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Behind the scenes of Venezuela's deadly prison fire

  • Written by Rebecca Hanson, Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law and Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida
Families clashed with security forces outside the police station in Valencia, Venezuela, where nearly 70 prisoners died in a March 28 fire.AP Photo/Juan Carlos Hernandez

A fire killed scores of inmates after a riot in a Venezuelan jail in the early morning hours of March 28. Sixty-six detainees died in the flames, as did two female visitors.

The...

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Gaza's nonviolent protesters exploited by Hamas, but feared by Israel

  • Written by Dov Waxman, Professor of Political Science, International Affairs and Israel Studies, Northeastern University
Protesters pray in front of their tents during a demonstration along the Gaza Strip border with Israel, March 30, 2018AP/Adel Hana

Last Friday was an important day for Christians and Jews around the world. For Christians, it was Good Friday, the day that commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus; and for Jews, it was the beginning of the Passover...

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Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment

  • Written by Fabian V. Filipp, Assistant Professor of Systems Biology and Cancer Metabolism, University of California, Merced
Professor Fabian V. Filipp with his team working on precision targeting of malignant melanoma.Systems Biology and Cancer Metabolism Laboratory, CC BY-SA

Because of advances in drug design and precision medicine, researchers have been able to target certain molecules within a cell at the root of a particular disease and to develop specific therapies...

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Driverless cars are already here but the roads aren't ready for them

  • Written by Mark Wilson, Professor and Program Director, Urban & Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University
Jason Eichenholz, co-founder and chief technology officer of driverless vehicle industry startup Luminar TechnologiesAP Photo/Ben Margot

The recent deaths of a woman struck by a car Uber was testing in driverless mode and of a man whose Tesla Model X crashed when his hands were off the steering wheel because he was letting the car do some of the...

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Today's youth reject capitalism, but what do they want to replace it?

  • Written by Joseph Blasi, J. Robert Beyster Distinguished Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University
Today's youth are increasingly rejecting capitalism. AP Photo/Phil Sears

Today’s youth are increasingly unhappy with the way their elders are running the world.

Their ire was most recently expressed when thousands of teenagers and others across the country marched on March 24 demanding more gun control, a little over a month after more than a...

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I’m suing Scott Pruitt’s broken EPA - here’s how to fix it

  • Written by Joe Arvai, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, University of Michigan
One of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's signature moves has been to put the brakes on stringent fuel economy rules. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

In 2017, just a few days after Donald Trump was sworn in as president, a freshman GOP lawmaker with only a few days on the job of his own, proposed House Resolution 861. Its language was ominous: “The...

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Why are Sinclair's scripted news segments such a big deal?

  • Written by Amanda Lotz, Fellow, Peabody Media Center; Professor of Media Studies, University of Michigan
Sinclair Broadcast Group is under fire, following the spread of a video showing anchors at its stations reading a script criticizing 'fake' news stories.Steve Ruark/AP Photo

On March 31, Deadspin produced a video showing a chorus of local news anchors delivering the exact same scripted speech to viewers.

The message – denouncing media bias...

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What meeting your spouse online has in common with arranged marriage

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
David and Elizabeth Weinlick, a Minnesota couple who began their life together through an arranged marriage AP Photo/Kyle Potter

Most Americans who get married today believe they are choosing their own partners after falling in love with them. Arranged marriages, which remain common in some parts of the world, are a rarity here.

But while doing...

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Resisting technology, Appalachian style

  • Written by Sherry Hamby, Research Professor of Psychology; Director of the Life Paths Appalachian Research Center, Sewanee: The University of the South
Each has its own merits, even in a technology-centric world.The Conversation from Shutterstock images by heinsbergsphotos, jannoon028, Troy Kellogg, CC BY-SA

When people hear “Appalachia,” stereotypes and even slurs often immediately jump to mind, words like “backwards,” “ignorant,” “hillbilly” or...

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  5. Why bodycam footage might not clear things up
  6. A chicken in every backyard: Urban poultry needs more regulation to protect human and animal health
  7. It's not my fault, my brain implant made me do it
  8. Costa Rica looks a little less exceptional after its heated election
  9. Statesman, strongman, philosopher, autocrat: China's Xi is a man who contains multitudes
  10. Trump's military policy overlooks data on why transgender troops are fit to serve
  11. Why prime numbers still fascinate mathematicians, 2,300 years later
  12. Fabiano Caruana is poised to do what no American has done since Bobby Fischer. Here's the path he took to get there
  13. Colleges must confront sexual assault and sexual harassment head on
  14. FDR's forest army: How the New Deal helped seed the modern environmental movement 85 years ago
  15. MLK's vision matters today for the 43 million Americans living in poverty
  16. 'Oklahoma!' at 75: Has the musical withstood the test of time?
  17. Martin Luther King Jr. had a much more radical message than a dream of racial brotherhood
  18. How Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook targeting model really worked – according to the person who built it
  19. These are the VA's 3 main problems -- leadership isn't one of them
  20. Cuba's new president: What to expect
  21. Military mission in Puerto Rico after hurricane was better than critics say but suffered flaws
  22. Langston Hughes' hidden influence on MLK
  23. This 'Final Four' takes place over the board – with talent from around the world
  24. Much of what you think you know about Linda Brown – a central figure in Brown v. Board of Education – is wrong
  25. The invisible power of 'flutter' – from plane crashes to snoring to free energy
  26. How Texas is 'building back better' from Hurricane Harvey
  27. A VA hospital you may not know: the Final Salute, and how much we doctors care
  28. Is the growing Russia crisis another Cold War conflict? Nyet
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  30. Discovery of a surprise multitasking gene helps explain how new functions and features evolve
  31. Bobbleheads and other free swag star in baseball tax dispute
  32. Why are more people doing gig work? They like it
  33. 4 charts show why Trump's tariffs will hurt everyone – not just China
  34. Why EPA's U-turn on auto efficiency rules gives China the upper hand
  35. Federal spending bill deals blow to school safety research
  36. Improving the lives of those with dementia – by using memories of baseball
  37. Space weather threatens high-tech life
  38. Democracy is in danger when the census undercounts vulnerable populations
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  40. Busting Russia's fake news the European Union way
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  42. Abusive relationships: Why it's so hard for women to 'just leave'
  43. Active shooter drills may reshape how a generation of students views school
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  45. Pakistan's activist Supreme Court endangers a fragile democracy
  46. Baby bust: 5 charts show how expensive it is to have kids in the US today
  47. Why it's so hard to #DeleteFacebook: Constant psychological boosts keep you hooked
  48. The tragic story of America's only native parrot, now extinct for 100 years
  49. Trump plan to execute 'big drug pushers' will do nothing to stop opioid overdoses
  50. Who is John Bolton and what does he want?