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Here's how to increase diversity in STEM at the college level and beyond

  • Written by Mariano R. Sto. Domingo, Assistant Research Scientist, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Assistant professor of chemistry Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, left, in a chemistry lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with Bolatito Babatunde, a student in the Chancellor's Science Scholars program at UNC.Lars Sahl / UNC Chemistry, CC BY

Jerome Adams is the 20th surgeon general of the United States and former Indiana state health...

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How a music genre known as black metal came to be related to church burnings

  • Written by Jason C. Bivins, Professor, North Carolina State University
The burnt ruins of the St. Mary Baptist Church, one of three that recently burned down in Louisiana.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

When three historically African American churches were burned down recently in southern Louisiana, it evoked memories of the violence of the civil rights era.

A 21-year-old white male, Holden Matthews, was later arrested on...

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Collaborative problem solvers are made not born – here's what you need to know

  • Written by Stephen M. Fiore, Professor of Cognitive Sciences, University of Central Florida
Group project experience doesn't automatically translate to competence at collaboration.Brooke Cagle/Unsplash, CC BY

Challenges are a fact of life. Whether it’s a high-tech company figuring out how to shrink its carbon footprint, or a local community trying to identify new revenue sources, people are continually dealing with problems that...

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Financial woes are at the heart of the NRA's tumult

  • Written by Brian Mittendorf, Fisher Designated Professor of Accounting and Chair, Department of Accounting & Management Information Systems (MIS), The Ohio State University
Former NRA President Col. Oliver NorthAP Photo/Michael Conroy

The National Rifle Association’s 2019 annual convention in Indianapolis drew around 80,000 gun enthusiasts, an arsenal of firearm-accessory vendors and appearances by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. It also produced an unusual display of disunity at the top.

The...

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Data insecurity leads to economic injustice – and hits the pocketbooks of the poor most

  • Written by Michele Gilman, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
Facebook allows advertisers to target low-income Americans. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez

Congress may finally be on the verge of passing a comprehensive federal privacy law after almost a half-century of trying. Even the tech lobby is on board following years of resistance.

The growing bipartisan support for privacy legislation seems to be...

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How the world's largest democracy casts its ballots

  • Written by Poorvi Vora, Professor of Computer Science, George Washington University

About 600 million Indian citizens are expected to cast their votes over a period of 39 days ending May 19, in the ongoing election for their country’s parliament. There are roughly 900 million eligible voters, and the country has typically seen about two-thirds of them turn out to polling places.

I have been working on the security of...

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The benefits that places like Dayton, Ohio, reap by welcoming immigrants

  • Written by Miranda Cady Hallett, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Dayton
One of the Ohio city's many immigrant-owned restaurantsAP Photo/Al Behrman

The Trump administration’s emphasis on immigration has often stoked partisan political battles. Those debates, as loud as they are, sometimes obscure the fact that immigrants are about 14% of the U.S. population.

Immigrants are adjusting and adapting to life throughout...

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How air guitar became a serious sport

  • Written by Byrd McDaniel, PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology, Brown University
Matt 'Airistotle' Burns performs during the 2017 Air Guitar World Championships in Finland.Eeva Rihel/Lehtikuva via AP

Advertised as the “greatest thing you’ve never seen,” the 2019 U.S. Air Guitar Championships will take place this summer.

Competitors from around the country will don elaborate costumes, construct fantastical...

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Is there a 'feminine' response to terrorism?

  • Written by Mona Krewel, Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Cornell University
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern wore a headscarf to comfort mourning family members after the Christchurch mosque shootings.AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File

After a terrorist shot and killed 50 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded differently than most leaders have after similar...

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At work, women and people of color still have not broken the glass ceiling

  • Written by Tesa Rigel Hines, Clinical Instructor, American Politics and Public Policy, Purdue University Northwest
Women of color hold more professional and managerial jobs today than they did in 1996.GaudiLab/shutterstock.com

Did you notice the race of your barista this morning? What about the sex of your mechanic?

I have observed that when I shop, most of the employees look like me. When I go to work, most of my co-workers look different from me.

If my...

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  2. Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it
  3. Is an 'insect apocalypse' happening? How would we know?
  4. Uber's $9 billion IPO rests on drivers' 80-plus hour workweeks and a lot of waiting
  5. Recalls of medical devices and drugs are up - can anyone predict when it will happen next?
  6. The value of trees: 4 essential reads
  7. What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism
  8. A drug for autism? Potential treatment for Pitt-Hopkins syndrome offers clues
  9. Missing school is a given for children of migrant farmworkers
  10. Don't buy that Gucci knockoff: Your bargain benefits organized crime while endangering countless others
  11. How to avoid accidentally becoming a Russian agent
  12. Why Facebook belongs in the math classroom
  13. Notre Dame has shaped the intellectual life of Paris for eight centuries
  14. Planned burns can reduce wildfire risks, but expanding use of 'good fire' isn't easy
  15. DNA as you've never seen it before, thanks to a new nanotechnology imaging method
  16. How your employer uses perks like wellness programs, phones and free food to control your life
  17. Central American women fleeing violence experience more trauma after seeking asylum
  18. No cure for Alzheimer's disease in my lifetime
  19. 'I got there first!' How your subjective experience of time makes you think you did – even when you didn't
  20. Un año después del levantamiento popular en Nicaragua, Ortega retoma el control
  21. It's 2019 – where's my supersuit?
  22. Duke Ellington's melodies carried his message of social justice
  23. Let's get real with college athletes about their chances of going pro
  24. The case for African American reparations, explained
  25. Identicide: How demographic shifts can rip a country apart
  26. What's on the far side of the Moon?
  27. FUCT gets day in court as SCOTUS considers dropping slippery moral standard when granting trademarks
  28. 'I'm not a traitor, you are!' Political argument from the Founding Fathers to today's partisans
  29. Why federal student aid should be restored for people in prison
  30. A quest to reconstruct Baltimore's American Indian 'reservation'
  31. What Leonardo's depiction of Virgin Mary and Jesus tells us about his religious beliefs
  32. Understanding the periodic table through the lens of the volatile Group I metals
  33. Japan’s next emperor is a modern, multilingual environmentalist
  34. In India, WhatsApp is a weapon of antisocial hatred
  35. Can the census ask if you're a citizen? Here's what's at stake in the Supreme Court battle over the 2020 census
  36. Qué piensan realmente los hispanos acerca de Trump
  37. What happens when a big business tries to take over and rename a neighborhood
  38. How 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' inspired the cathedral's 19th-century revival
  39. Did Trump obstruct justice? 5 questions Congress must answer
  40. How artificial intelligence systems could threaten democracy
  41. Will Netflix eventually monetize its user data?
  42. 'You're unallocated!' and other BS companies use to obscure reality
  43. 5 things to consider before you hire a tutor for your child
  44. Who are Sri Lanka's Christians?
  45. To solve climate change and biodiversity loss, we need a Global Deal for Nature
  46. Bringing the border closer to home, one immersion trip at a time
  47. Why political meddling with central banks is a terrible idea – and the Federal Reserve is no exception
  48. War games shed light on real-world strategies
  49. When is dead really dead? Study on pig brains reinforces that death is a vast gray area
  50. Mueller report: How Congress can and will follow up on an incomplete and redacted document