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Repealing the Clean Water Rule will swamp the Trump administration in wetland litigation

  • Written by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
Many migratory birds, like these sandhill cranes, rely on wetlands for feeding, resting and shelter.Wyman Meinzer/USFWS, CC BY

The question of which streams, lakes, wetlands and other water bodies across the U.S. should receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act has been a major controversy in environmental law over the past 20 years. The...

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What the Jeffrey Epstein case reveals about female sex offenders

  • Written by Poco Kernsmith, Professor of Social Work, Wayne State University
Female sex offenders may not receive as much public attention or scorn as male sex offenders.271 EAK MOTO/Shutterstock.com

The recent indictment of Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking highlights the importance of understanding sex offenses perpetrated by women.

Epstein allegedly did not act alone. In a variety of court filings, some of his female...

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What Trump's asylum ban will mean for the thousands waiting at the US-Mexico border

  • Written by Sarah F. Rogerson, Professor of Law and Director of Immigration Law Clinic, Albany Law School

The Trump administration’s latest restrictive immigration policy, known as the asylum ban, was recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

The ban effectively ends asylum relief for the vast majority of refugees seeking it at the U.S.-Mexico border. It prevents individuals from applying for asylum in the United States if they could have...

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Why does the CDC want us to 'Think Fungus'?

  • Written by Murat Can Kalem, Ph.D. Candidate. Graduate Research Assistant, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
_Candida auris_ fungi, is becoming resistant to many anti fungal drugs.Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com

When people think of infectious microbes, they typically think of bacteria and virus. There is, however, another enormous group of organisms that can affect our health: fungi.

It is estimated that there are 5.1 million species of fungi on Earth, from...

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Gas shortages paralyze Haiti, triggering protests against failing economy and dysfunctional politics

  • Written by Vincent Joos, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Florida State University
Haitians gather at a closed gas station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, hoping it will open eventually, Sept. 4, 2019. Gas shortages have forced stations across the country to close or reduced their operating hours in recent weeks.AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery

Gasoline is fueling unrest in Haiti for the second time this year.

The Caribbean country, which...

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Climate change created today's large crocodiles

  • Written by Pedro L. Godoy, Postdoctoral Fellow in Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
When is bigger better?Willyam Bradberry/Shutterstock.com

What does the term crocodylian bring to mind? A big reptile with a chomping jaw?

Crocodylians are the 27 species of crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials that live all over Earth today, except for in Europe and Antarctica. There are some smaller species, but these top predators are...

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3 tips for Justin Trudeau on how to say 'I'm sorry'

  • Written by Lisa Leopold, Associate Professor of English Language Studies, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Middlebury

“I’m sorry.”

These two words may seem simple, but the ability to express them when you’re in the wrong is anything but – particularly for those in the public eye.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to name a recent example, had to apologize several times since a photo and a video of him in brownface and blackface...

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Why the United Auto Workers GM strike is headed for failure

  • Written by Joshua Murray, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Vanderbilt University
GM autoworkers went on strike on Sept. 15.AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

The United Auto Workers union has a long history of successful strikes against General Motors.

The most famous example is the 1936 to 1937 Flint strike that resulted in higher wages and the union being recognized for the first time as the sole collective bargaining representative of...

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Mississippi: African American voters sue over election law rooted in the state's racist past

  • Written by Gideon Cohn-Postar, Graduate Student in History, Northwestern University
The Mississippi House of Representatives can choose the winner of a gubernatorial election under certain circumstances.AP/Rogelio V. Solis

A lawsuit over a Mississippi election law, if successful, will change the way that state elects its governor.

Four African Americans filed the federal civil rights lawsuit in May 2019, charging that the way...

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Curious Kids: What was the first computer?

  • Written by Doug Jacobson, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Clifford Berry stands by the Atanasoff-Berry Computer.Courtesy of Iowa State University Library Special Collections and University Archives, CC BY-ND

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.

The first modern electronic digital...

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