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Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous president

  • Written by Matthew Peter Casey, Clinical Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University
Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales rally with indigenous flags outside the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, Nov. 18, 2019.AP Photo/Juan Karita

Days after the powerful Bolivian leader Evo Morales was forced to resign as president after allegations of election fraud, Bolivia’s new interim president made her first public appearance....

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Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader

  • Written by Matthew Peter Casey, Clinical Assistant Professor of History, Arizona State University
Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales rally with indigenous flags outside the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, Nov. 18, 2019.AP Photo/Juan Karita

Days after the powerful Bolivian leader Evo Morales was forced to resign as president after allegations of election fraud, Bolivia’s new interim president made her first public appearance....

Read more: Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader

Why saying 'OK boomer' at work is considered age discrimination – but millennial put-downs aren't

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon
OK, boomer... Motortion Films/Shutterstock.com

The phrase “OK boomer” has become a catch-all put-down that Generation Zers and young millennials have been using to dismiss retrograde arguments made by baby boomers, the generation of Americans who are currently 55 to 73 years old.

Though it originated online and primarily is fueling memes,...

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So you want to be an autocrat? Here's the 10-point checklist

  • Written by Shelley Inglis, Executive Director, University of Dayton Human Rights Center, University of Dayton
Two autocrats: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, left, and Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, right, in Budapest, Hungary, Nov. 7, 2019. AP/Presidential Press Service

Democracy is in trouble, despite popular uprisings and dynamic social movements in Lebanon, Hong Kong and across Europe and Latin America.

Scholars say countries across the...

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Long wait times in ERs drive up costs, signal health care distress

  • Written by Lindsey Woodworth, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
Wait times in emergency rooms are not only frustrating but also costly.Johnson Photography LLC

Wait times in emergency rooms are so out of control that researchers recently tested whether aromatherapy would make waiting in the ER more tolerable.

It didn’t.

Over a decade ago, the Institute of Medicine offered an ominous warning:...

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Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up

  • Written by Damian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
The appetite for smart local news is there. The challenge is figuring out how to make it profitable.Sharaf Maksumov/Shutterstock.com

With the polarization of America’s media and politics reaching a fever pitch, many news consumers – “worn out by a fog of political news,” as a recent New York Times feature put it – are...

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Relax, Devin Nunes – theater is essential to politics

  • Written by Harvey Young, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, Boston University
The stage is set and the cast members are in their places for impeachment hearings.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

“A televised theatrical performance staged by the Democrats.” With these words, Republican Rep. Devin Nunes expressed his discontent with the beginning of presidential impeachment hearings. He indirectly invited listeners...

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Why Hindu nationalists are cheering moves to build a temple, challenging a secular tradition

  • Written by Sumit Ganguly, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
A Hindu woman prays to the bricks that are expected to be used in constructing the Ram temple in Ayodhya, following a verdict from the Indian Supreme Court.AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh

A five-judge panel of the Indian Supreme Court has delivered its much-awaited verdict on the destruction of the Babri Masjid, a 16th-century mosque in the town of...

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How gene-edited white blood cells are helping fight cancer

  • Written by Piyush K. Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, UF Health Cancer Center, University of Florida
Scientists are using gene editing to make better cancer treatments.Lightspring/Shutterstock.com

For the first time in the United States, a gene editing tool has been used to treat advanced cancer in three patients and showed promising early results in a pilot phase 1 clinical trial. So far the treatment appears safe, and more results are expected...

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