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Faith-based 'violence interrupters' stop gang shootings with promise of redemption for at-risk youth – not threats of jail

  • Written by Deanna Wilkinson, Associate Professor. Department of Human Sciences, The Ohio State University
imageA demonstrator heads to an anti-violence protest in Chicago, which has struggled with gun violence for decades, July 7, 2018.Jim Young/AFP via Getty Images)

The July 4 weekend was one of the deadliest in recent U.S. history, with 160 people, including several small children, killed by gun violence in Chicago, New York, Atlanta and beyond.

And the...

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How to hide from a drone – the subtle art of 'ghosting' in the age of surveillance

  • Written by Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick, Associate Professor of Political Sociology, University of San Diego
imageThe federal government has used military-grade border patrol drones like this one to monitor protests in US cities._ Jonathan Cutrer/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Drones of all sizes are being used by environmental advocates to monitor deforestation, by conservationists to track poachers, and by journalists and activists to document large protests. As a politica...

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Yes, kids can get COVID-19 – 3 pediatricians explain what's known about coronavirus and children

  • Written by Kathryn Moffett-Bradford, Professor of Pediatrics, Division Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, West Virginia University
imageChildren are at risk of getting sick from coronavirus and need to practice social distancing and mask wearing too. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File

We arethree pediatricinfectious disease specialists who live and work in West Virginia. The West Virginia University health system serves 400,000 children and according to our internal data, to date, 2,520...

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Marie Tharp pioneered mapping the bottom of the ocean 6 decades ago – scientists are still learning about Earth's last frontier

  • Written by Suzanne OConnell, Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University
imageTharp with an undersea map at her desk. Rolled sonar profiles of the ocean floor are on the shelf behind her.Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the estate of Marie Tharp

Despite all the deep-sea expeditions and samples taken from the seabed over the past 100 years, humans still know very little about the ocean’s deepest reaches. And there...

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Many students with the potential to excel in STEM fields struggle in school

  • Written by Joni Lakin, Associate Professor of Educational Studies, University of Alabama
imageWhat else might she build someday?Kobyakov/iStock via Getty Images Plus

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

Students who have the kinds of talent scientists and engineers need to solve problems by visualizing how objects could be rotated, combined or changed in three dimensions often struggle at school....

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Companies are struggling to engage with today's activists – a new survey explores why

  • Written by Fred Cook, Director, Center for Public Relations, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
imageCompanies are having trouble keeping up with the recent rise of activism.AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Dozens of companies with no track record of activism have made statements in recent weeks in support of Black Lives Matter following what I believe is unprecedented pressure from racial justice protesters.

It may have come as a surprise to some...

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Cómo Jesús llegó a parecerse a un europeo blanco

  • Written by Anna Swartwood House, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina
imagePintura que representa la transfiguración de Jesús, un evento narrado en el Nuevo Testamento en el que Jesús se vuelve radiante sobre una montaña.Artist Raphael /Collections Hallwyl Museum, CC BY-SA

La representación de Jesús como un hombre blanco y europeo vuelve a estar en el punto de mira durante este...

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When a winner becomes a loser: Winston Churchill was kicked out of office in the British election of 1945

  • Written by Klaus W. Larres, Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor; Adjunct Professor of the Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
imageWinston Churchill giving his final address, during the 1945 election campaign, at Walthamstow Stadium, East London.Wikipedia, the collections of the Imperial War Museums

The end of World War II in Europe and the defeat of Hitler and Nazi Germany in early May 1945 turned British Prime Minister Winston Churchill into the world’s most eminent...

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4 lawsuits that challenge Trump's federal agents in Portland test issues other cities will likely face

  • Written by Sarah J. Adams-Schoen, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Oregon
imageFederal officers using large amounts of tear gas against protesters in Portland, Oregon on July 21.John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

President Donald Trump has announced that the U.S. Department of Justice will send a “surge of federal law enforcement” into American cities run by “extreme politicians” who are on an...

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At the evangelical Creation Museum, dinosaurs lived alongside humans and the world is 6,000 years old

  • Written by William Trollinger, Professor of History, University of Dayton
imageChristian fundamentalists like Ken A. Ham, CEO of the evangelical group that owns the Creation Museum, believe dinosaurs were among the animals rescued on Noah's Ark.Jeff Haynes/AFP via Getty Images

Summer travel in the United States has slowed but not stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Among those destinations that have recently reopened is,...

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  10. Statues topple and a Catholic church burns as California reckons with its Spanish colonial past
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  12. The ADA isn't just about ramps -- over 30 years, it has profoundly changed the deaf community
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  19. Science elicits hope in Americans – its positive brand doesn't need to be partisan
  20. Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic
  21. Online Christian pilgrimage: How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation
  22. Massive online open courses see exponential growth during COVID-19 pandemic
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  25. Low-wage service workers are facing new emotional hazards in the workplace during COVID-19
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  28. People are dying in US prisons, and not just from COVID-19
  29. Telework mostly benefits white, affluent Americans – and offers few climate benefits
  30. How other countries reopened schools during the pandemic – and what the US can learn from them
  31. How popular culture hobbles protest movements
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  33. Georgia's election disaster shows how bad voting in 2020 can be
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  36. Russian cyberthreat extends to coronavirus vaccine research
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  38. Could employers and states mandate COVID-19 vaccinations? Here's what the courts have ruled
  39. Black men face high discrimination and depression, even as their education and incomes rise
  40. Colleges expect athletes to work but not to air any grievances – here's why that's wrong
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  44. ALS scientific breakthrough: Diabetes drug metformin shows promise in mouse study for a common type of ALS
  45. Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday
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