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Native people did not use fire to shape New England's landscape

  • Written by Wyatt Oswald, Professor of Environmental Science, Emerson College
Old-growth forests prevailed in New England for thousands of years.David Foster, CC BY-ND

An interpretive sign stands at the edge of the Montague Plains Wildlife Management Area, a 1,500-acre state conservation property in central Massachusetts. It explains the site’s open land vegetation has been shaped by “millennia of fire”...

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Impeachment trial senators swear an oath aimed at guarding 'against malice, falsehood, and evasion'

  • Written by Susan P. Fino, Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., signs the oath book after being sworn in for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. Senate Television via AP

The 100 United States senators who are jurors in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump have taken a special oath in order to take part in that proceeding. As they enter...

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Bill de Blasio's bagel gaffe and the fraught politics of food

  • Written by Stacy A. Cordery, Professor of History, Iowa State University
Oh no he didn't.secret agent mike/Getty Images

If New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hadn’t already dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, #bagelgate might have been the nail in the coffin.

His Jan. 15 tweet praising a toasted bagel on National Bagel Day instantly set off hardline bagel devotees-cum-voters. De Blasio quickly amended his...

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'Lennon Walls' herald a sticky-note revolution in Hong Kong

  • Written by Jeff Hou, Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Washington
Hong Kong's first Lennon Wall appeared in 2014.Wpcpey/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Months of anti-government protests in Hong Kong have physically reshaped the city. As a scholar of urban landscapes, I have been interested in how the citizens and activists made use of the urban environment during the movement, including walls of Post-it sticky notes...

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How a heritage of black preaching shaped MLK's voice in calling for justice

  • Written by Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Professor of Homiletics, Howard University
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the Freedom March on Washington in 1963.Bettmann/Contributor via Getty images

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination...

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Why bosses should let employees surf the web at work

  • Written by Stephanie Andel, Assistant Professor of Psychology, IUPUI
Cyberloafing may not be a waste of time after all. GaudiLab/Shutterstock.com

If you’re like most workers, you don’t spend 100% of your time at the office doing what you’re supposed to be doing.

In fact, on average, U.S. workers spend about 10% of their work day surfing the internet, emailing friends or shopping online. This...

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Identifying aquatic plants with drones could be the key to reducing a parasitic infection in people

  • Written by Chelsea L. Wood, Assistant Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
Researchers operate inexpensive drones to 'see' the areas with the highest likelihood of parasites.Chelsea L. Wood/University of Washington, CC BY-ND

For the majority of people on Earth, parasites are a fact of life. These organisms live inside the human body, causing debilitating or fatal diseases. Among the parasitic diseases, one of the very...

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What is a bar mitzvah?

  • Written by Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
The Jewish ritual of bar mitzvah. which marks a 13-year-old young man’s assumption of religious and legal obligations under Jewish law.Israel_photo_gallery, CC BY-ND

It is a common scene on many a Saturday morning in cities and towns across the United States to see seventh- and eighth-grade boys and girls, a few not Jewish at all, gather in...

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I asked people why they don't vote, and this is what they told me

  • Written by Andrew Joseph Pegoda, Lecturer in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; Religious Studies; and First Year Writing, University of Houston
People have different reasons for not showing up on Election Day. Burlingham/Shutterstock.com

At least 40% to 90% of American voters stay home during elections, evidence that low voter turnout for both national and local elections is a serious problem throughout the United States.

With the 2020 presidential election approaching, directives for...

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A Navy scandal sheds light on the nature of bribery and the limits of free speech

  • Written by Marcus Hedahl, Associate Professor of Philosophy, United States Naval Academy
Numerous officers who served in the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet are caught up in a massive bribery scandal.Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Nicholas A. Galladora/U.S. Navy

It seems like everyone’s talking about bribery these days – but I, and anyone else who works for the federal government, have to limit what we can say about...

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