A Donald Trump supporter wears a gas mask and holds a bust of him after he and hundreds of others stormed the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty ImagesSince before Donald Trump took office, historians have debated whether he is a fascist.
As a teacher of World War II history who has written about fascism, I’ve...
The name "clubhouse" conveys a sense of exclusivity, belonging and connection.wundervisuals/E+ via Getty ImagesGoogle “What is Clubhouse?” and you’ll find a flurry of articles written in the past few weeks about this fast-growing social network. It’s not yet a year old, and much of the buzz stems from the fact that...
Student speech in public schools has less protection than speech by adults in the community at large.Noam Galai/Getty ImagesAfter a high school cheerleader in Pennsylvania dropped a series of F-bombs about her school in a Snapchat post over a weekend in the spring of 2017, she was suspended from the cheerleading team and sued the school district,...
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Women who are collectively donating to an all-girls school in Peru discuss their charitable giving in a Vienna, Virginia dining room.Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesThe American poet Ambrose Bierce wrote in 1906 that a philanthropist is “a rich (and usually bald) old gentleman who has trained himself to grin while...
Read more: Giving while female: Women are more likely to donate to charities than men of equal means
The author, Arash Javanbakht, at his gym. Javanbakht did not like to exercise until he found an activity he enjoyed. Arash Javanbakht, CC BY-SAAs with many other physicians, recommending physical activity to patients was just a doctor chore for me – until a few years ago. That was because I myself was not very active. Over the years, as I...
Black patients can be wary of the medical establishment.Maskot via Getty ImagesBlack Americans have been the least inclined of any racial or ethnic group to say they’d get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The proportion of Black people who said they’ll probably or definitely take the shot has risen over time – but even by...
Power to the people, but it will cost you.Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesTexans who made it through February’s extreme cold weather without losing power or natural gas must have felt lucky.
But for some, keeping their electricity through the blackout may turn out to be more traumatic than losing it. An undetermined number of homeowners have...
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Price gouging during disasters further shuts out those living in poverty.AP Photo/Eric GayIn Houston, as millions suffered power and water outages, food shortages and subfreezing temperatures, another problem confronted families: price hikes.
Steep increases in the price of food, gas and fuel have been reported across Texas. And as millions of...
AI promises to make life easier, but what will humans lose in the bargain?AP Photo/Frank AugsteinThe history of humans’ use of technology has always been a history of coevolution. Philosophers from Rousseau to Heidegger to Carl Schmitt have argued that technology is never a neutral tool for achieving human ends. Technological innovations...
Read more: AI is killing choice and chance – which means changing what it means to be human
Bacteriophage (yellow) are viruses that infect and destroy bacteria (blue). Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library,Getty ImagesAs the world fights the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, another group of dangerous pathogens looms in the background. The threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been growing for years and appears to...
Read more: Engineered viruses can fight the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria