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Why the Supreme Court's 'gay wedding cake' ruling won't resolve religious freedom issues

  • Written by David Mislin, Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
Pastors kneel in prayer in front of the Supreme Court, as a counter-protester holds a sign that says "What's Christian About Discrimination." AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its long-anticipated ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. In a 7-2 decision, the justices sided with a Denver...

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A los presidentes latinoamericanos les encanta Twitter (y esta no es una buena señal)

  • Written by Miguel Angel Latouche, Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela

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La democracia latinoamericana nace con un pecado original: es la región con mayor inequidad en la distribución del ingreso en el mundo. El proceso de construir una institucionalidad democrática formal, con los sistemas de incentivos correspondientes, estuvo emparejado con una ruda exclusión social y...

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La publicidad artesanal de Vietnam, un recuerdo que está en peligro de extinción

  • Written by Cristina Nualart, Researcher of Contemporary Art and Art of Vietnam, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Panel pintado a mano que anunciaba un centro deportivo. Foto: C. NualartAuthor provided

Desde inicios del siglo XX, las urbes de Vietnam se han desarrollado prodigiosamente. Saigón se convirtió en Ciudad Ho Chi Minh, una localidad colonial, luego comunista, que ahora es una metrópolis dinámica y vibrante.

Pero quedan...

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La publicidad artesanal de Vietnam, un recuerdo de está en peligro de extinción

  • Written by Cristina Nualart, Researcher of Contemporary Art and Art of Vietnam, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Panel pintado a mano que anunciaba un centro deportivo. Foto: C. NualartAuthor provided

Read in English.

Desde inicios del siglo XX, las urbes de Vietnam se han desarrollado prodigiosamente. Saigón se convirtió en Ciudad Ho Chi Minh, una localidad colonial, luego comunista, que ahora es una metrópolis dinámica y vibrante.

P...

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Limits on Chinese graduate student visas may protect US intellectual property but drive away talent

  • Written by Jack Marr, Clinical Associate Professor of International Business, Boise State University
The Trump administration may limit visas for Chinese students in hopes to curtail intellectual property theft. Onur Buyuktezgel/www.shutterstock.com

Some Chinese students studying STEM-related fields may not be staying in the U.S. as long as they’d planned. The Trump administration announced on May 29 that it may limit some graduate...

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22 percent of men without college don't have jobs. Here's why they're being left behind

  • Written by Erin Wolcott, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College
The job market is still tough for many Americans.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

The unemployment rate has plunged to about the lowest level in half a century. Yet at least one group of Americans is being left behind: men who didn’t go to college.

Just 78 percent of men aged 25-54 who never went to college were employed in 2016, the latest year for...

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22% of men without college don't have jobs. Here's why they're being left behind

  • Written by Erin Wolcott, Assistant Professor of Economics, Middlebury College
The job market is still tough for many Americans.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky

The unemployment rate has plunged to about the lowest level in half a century. Yet at least one group of Americans is being left behind: men who didn’t go to college.

Just 78 percent of men aged 25-54 who never went to college were employed in 2016, the latest year for...

Read more: 22% of men without college don't have jobs. Here's why they're being left behind

How the American Bible Society became evangelical

  • Written by John Fea, Professor of American History, Messiah College
Britain’s Queen Mother Elizabeth chats with Eric North, secretary of the American Bible Society, during a visit to the organization’s headquarters in New York City on Oct. 28, 1954.AP Photo/John Lindsay

The American Bible Society, an organization that for over 200 years has been on a mission of distributing Bibles, has produced a...

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Satellite imagery is revolutionizing the world. But should we always trust what we see?

  • Written by Melinda Laituri, Professor of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University
Sea ice off of East Antarctica’s Princess Astrid Coast.NASA

In 1972, the crew of Apollo 17 captured what has become one of the most iconic images of the Earth: the Blue Marble. Biochemist Gregory Petsko described the image as “perfectly representing the human condition of living on an island in the universe.” Many researchers now...

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Spending time alone in nature is good for your mental and emotional health

  • Written by Brad Daniel, Professor of Outdoor Education, Montreat College
Hiking the Savage River Loop in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska.Lian Law/NPS

Today Americans live in a world that thrives on being busy, productive and overscheduled. Further, they have developed the technological means to be constantly connected to others and to vast options for information and entertainment through social media. For...

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