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Singles Day shows China's global retail power

  • Written by Venkatesh Shankar, Professor of Marketing; Director of Research, Center for Retailing Studies, Texas A&M University
A mascot for Alibaba's online shopping site Tmall urges customers to buy on Singles Day.AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Nov. 11, or 11/11, has been celebrated as Singles Day – a sort of anti-Valentine’s Day for single people – since 1993. Chosen because its date has four ones in a row, the holiday originated in China and has become the...

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Americans elected mayors who care about climate change

  • Written by Mary Alice Haddad, Professor, Wesleyan University
Do events like the Global Action Climate Summit raise the profile of politicians like New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio?AP Photo/Eric Risberg

Being pro-environment was a winning strategy for this country’s mayors.

Twelve mayors in America’s 100 largest cities faced re-election battles during the 2018 midterms, and mayors – both...

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The 116th Congress has more women and people of color than ever – but there's still room to improve

  • Written by Richie Zweigenhaft, Professor of Psychology, Guilford College

Women and people of color made substantial gains in the 2018 midterm elections toward diversifying the House and the Senate.

For the past three and a half decades, my co-author, G. William Domhoff, and I have been monitoring diversity in what sociologist C. Wright Mills called “the power elite” – those in the most influential...

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Veterans have fought in wars – and fought against them

  • Written by Michael Messner, Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
A member of Veterans for Peace marches during the annual Veterans Day parade in New York, Nov. 11, 2017. AP/Andres Kudacki

If President Donald Trump had his way, the nation would be celebrating the centennial of the World War I armistice on Nov. 11 with a massive military parade in Washington, D.C.

But that won’t be happening. When the...

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On the 100th anniversary of WWI's end, lessons on life in health care's trenches

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
World War I soldiers in a trench. Trenches led to monotony, malnutrition and shellshock.Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com

It is common these days to hear physicians, nurses and other health professionals refer to their daily work as “life in the trenches.” The phrase usually contrasts the experiences of patient-facing professionals...

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Elecciones EEUU: Población latina puede ser una fuerza electoral en 2020

  • Written by Lisa Garcia Bedolla, Chancellor's Professor of Education and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Las encuestas de salida indican que el demócrata Beto O’Rourke consiguió el 63% del voto latino en Texas, y parece que los latinos han votado hasta alcanzar cifras históricas. Pero no fue suficiente para ganar.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Los latinos participaron de forma muy activa en las elecciones legislativas intermedias de...

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Blasphemy law is repealed in Ireland, enforced in Pakistan – and a problem in many Christian and Muslim countries

  • Written by Steve Pinkerton, Lecturer in English, Case Western Reserve University
Pakistani religious groups protest against a Supreme Court decision that acquitted Asia Bibi, who was accused of blasphemy, in Islamabad, Pakistan.AP Photo/B.K. Bangash

The citizens of Ireland voted recently, in a nationwide referendum, to remove a clause from their constitution that had made blasphemy a criminal offense.

Ireland’s...

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What is public service loan forgiveness? And how do I qualify to get it?

  • Written by Robert Kelchen, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University
Public Service Loan Forgiveness can be difficult to get if you don't know the rules.Rawpixel.com/www.shutterstock.com

The first group of borrowers who tried to get Public Service Loan Forgiveness – a George W. Bush-era program meant to provide relief to those who went into socially valuable but poorly paid public service jobs, such as...

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How a self-powered glucose-monitoring device could help people with diabetes

  • Written by Gymama Slaughter, Executive Director, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University
People with diabetes must monitor their glucose levels throughout the day, but doing so is a challenge. sirtavelalot/Shutterstock.com

Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the U.S., with about 30.3 million adults having the disease. One in 4 adults does not even know he or she has diabetes.

In addition, 84.1 million adults have...

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How the ‘wave of women’ entering congress could turn the #MeToo movement into concrete action

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon

The 2018 midterm elections represented the first electoral referendum of the #MeToo era.

More than 500 women ran in primaries for federal office, a pipeline that ultimately led to a record number of women set to take office.

Even so, it also reveals how far women are from achieving parity in politics – they are projected to hold barely more...

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  1. The other 2018 midterm wave: A historic 10-point jump in turnout among young people
  2. #MeToo could become a national reckoning – if the new House treats it like a financial crisis
  3. Driving autonomous cars off the beaten path
  4. The votes have been counted, the results are (mostly) in: What’s next for health care?
  5. Left behind: The midterm view from Iowa
  6. The US government has huge debts, and House Democrats could lead the way on solutions – an economist explains how
  7. Coloradans reject restrictions on drilling distances from homes and schools
  8. Latinos can be an electoral force in 2020
  9. La gripe sobrevive más de una hora en el aire y en las superficies
  10. Which country is best to live in? Our calculations say it's not Norway
  11. Experiments with optical tweezers race to test the laws of quantum mechanics
  12. Concussion prevention: Sorting through the science to see what's sound
  13. What's behind the dramatic rise in 3-generation households?
  14. Florida restores voting rights to 1.5 million citizens, which might also decrease crime
  15. Marijuana expands into 3 more states, but nationwide legalization still unlikely
  16. 2 economic policies likely to change with Democrats in control of House
  17. What image will define the 2018 election?
  18. Threats remain to US voting system – and voters' perceptions of reality
  19. Hurricanes and water wars threaten the Gulf Coast's new high-end oyster industry
  20. A game plan for technology companies to actually help save the world
  21. Racial and ethnic minorities are more vulnerable to wildfires
  22. Colonizing Mars means contaminating Mars – and never knowing for sure if it had its own native life
  23. New findings add twist to screen time limit debate
  24. How Christian missionary media shaped the world
  25. There's more to health care access than pre-existing conditions
  26. Independent voters will decide Arizona's historic female Senate race
  27. En Estados Unidos, la religión y los refugiados están profundamente conectados
  28. Felons barred from jury duty: An unjustified punishment
  29. College students with disabilities are too often excluded
  30. How to make meaning in aftermath of Pittsburgh and other violent acts
  31. State cap-and-trade systems offer evidence that carbon pricing can work
  32. Strict Amazon protections made Brazilian farmers more productive, new research shows
  33. Unlike in 2016, there was no spike in misinformation this election cycle
  34. Pittsburgh trauma surgeon: 'Stop the Bleed' training saved lives after shooting, but stopping the need must be next
  35. Even a few bots can shift public opinion in big ways
  36. Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women's fashion
  37. Why Google's employees walked out and what it could mean for the future of labor
  38. Freddie Mercury's family faith: The ancient religion of Zoroastrianism
  39. Republican ads feature MS-13, hoping fear will motivate voters
  40. Prenatal blood screening may predict Zika virus-associated fetal defects
  41. Does giving donors stuff actually raise more money?
  42. One way to reduce food waste: Use it to make soil healthier
  43. Campaign spending isn't the problem – where the money comes from is
  44. How safe is your place of worship?
  45. Developing teen brains are vulnerable to anxiety – but treatment can help
  46. New findings on ocean warming: 5 questions answered
  47. DJ Durkin's firing won't solve college football's deepest problems
  48. Jamal Khashoggi's murder finally brings media attention to plight of Arab world's exiled critics
  49. Los migrantes viajan en 'caravanas' por una razón: seguridad
  50. Immigration to US Westernizes Asian guts