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The Kentucky Derby has a secret Latino history

  • Written by E. Gabrielle Kuenzli, Associate Professor, History Department, University of South Carolina
Derby frontrunner Game Winner comes from a bloodline of Latin American racehorse excellence.Gonzalo Anteliz Jr., Author provided

This Triple Crown season, which opens on May 4 with the Kentucky Derby, horses with Latin American bloodlines are among the top favorites.

Two 2019 derby contenders – Vekoma and Game Winner – are half...

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Platelets: The chameleons of cancer biology

  • Written by James Michael, Lecturer of Biochemistry, Thomas Jefferson University
Activated platelets (purple) on their way to heal a wound. Sebastian Kaulitzki/Shutterstock.com

Have you ever been in a classroom and wondered to yourself whether the information being presented could be wrong?

During graduate school, I audited a medical school class in which the professor remarked that at some point in the students’ medical...

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Should the NRA fear losing its 'nonprofit status'?

  • Written by Philip Hackney, Associate Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
Attorney General of New York Letitia James has launched a probe of the NRA.AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Oliver North sought a second term as president of the National Rifle Association.

It was not to be.

NRA first Vice President Richard Childress read a note from North aloud to thousands of the gun group’s members at their annual convention in...

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Drones to deliver incessant buzzing noise, and packages

  • Written by Garth Paine, Associate Professor of Digital Sound and Interactive Media, Arizona State University
It's going to get loud.Alexey Laputin/Shutterstock.com

A sister company of Google, Alphabet’s Wing Aviation, just got federal approval to start using drones for commercial delivery. Amazon’s own drone-delivery program is ready to launch as well. As drones take flight, the world is about to get a lot louder – as if neighborhoods...

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Trump offshore drilling plan may be dead in the water, but there are better ways to lead on energy

  • Written by Scott L. Montgomery, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Protesters at a hearing on President Donald Trump's plan to allow offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the nation's coastline, Feb. 14, 2018 in Hamilton, N.J.AP Photo/Wayne Parry

President Trump’s effort to expand offshore oil and gas exploration has stalled, and may be dead in the water. The newest obstacle is an April ruling in...

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Many electric utilities are struggling – will more go bankrupt?

  • Written by Theodore J. Kury, Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
On the hook: California utility PG&E declared bankruptcy due to liabilities linked to power lines and wildfires. AP Photo/Ben Margot

Over the past 12 months, consumers in the U.S. have experienced the disappearance of familiar retailers, such as Toys R Us and Sears, due in part to how online shopping has changed the way consumers shop for...

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Dutch Memorial Day: Maintaining colonial innocence by excluding people of color

  • Written by Annemarie Toebosch, Director of Dutch and Flemish Studies, University of Michigan

On Dutch Memorial Day – May 4 – the Netherlands remembers its war dead from World War II and after.

A close look at the holiday reveals a culture that maintains its innocence about a history of colonial oppression.

Indonesia declared independence from the Netherlands on Aug. 17, 1945. This followed 350 years of Dutch East India Company...

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Jimmy Carter's lasting Cold War legacy

  • Written by Robert C. Donnelly, Associate Professor of History, Gonzaga University
Former President Jimmy Carter.AP

Jimmy Carter was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976.

The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and forthrightness at home and abroad, a promise that resonated with voters eager for change...

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Trump's dirty tricks: Unethical, even illegal campaign tactics are an American tradition

  • Written by Steffen W. Schmidt, Lucken Endowed Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University

Donald Trump pulled some pretty unseemly stunts to win the 2016 United States presidential election.

He threatened to put his opponent, Hillary Clinton, in jail and publicly asked Russia to hack her emails. After Russian operatives did something similar – stealing emails from Democratic National Committee servers – the Trump campaign...

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Modern shamans: Financial managers, political pundits and others who help tame life's uncertainty

  • Written by Manvir Singh, PhD Candidate in Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Examining chicken intestines, reading the tea leaves, watching the markets – people turn to experts for insight into the mysteries that surround them.Manvir Singh, CC BY-ND

Aka Manai explains that there are two kinds of people in the world: simata and sikerei.

I am a simata. He is a sikerei. Sikerei have undergone transformative experiences...

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