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Sharing profits and ownership with workers not only make them happier, it benefits the bottom line too

  • Written by Joseph Blasi, Director of the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing, Rutgers University
There's plenty to go around.Papamoon/Shutterstock.com

Near-record low unemploymenthas companies fumbling to find the best ways to recruit and retain workers. Our research suggests a sure-fire way to do just that: give them a real stake.

By that we simply mean sharing some of the profits and even ownership with the men and women who are fundamental...

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I was an expert witness against a teacher who taught students to question the Holocaust

  • Written by Jennifer Rich, Assistant Professor; Director, Rowan Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Rowan University
Adolf Hitler (second from the right in front) is shown in this 1939 file photo along with German and Italian army chiefs after having signed the German-Italian military pact in Germany.AP

When I first set out to research how the Holocaust was being depicted in textbooks in New Jersey’s public schools, my hope was to see what students were...

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Why fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced

  • Written by Tera R. Jordan, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University
More Americans are sticking to their wedding vows.Melinda Nagy/shutterstock.com

Fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced, with the rates falling 18% between 2008 and 2016.

Among American adults, there is support for divorce when couples do not get along. Women, people from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, and adults who have...

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Journalist killings, arrests and assaults climb worldwide as authoritarianism spreads

  • Written by Randy Covington, Professor, University of South Carolina
Reuters reporters Wa Lone, left, and Kyaw Soe Oo after being freed from prison, in Yangon, Myanmar, May 7, 2019.Ann Wang/Pool Photo via AP

Myanmar, nudged by the conscience of the world, recently released two Reuters journalists imprisoned for more than 500 days – good news in what otherwise has been a dismal period for media freedom.

The...

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The case against voting for charisma

  • Written by Jessica Flanigan, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, University of Richmond
Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke at his presidential campaign kickoff rally in Houston, March 30, 2019. AP/David J. Phillip

Likeability, relatability, humor, wit, charm, good looks and a little disregard for convention have always helped candidates win elections. Policy positions, character and experience...

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Israel's political stalemate reveals the power of ultra-Orthodox Jews

  • Written by Joyce Dalsheim, Association Professor of Global Studies, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File

Benjamin Netanyahu has hit a snag that could derail his chances of becoming the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel.

Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition and dissolved parliament on...

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What Israel's new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness

  • Written by Joyce Dalsheim, Association Professor of Global Studies, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman. AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File

Benjamin Netanyahu has hit a snag that could derail his chances of becoming the longest-serving prime minister in the history of Israel.

Netanyahu failed to form a governing coalition and dissolved parliament on...

Read more: What Israel's new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness

The US drinking water supply is mostly safe, but that's not good enough

  • Written by Joan Rose, Laboratory Director/Principal Investigator in Water Research, Michigan State University
Bottled water distribution in Glenwood, Iowa, where massive spring flooding along the Missouri River disrupted drinking water treatment, April 3, 2019.AP Photo/Nati Harnik

Most Americans take clean drinking water for granted as a convenience of modern life. The United States has one of the world’s safest drinking water supplies, but new...

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A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than needed

  • Written by Richard Perez, Senior Research Associate in Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, University at Albany, State University of New York
Expanding solar power potential more than it's needed could replace more expensive energy storage.Jamey Stillings, CC BY-SA

The famous inventor Edwin Land said, “It’s not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” He seemed to be telling us that solutions lie just beyond our old habits of thinking.

Cities,...

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This year the flu came in two waves – here’s why

  • Written by Patricia L. Foster, Professor Emerita of Biology, Indiana University
They're not perfect, but flu shots are still good to get.AP Photo/David Goldman

The just-ended 2018-2019 flu season was relatively mild compared to the last season, during which nearly 80,000 people in the U.S. died of flu-related illness, according to estimates by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This year’s death toll is...

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  8. How to teach and parent better in the age of big data
  9. CBD: The next weapon in the war against opioid addiction?
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  11. Sanders and AOC want to cap interest rates on consumer loans at 15% – here's why that's a bad idea
  12. India's Prime Minister Modi pursues politics of Hindu nationalism – what does that mean?
  13. Trump and the problem with pardons
  14. How the new 'Aladdin' stacks up against a century of Hollywood stereotyping
  15. Assange’s new indictment: Espionage and the First Amendment
  16. Rapid water quality tests better protect beachgoers
  17. Doping soldiers so they fight better – is it ethical?
  18. Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health
  19. 'World Heritage' site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money
  20. People with traumatic brain injury, who often lose empathy, can regain it with treatment
  21. Mathematics of scale: Big, small and everything in between
  22. As Airbnb grows, this is exactly how much it's bringing down hotel prices and occupancy
  23. The history of China's Muslims and what's behind their persecution
  24. Facebook doesn't fool me – but I worry about how it affects you
  25. Recent attempts at reparations show that World War II is not over
  26. Chicago's Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results
  27. US is already fighting a conflict with Iran – an economic war that is hurting the wrong people
  28. Could a lack of humility be at the root of what ails America?
  29. The Constitution dictates that impeachment must not be partisan
  30. The American GI in WWII, uncensored
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  33. The Catholic Church is tightening rules on reporting sexual abuse – but not swearing off its legal privilege to keep secrets
  34. What’s wrong with those anti-vaxxers? They're just like the rest of us
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  36. The SAT's new 'adversity score' is a poor fix for a problematic test
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  38. What China wants: 3 things motivating China's position in trade negotiations with the US
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