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An overlooked and undercounted group of Arab American and Muslim voters may have outsized impact on 2024 presidential election

  • Written by Youssef Chouhoud, Assistant Professor, Christopher Newport University
imagePeople demonstrate in support of Palestinians on Oct. 14, 2023, in Dearborn, Mich.Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

Though domestic issues tend to motivate most U.S. voters, the war in the Middle East may be the dominant issue in mind for an increasingly important voting block: Middle Eastern and Muslim Americans.

Since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas...

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Emergency medicine residencies more likely to go unfilled at for-profit and newly accredited programs

  • Written by Cameron Gettel, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Yale University

The number of unfilled positions in emergency medicine residency programs surged in 2022 and 2023, with the trend most pronounced at programs that were recently accredited or under for-profit ownership. That’s the key finding of my team’s recent study of the past two match cycles.

A match cycle is when medical students choose a...

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College applications rose in states that legalized recreational marijuana

  • Written by Christopher D. Blake, Assistant Professor of Economics, Emory University
imageEffects of legalization on college application rates are short term. wildpixel via iStock/Getty Images Plus

Colleges in states where recreational marijuana became legal over the past decade saw a significant but short-term boost in applications from top-notch students. They also got more applications overall. Those were the key findings of a new...

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US Supreme Court decision on Trump-Colorado ballot case 'monumental' for democracy itself, not just 2024 presidential election

  • Written by Derek T. Muller, Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
imageThe U.S. Supreme Court.Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images

Momentous questions for the U.S. Supreme Court and momentous consequences for the country are likely now that the court has announced it will decide whether former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump is eligible to appear on the Colorado ballot.

The court’s decision to...

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Jan. 6 was an example of networked incitement − a media and disinformation expert explains the danger of political violence orchestrated over social media

  • Written by Joan Donovan, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
imageSocial media and cellphones connected President Trump to the Jan. 6 insurrectionists.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

The shocking events of Jan. 6, 2021, signaled a major break from the nonviolent rallies that categorized most major protests over the past few decades.

What set Jan. 6 apart was the president of the United States using...

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70 years after Brown vs. Board of Education, public schools still deeply segregated

  • Written by Erica Frankenberg, Professor of Education and Demography, Penn State
imageHow school attendance zones are drawn can affect segregation.Ariel Skelley/DigitalVision Collection/Getty Images

Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional, turns 70 years old on May 17, 2024.

At the time of the 1954 ruling, 17 U.S. states had laws permitting or requiring racially...

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The US invented shopping malls, but China is writing their next chapter

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor Emeritus of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imagePeople walk under a light projection at a shopping mall in Beijing. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFPJade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)

On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the Oasis Mall in suburban Shanghai. Like many Chinese shopping centers, this complex was filled with empty stores that reflected the end of China’s 30-year-long...

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What is resilience? A psychologist explains the main ingredients that help people manage stress

  • Written by Rachel Goldsmith Turow, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Population Health Science and Policy, Seattle University
imageMuch like learning the skills to climb a mountain – or any other form of physical activity – resilience can be developed.mihtiander/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The word resilience can be perplexing. Does it mean remaining calm when faced with stress? Bouncing back quickly? Growing from adversity? Is resilience an attitude, a character...

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Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care

  • Written by Irène Mathieu, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
imageMedicine is as much about the human experience as it is about biology.Jonathan Knowles/Stone via Getty Images

While there is a long history of doctor-poets – one giant of mid-20th-century poetry, William Carlos Williams, was famously also a pediatrician – few people seem to know this or understand the power of combining the humanities...

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Why does Claudine Gay still work at Harvard after being forced to resign as its president? She's got tenure

  • Written by Ray Gibney, Associate Professor of Management, Penn State
imageFormer Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens during a House hearing in December 2023 − before they both resigned.AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

Harvard University President Claudine Gayresigned on Jan. 2, 2024, less than one month after University of Pennsylvania President Li...

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