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Why it matters that more athletes are talking about their mental health

  • Written by John Affleck, Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Pennsylvania State University
In 2018, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love went public with his panic attacks and struggles with anxiety.Reuters/Kim Klement-USA Today Sports

The great basketball writer Jackie MacMullan recently stood at the front of a hotel ballroom in Tampa taking questions after collecting a career achievement award from the Association for Women in Sports...

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Male nonprofit CEOs earn more – but the problem runs deeper than a simple gender pay gap

  • Written by Young-Joo Lee, Director of the Master's Program in Nonprofit Management, University of Central Florida
This is not what board meetings at the biggest nonprofits usually look like.Monkey Business Images/Shuttertock.com

Although about three out of every four Americans working for nonprofits are women, men hold a disproportional share of the highest-paid nonprofit jobs.

What’s more, the share of women in top management jobs decreases as an...

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Men do see the mess – they just aren't judged for it the way women are

  • Written by Sarah Thebaud, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Does this look messy to you?studiovin/Shutterstock.com

On a typical day, men spend a third as much time cleaning as women.

Does that make women beacons of cleanliness, while men are genetically unable to see the messiness in their midst?

This myth is a common explanation for why men don’t do as much housework as women. Men walk into a room and...

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It takes years to fully recover from big storms like Sandy

  • Written by Jack L. Harris, Assistant Professor of Communication, State University of New York at New Paltz
A Monmouth County, N.J. home in 2015Jack L. Harris, CC BY-SA

The 2012 hurricane widely known as Superstorm Sandy left at least an estimated 325,000 New Jersey homes damaged or destroyed. Nearly seven years later, many of the New Jersey residents who have not fully recovered have to fend for themselves.

The government funding has mostly dried up. Only...

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Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies

  • Written by Adriana Briscoe, Professor of Biology, University of California, Irvine
Adriana Briscoe, in the greenhouse with a blue morpho, University of California, Irvine, June 2019Wes Koseki - UCI School of Biological Sciences, CC BY-SA

An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana Briscoe studies the evolution of vision in butterflies and how they see color. Briscoe is currently working on her first...

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Al-Qaida is stronger today than it was on 9/11

  • Written by Christian Taylor, Doctoral Student, George Mason University
Yemen's al-Qaida branch, called al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, is the most dangerous and sophisticated offshoot of the terror group Osama bin Laden founded in Afghanistan in 1988. AP Photo/Hani Mohammed

Al-Qaida has recruited an estimated 40,000 fighters since Sept. 11, 2001, when the Osama bin Laden-led extremist group attacked the United...

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Russian Twitter propaganda predicted 2016 US election polls

  • Written by Damian Ruck, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Bristol
Trump's poll numbers went up after high levels of Russian troll activity, though Clinton's didn't go down. AP/Mary Altaffer, Chuck Burton

When Robert Mueller completed his long-awaited investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, he left many questions unanswered.

But one conclusion was unequivocal: Russia unleashed an...

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The US economy likely just entered its longest ever expansion – here's who's benefiting in 3 charts

  • Written by Steven Pressman, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University
Not everyone gets an equal share. TimeShops/Shutterstock.com

The U.S. economy likely surpassed an important milestone last month: Americans are now experiencing the longest economic expansion in the nation’s history, assuming the data still being collected bears this out.

This is certainly good news and something to celebrate. But, as an econo...

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Sugar substitutes: Is one better or worse for diabetes? For weight loss? An expert explains

  • Written by Jamie Pitlick, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice , Drake University
Sugar and artificial sweeteners comes in many shapes and colors.New Africa/Shutterstock.com

Wandering through the grocery store, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the numerous brands and health claims on the dozens of sugar substitutes. It can be particularly confusing for those with diabetes or pre-diabetes who must keep their blood sugar in check...

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Florida makes the restoration of voting rights contingent on criminal debt payments

  • Written by Victoria Shineman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, signed the measure state lawmakers approved.AP Photo/Steve Cannon

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a measure approved by state lawmakers that makes the restoration of voting rights for people convicted of felonies contingent on having paid off all criminal debt associated with their conviction.

A coalition of...

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