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Readers prefer to click on a clear, simple headline − like this one

  • Written by David Markowitz, Associate Professor of Communication, Michigan State University
imageTurns out, people like it when their information is delivered in a straightforward way.Carol Yepes/Moment via Getty Images

In an era when people trust news less than ever, how can journalists break through and attract the attention of average people to provide information about their communities, the nation and the world?

By not complicating things.

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75 years ago, the KKK and anti-communists teamed up to violently stop a folk concert in NY

  • Written by Nina Silber, Professor of History, Boston University
imageFighting rages in Peekskill, N.Y., on Aug. 27,1949, as veterans break up a scheduled concert by singer Paul Robeson.AP Photo

Few Americans today know about the events that occurred 75 years ago in the small Hudson Valley community of Peekskill, New York. That’s where a riot broke out at a folk concert that marked a significant turning point...

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Does Democratic VP candidate Walz swear too damn much?

  • Written by Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
imageTim Walz said 'damn' four times while speaking at a union campaign event in Wayne, Mich., on Aug. 8, 2024. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

During a campaign event with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Michigan on Aug. 8, Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, used the word “damn” four times during his brief...

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Sharks are taking a bite out of anglers’ catch in the Gulf of Mexico, but culling isn’t likely to help

  • Written by James Marcus Drymon, Associate Extension Professor in Marine Fisheries Ecology, Mississippi State University
imageWhat a shark left of this red snapper for the angler who hooked it.David Hay Jones, CC BY-ND

Fishermen across the Gulf of Mexico are reporting that something is eating fish off their lines. What’s to blame? Many recreational anglers point a finger at sharks.

This conflict has caught politicians’ attention. Congress has directed the Nation...

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Biden administration’s negotiated price cuts for 10 common prescription drugs likely to save Medicare billions, beginning in 2026

  • Written by Simon F. Haeder, Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University

The Biden administration announced on Aug. 16, 2024, the reduced prices of the first 10 drugs it has negotiated with pharmaceutical companies over their Medicare prices.

Provisions authorizing these negotiations were part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which took effect in 2022, but these lower prices aren’t scheduled to take effect until...

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Why don’t more politicians retire? A medical anthropologist explains how the US could benefit from a mandatory retirement age

  • Written by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
imageTwo-thirds of U.S. senators and nearly half of House lawmakers are eligible for full retirement benefits.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are hardly the only examples of politicians who work well into their golden years. Members of the baby-boom generation – Americans born between 1946 and...

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Could we use volcanoes to make electricity?

  • Written by David Kitchen, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Richmond
imageLava spatters from a vent at Kilauea in Hawaii during an eruption in September 2023.M. Patrick, USGS, via NPS, CC BY-NDimage

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.

Could we use volcanoes to make electricity? – Lawrence, age 7,...

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Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today

  • Written by Brian Stone Jr., Professor of Environmental Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageTrees are one way to cool down a city. Architects in ancient Rome also designed buildings with porticos for shade and air flow. Laszlo Szirtesi/Getty Images

As intense heat breaks records around the world, a little-reported fact offers some hope for cooling down cities: Under even the most intense periods of extreme heat, some city blocks never...

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Astronomers have warned against colonial practices in the space industry − a philosopher of science explains how the industry could explore other planets without exploiting them

  • Written by Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Dean of Social Sciences, Professor of Religion and Science and Technology Studies, Wesleyan University
imageConsidering regulation for the space industry now could prevent the proliferation of colonial practices later. gremlin/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The past decade has seen a rapid expansion of the commercial space industry. Rival nations are competing for prime military and economic positions beyond the Earth. Public and private entities are clamor...

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Anthropology students present their research in poetry, plays and op-eds in this course

  • Written by Roxanne Varzi, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
imageAllowing students to use different forms of media can help with class presentations.Kentaroo Tryman/Maskot via Getty Imagesimage

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Multimodal Anthropology

What prompted the idea for the course?

“Multimodal”...

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