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Wagner Group setback in Mali challenges Moscow’s strategy in Africa and the region’s faith in Russian mercenaries

  • Written by Christopher Michael Faulkner, Assistant Professor of National Security Affairs in the College of Distance Education, US Naval War College

While Russia’s army is bogged down in Ukraine, its mercenaries are faring no better in Africa.

In late July 2024, mercenaries from the the Wagner Group, a Moscow-aligned private military company, accompanied the Malian army in what the Malian regime called a “stabilization operation” in the West African country’s...

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A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit

  • Written by Nicholas Dagen Bloom, Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College
imageWorkers on a trolley at 5 p.m. in Baltimore, April 1943.Marjory Collins/Library of Congress, CC BY-ND

Since the 1940s, there has been a broad shift away from public transit across the U.S., and service has declined in many cities, including New York, Boston, Denver, Orlando and St. Louis. A look back at the last national mass transit boom helps...

Read more: A packed Baltimore trolley illustrates the ups and downs of US public transit

Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world

  • Written by Meghan P. Keating, PhD Candidate in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, Clemson University
imageThis mountain lion, known as P-47, was found dead in Southern California on March 21, 2019, with rat poison in his system.National Park Service via AP

Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s largest cities. To control them, people often resort to...

Read more: Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world

No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

  • Written by Joonhyuk Yang, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Mendoza College of Business, University of Notre Dame

How you shop and what you buy at the grocery store can predict whether you pay your credit card bills on time, our new research shows.

As marketingprofessors, we wanted to learn about alternatives to traditional credit scores. So we teamed up with a multinational conglomerate that, among other things, runs a large supermarket chain and a credit...

Read more: No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

The problem with pronatalism: Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme

  • Written by Emily Klancher Merchant, Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis
imageJapan is pushing for more pedestrians.AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko

In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates.

Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted so-called “pronatalist” measures in the belief that doing so will defuse a...

Read more: The problem with pronatalism: Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme

Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution

  • Written by Lynn Greenky, Professor Emeritus of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
imageFormer President Donald Trump attends his New York trial on April 23, 2024. Timothy A. Clary/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

The First Amendment protects speech, but Americans don’t have a right to speech that may cause harm.

That’s why former President Donald Trump is still not allowed to speak about prosecutors, individual jurors and court...

Read more: Despite Donald Trump’s claims, his gag order holds up against the Constitution

How San Francisco’s Democratic political machine led to Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign

  • Written by Lincoln Mitchell, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
imageCalifornia Democratic Congressman Phil Burton, second from right, with – left to right – Democratic State Assemblymen Leo T. McCarthy, Willie L. Brown and Art Agnos, in the early 1980s.San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library

The political earthquake that has made Kamala Harris the Democratic Party’s nominee for...

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The real ‘Big Bang’ of country music: How Vernon Dalhart’s 1924 breakthrough recordings launched a genre

  • Written by Ted Olson, Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
imageVernon Dalhart was a widely recorded singer in the early 20th century.The Library of Congress

Country music’s origin story has been heavily influenced by a romanticized notion of authenticity. Today, celebrations of the genre’s origins tend to focus on one event: recording sessions in late July and early August 1927 in the small...

Read more: The real ‘Big Bang’ of country music: How Vernon Dalhart’s 1924 breakthrough recordings launched a...

Infectious diseases spike when kids return to school − here’s what you can do about it

  • Written by Libby Richards, Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
imageSick kids can spread diseases in their households and classrooms.kali9/E+ via Getty Images

Ready or not, back-to-school season is here, and kids will be bringing home more than homework. They’ll be carrying germs, too.

These viruses and bacteria will be agents that cause the common cold, influenza, norovirus, COVID-19, strep throat and more....

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Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your fears and break out of tribal thinking

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
imageResist demonizing the 'other' side.Moor Studio/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

Instead of excitement about the upcoming election, many of my patients and friends – regardless of political affiliation – report they’re terrified at the thought of the “other side” winning. Democrats tell me they fear Donald Trump...

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  12. Qatari mediation was already producing diminishing returns – assassination of Hamas negotiator further erodes Gulf state’s role
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  15. Imane Khelif controversy at Paris Olympics shows how sex testing in women’s sports puts regulators in an impossible bind
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  17. Shortage of Black doctors is rooted in racist history − a $600M gift will help historically Black medical schools address the gap
  18. For Black Americans, higher police pay doesn’t always mean fewer violent confrontations as it does for other racial groups
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