into a website, do you have a moment of hesitation? A nagging sense of vulnerability prompted by the parade of headlines about data breaches...

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Reverse vaccination technique in mice suggests new way to teach the immune system not to attack lifesaving treatments

  • Written by Sathy Balu-Iyer, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo
imageReverse vaccination teaches the immune system to ignore rather than attack self-proteins.Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Autoimmune conditions like Type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis arise when an immune system mistakenly attacks its own body’s proteins, cells and organs. Not only do these...

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Who invented video games?

  • Written by Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
imageFor almost as long as there have been computers, there have been video games.Neilson Barnard/Getty Imagesimage

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.

Who invented video games? TJ, age 7, Worcester, Massachusetts

Some people just love to...

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Money, schools and religion: A controversial combo returns to the Supreme Court

  • Written by Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
imageCarson v. Makin comes on the heels of other SCOTUS cases about aid to students in religious schools.franckreporter/E+ via Getty Images

Since 1947, one topic in education has regularly come up at the Supreme Court more often than any other: disputes over religion.

That year, in Everson v. Board of Education, the justices upheld a New Jersey law...

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Millions of Americans struggle to pay their water bills – here's how a national water aid program could work

  • Written by Joseph Cook, Associate Professor of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
imageWater: an increasingly expensive necessity.iStock via Getty Images

Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans take them from granted. But these services aren’t free, and millions struggle to afford them. A 2019 survey found that U.S. households in the bottom fifth of the economy spent 12.4% of their...

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Drop in students who come to the US to study could affect higher education and jobs

  • Written by David L. Di Maria, Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageDeclines in the enrollment of international students span all fields of study.Vladimir Vladimirov/E+ via Getty Images

Driven largely by the global pandemic, the number of international students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities fell by 15% – or 161,401 students – from 2019 to 2020. However, early data for 2021 indicate the...

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