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Confederate flags fly worldwide, igniting social tensions and inflaming historic traumas

  • Written by: Jordan Brasher, Assistant Professor of Geography, Columbus State University
imageBrazil's 'Festa Confederada.' Organizers say the annual event celebrates their Southern American heritage, but some Black Brazilians disagree.Jordan Brasher, CC BY-SA

The United States isn’t the only country debating Confederate symbols.

The Confederate flag can be seen flying in Ireland, Germany, Brazil and beyond. Sometimes, the...

Read more: Confederate flags fly worldwide, igniting social tensions and inflaming historic traumas

Pro-choice movement's big win at Supreme Court might really have been a loss

  • Written by: Mary Ziegler, Stearns Weaver Miller Professor, College of Law, Florida State University
imageAnti-abortion demonstrators pray outside the Supreme Court building on July 8, 2020, while they wait for a ruling.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

When the Supreme Court handed down its ruling striking down a Louisiana law that would have limited abortion access in that state, progressives celebrated. Their reasoning on June 29 was simple: By joining...

Read more: Pro-choice movement's big win at Supreme Court might really have been a loss

How the coronavirus pandemic became Florida's perfect storm

  • Written by: Tiffany A. Radcliff, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
imageFlorida cities like Miami have resorted to issuing their own protective rules as coronavirus case numbers climb.Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images

If there’s one state in the U.S. where you don’t want a pandemic, it’s Florida. Florida is an international crossroads, a magnet for tourists and retirees, and its population is older, sicker...

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Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which means putting ethics before profits

  • Written by: Nicole Hassoun, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageIndian health workers doing health checks in Mumbai, June 17, 2020.AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File

As COVID-19 surges in the United States and worldwide, even the richest and best insured Americans understand, possibly for the first time, what it’s like not to have the medicines they need to survive if they get sick. There is no coronavirus...

Read more: Ending the pandemic will take global access to COVID-19 treatment and vaccines – which means...

Until teachers feel safe, widespread in-person K-12 schooling may prove impossible in US

  • Written by: Michael Addonizio, Professor of educational leadership and policy studies, Wayne State University
imageFew first days the new school year will look like this in 2020.Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images

Safely resuming in-person instruction at U.S. public schools is important for the academic, physical, emotional and social well-being of children and their families. It’s also a key factor for the...

Read more: Until teachers feel safe, widespread in-person K-12 schooling may prove impossible in US

Contact tracing's long, turbulent history holds lessons for COVID-19

  • Written by: Amy Lauren Fairchild, Dean and Professor, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University
imageTechnology is raising a new wave of privacy concerns around contact tracing.Leo Patrizi via Getty Images

To get the COVID-19 pandemic under control and keep it from flaring up again, contact tracing is critical, but persuading everyone who tests positive to share where they’ve been and with whom relies on trust and cooperation.

Contact...

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Research on voting by mail says it's safe – from fraud and disease

  • Written by: Edie Goldenberg, Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
imageA Pennsylvania election worker processes mailed-in ballots for the state's primary election in May 2020.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

As millions of Americans prepare to vote in November – and in many cases, primaries and state and local elections through the summer as well – lots of people are talking about voting by mail. It is a way to protect...

Read more: Research on voting by mail says it's safe – from fraud and disease

Black Lives Matter, LGBTQ rights, Trump: The risks and rewards of corporate activism

  • Written by: Joshua T. Beck, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Oregon
imageDozens of companies have recently expressed support for Black Lives Matter. Jessica Felicio via unsplash, CC BY-SA

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

The big idea

Companies and CEOs are increasingly wading into political issues. My latest research suggests that such corporate activism can come with high costs if it...

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Zounds! What the fork are minced oaths? And why are we still fecking using them today?

  • Written by: Kirk Hazen, Professor of Linguistics, West Virginia University
imageUsing minced oaths became a habit in NBC's The Good PlaceYouTube/NBC

What in tarnation is “tarnation?” Why do people in old books exclaim “zounds!” in moments of surprise? And what could a professor of linguistics possibly have against “duck-loving crickets?”

I’ll get to the crickets later. But what unites...

Read more: Zounds! What the fork are minced oaths? And why are we still fecking using them today?

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