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What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant'

  • Written by Christopher Beem, Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Pennsylvania State University
A protestor holds a sign with a quote from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the South Carolina Statehouse.AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins

In the turbulent days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, activists launched resistance movements: Greenpeace activists climbed a large construction crane near the White House and unfurled...

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Craft beer is becoming the wine of New England by redefining 'terroir'

  • Written by Daina Cheyenne Harvey, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross
Pouring Saison, a classic Belgian farmhouse-style ale, at Allagash Brewing in Portland, Maine.Allagash Brewing, CC BY

The U.S. craft beer industry is exploding. Although two companies – Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors – have produced more than 75 percent of all beer consumed in the United States for decades, America now has more...

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Does defense actually win championships?

  • Written by Mark Otten, Associate Professor of Psychology, California State University, Northridge
New England Patriots defensive end Bobby Hamilton sacks St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner during Super Bowl XXXVI.AP Photo/David J. Phillip

Legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant famously said, “Offense sells tickets. Defense wins championships.”

Since Bryant’s retirement in 1982, his adage has been perpetuated...

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What Jeff Sessions doesn't understand about medical marijuana

  • Written by C. Michael White, Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
Patients in 29 states can legally use medical marijuana to treat their symptoms.SageElyse/shutterstock.com

On Jan. 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole memo, a 2013 document that limits federal enforcement of marijuana laws.

This opens the door for a crackdown in the nine states with legal recreational marijuana.

The Cole memo is one...

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Thanks to the North Carolina case, partisan gerrymandering's day of reckoning may soon be upon us

  • Written by Christopher Beem, Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Pennsylvania State University
The word 'gerrymandering' comes from the name of Elbridge Gerry, Massachusetts governor in the 1800s. AP Photo/Elise Amendola

Gerrymandering was already shaping up to be an important issue this year, with huge implications for American democracy. But after the ruling this week on the North Carolina congressional map, the stakes have been raised...

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Quantum speed limit may put brakes on quantum computers

  • Written by Sebastian Deffner, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
How fast can quantum computing get? Research shows there's a limit.Vladvm/Shutterstock.com

Over the past five decades, standard computer processors have gotten increasingly faster. In recent years, however, the limits to that technology have become clear: Chip components can only get so small, and be packed only so closely together, before they...

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Beyond #MeToo, Brazilian women rise up against racism and sexism

  • Written by Alvaro Jarrin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross

Women’s empowerment recently got a big boost at the Golden Globes, but the United States isn’t the only place having a feminist revival.

In 2015, two years before the #MeToo campaign got Americans talking about sexual harassment, Brazilian feminists launched #MeuPrimeiroAssedio, or #MyFirstHarrassment. In its first five days, the...

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Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence

  • Written by Paul Harvey, Professor of American History, University of Colorado
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. , chats with African-Americans during a door-to-door campaign in 1964.AP Photo/JAB

After this last tumultuous year of political rancor and racial animus, many people could well be asking what can sustain them over the next coming days: How do they make the space for self-care alongside a constant call to activism? Or, how...

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When I got DACA, I was forced to revert to a name I had left behind

  • Written by Linda E. Sanchez, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology, University of California, Irvine
A 'dreamer' reviews documents needed to apply for DACA.AP Photo/Luis Mogollon

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was a great relief, if only for some time.

It allowed 800,000 people like myself to live and work without fear of deportation.

DACA was an executive order issued by former President Barack Obama in 2012 that gave undocumented young...

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Is warming in the Arctic behind this year's crazy winter weather?

  • Written by Jennifer Francis, Research Professor, Rutgers University
Seriously cold: The 'bomb cyclone' freezes a fountain in New York City.AP Photo/Mark Lennihan

Damage from extreme weather events during 2017 racked up the biggest-ever bills for the U.S. Most of these events involved conditions that align intuitively with global warming: heat records, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding, hurricane damage and heavy...

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  2. Autonomous vehicles could help millions of people catch up on sleep, TV and work
  3. For black celebrities like Oprah, it's impossible to be apolitical
  4. The 'greatest pandemic in history' was 100 years ago – but many of us still get the basic facts wrong
  5. When sexual assault victims speak out, their institutions often betray them
  6. Targeting hidden roots of workplace harassment is key to fulfilling Oprah's promise to girls
  7. More colleges than ever have test-optional admissions policies — and that's a good thing
  8. MLK's vision of love as a moral imperative still matters
  9. Defanged regulations have big media licking their chops
  10. Rejection of subsidies for coal and nuclear power is a win for fact-based policymaking
  11. Why is El Salvador so dangerous? 4 essential reads
  12. How California's megachurches changed Christian culture
  13. Why most nonprofit boards resemble whiteboards and how to fix that
  14. Why children's savings accounts should be America's next wealth transfer program
  15. Super-black feathers can absorb virtually every photon of light that hits them
  16. Does Apple have an obligation to make the iPhone safer for kids?
  17. Fit to serve: Data on transgender military service
  18. From cowboys to commandos: Connecting sexual and gun violence with media archetypes
  19. Will religiously unaffiliated Americans increase support for liberal policies, in 2018 and beyond?
  20. Universities must prepare for a technology-enabled future
  21. Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery – so they are practicing in the shadows
  22. Why Iran's protests matter this time
  23. Why states may get away with creative income tax maneuvers
  24. How does assisting with suicide affect physicians?
  25. Abortion freedom of speech battle heading to the Supreme Court
  26. Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what about the language of driving?
  27. Scientist at work: I've dived in hundreds of underwater caves hunting for new forms of life
  28. From bad to worse? 5 things 2018 will bring to the Middle East
  29. Trump's offshore oil drilling plans ignore the lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon
  30. The fallout of police violence is killing black women like Erica Garner
  31. When charities let telemarketers gouge donors
  32. Architecture in 2018: Look to the streets, not the sky
  33. Did far-right extremist violence really spike in 2017?
  34. The hidden homelessness among America's high school students
  35. Should military men draft our nation's security strategy?
  36. Allowing mentally ill people to access firearms is not fueling mass shootings
  37. Trust in digital technology will be the internet's next frontier, for 2018 and beyond
  38. For richer or poorer: 4 economists ponder what 2018 has in store
  39. Can road salt and other pollutants disrupt our circadian rhythms?
  40. Nikola Tesla: The extraordinary life of a modern Prometheus
  41. Why Puerto Rico's death toll from Hurricane Maria is so much higher than officials thought
  42. To get the most out of self-driving cars, tap the brakes on their rollout
  43. As you travel, pause and take a look at airport chapels
  44. What about young men who are having unwanted sex?
  45. Novelty in science – real necessity or distracting obsession?
  46. The gig economy may strengthen the 'invisible advantage' men have at work
  47. German 'grand coalition' could strengthen right-wing extremism
  48. Why your child's preschool teacher should have a college degree
  49. 'Career ready' out of high school? Why the nation needs to let go of that myth
  50. Social media companies should ditch clickbait, and compete over trustworthiness