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Want to understand gun owners? Watch their videos

  • Written by Connie Hassett-Walker, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Kean University

It was an ordinary day in 2011, when I found myself watching a YouTube video of a gun owner making a semi-automatic rifle discharge bullets rapidly, as if it were an automatic weapon.

My husband, a gun owner, watched firearms videos like this one. But I had never seen one. Intrigued, I sat down on the couch to absorb the imagery.

Hooking his thumb...

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As the Royal Wedding approaches, what can one of the world’s greatest novels teach us about marriage?

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
In Leo Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina,' each character approaches marriage with a different set of expectations – and many succumb to disappointment.Internet Archive Book Images

You can tell a lot about our culture by the way we talk about marriage. Take the upcoming exchange of vows between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Press coverage will focus...

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We calculated how much money trees save for your city

  • Written by Theodore Endreny, Professor of Water Resources & Ecological Engineering, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
For a megacity, Tokyo is rich in trees.gillyberlin/flickr, CC BY-SA

Megacities are on the rise. There are currently 47 such areas around the globe, each housing more than 10 million residents.

More than half the global population now lives in urban areas, comprising about 3 percent of the Earth. The ecological footprint of this growth is vast and...

Read more: We calculated how much money trees save for your city

Pompeo confirmation makes Mideast war more likely

  • Written by Gregory Aftandilian, Lecturer, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University

The United States Senate has confirmed CIA director Mike Pompeo, the hawkish former Kansas congressman, as secretary of state. He replaces Rex Tillerson, who was fired via Twitter on March 13.

As a former Middle East analyst at the State Department, I believe that having Pompeo as America’s top diplomat will endanger the Iran nuclear deal.

In...

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3 reasons why teachers are striking right now

  • Written by Deana Rohlinger, Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
Teachers and students wave to motorists in Peoria, Ariz.AP Photo/Matt York

Teachers from Arizona and Colorado are joining teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky on the picket line.

These teacher strikes will likely intensify the debate among elected officials over where education fits in state budget priorities. They may also prompt Americans to consider...

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Armenia rejects the 'politics of eternity'

  • Written by Chase Johnson, Research Associate, Frank Church Institute, Boise State University School of Public Service , Boise State University
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in 2017.AP/Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, three countries in the South Caucasus once ruled by the former Soviet Union, still operate in the shadow of what is now called Russia.

The three states are located between Iran and Turkey on...

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Senate confirmation: The grilling can be grueling

  • Written by Capri Cafaro, Executive in Residence, American University School of Public Affairs
Sens. Bob Corker and Bob Menendez look on during the second round of questioning of Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the CIA is facing a confirmation battle in the Senate. His nominee to Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson, withdrew his controversial nomination before he...

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VA nominee debacle may distract from the agency's 3 major problems

  • Written by Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson is Trump's nominee to lead the VA.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of its physician, Adm. Ronny Jackson, to be secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Jackson is best known for his fulsome report on Trump’s health following an annual physical in January 2018.

His nomination came into...

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Why cities are becoming reluctant to host the World Cup and other big events

  • Written by Mark Wilson, Professor and Program Director, Urban & Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University
Riot police drill outside Saint Petersburg's new soccer stadium ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky

Getting ready to welcome millions of visitors – as Russia is now doing in Moscow, Sochi and other cities in advance of the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament – takes years of planning and lots of construction....

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An addiction researcher shares 6 strategies to address the opioid epidemic

  • Written by Nabila El-Bassel, Professor of Social Work, Director of Social Intervention Group, Columbia University
Chris Burkett deposits old needles at a needle exchange program in Aberdeen, Wash., June 14, 2017. AP Photo/David Goldman

The devastating opioid epidemic is one of the largest public health problems facing the U.S. Over 2.5 million people in the U.S. suffer from opioid use disorder.

Four in five new heroin users started out misusing prescription...

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  2. Melting Arctic sends a message: Climate change is here in a big way
  3. Mother's milk holds the key to unlocking an evolutionary mystery from the last ice age
  4. When college tuition goes up, campus diversity goes down
  5. Female firefighters defy old ideas of who can be an American hero
  6. Invoking noble coal miners is a mainstay of American politics
  7. Beaches are becoming safer for baby sea turtles, but threats await them in the ocean
  8. Immigration policies can make the difference between life and death for newborn US children
  9. Defending hospitals against life-threatening cyberattacks
  10. How the pretzel went from soft to hard – and other little-known facts about one of the world's favorite snacks
  11. How live liver transplants could save thousands of lives
  12. Why this conservative bastion chose a liberal evangelical icon for its commencement speech
  13. Kids of color get kicked out of school at higher rates – here's how to stop it
  14. Why it's so hard for doctors to understand your pain
  15. Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many
  16. What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
  17. Self-driving cars and humans face inevitable collisions
  18. Why are some _E. coli_ deadly while others live peacefully within our bodies?
  19. States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education
  20. Lynching memorial shows women were victims, too
  21. Lynching memorial will show that women were victims, too
  22. Argentina's abortion legalization debate ignites soul searching on women's rights
  23. Argentinos empiezan a contemplar los derechos de la mujer, comenzando con el aborto
  24. Women in tech suffer because of American myth of meritocracy
  25. Why genetics makes some people more vulnerable to opioid addiction – and protects others
  26. Rap music's path from pariah to Pulitzer
  27. Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars – here's how to curb it
  28. Why does a president demand loyalty from people who work for him?
  29. Aneurysm strikes baseball pitcher, but why? A neurosurgeon explains the mysterious condition
  30. How images change our race bias
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  32. Wind energy's swift growth, explained
  33. Should you insure that trip or TV? Here's what an economist would do
  34. The census will officially count same-sex couples for the first time ever – but that's not enough
  35. Macron-Trump summit has high stakes for France's embattled leader
  36. Comey memos follow tradition of J. Edgar Hoover keeping notes on presidents
  37. What Greek tragedy illuminates about James Comey
  38. Climate change may scuttle Caribbean's post-hurricane plans for a renewable energy boom
  39. Is Earth's ozone layer still at risk? 5 questions answered
  40. Market forces are driving a clean energy revolution in the US
  41. Trump's exports-good, imports-bad trade policy, debunked by an economist
  42. Harvard sexual harassment case scars the institution as well as victims
  43. As marijuana goes mainstream, what's happening to the way we talk about weed?
  44. Why marijuana fans should not see approval for epilepsy drug as a win for weed
  45. Democratic Party's pluralism is both a strength and weakness
  46. Housing discrimination thrives 50 years after Fair Housing Act tried to end it
  47. Our centuries-long quest for 'a quiet place'
  48. What's unconscious bias training, and does it work?
  49. I run 'facial recognition' on buildings to unlock architectural secrets
  50. The US is stingier with child care and maternity leave than the rest of the world