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Fixing a broken process for nominating US Supreme Court justices

  • Written by E. Donald Elliott, Adjunct Professor of Law, Yale University

President Donald Trump has nominated two Supreme Court justices during only 19 months in office.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stated after Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation that Trump might have the opportunity to make a third nomination during one term in office. By the end of a possible second Trump term, he could choose a majority...

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Why is it so hard to get an accurate vote count?

  • Written by Michael Traugott, Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
Election workers unload a bag of ballots brought in a from a polling precinct to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office in Sacramento, California. AP/Rich Pedroncelli

In Kansas this past August, vote totals in the Republican primary for governor fluctuated by more than 100 votes over the course of a few days, and the winner – Secret...

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Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua's uprising alive

  • Written by Benjamin Waddell, Associate Professor of Sociology, Fort Lewis College

Protesting is now illegal in Nicaragua, according to President Daniel Ortega.

The Central American country has been embroiled in deadly political turmoil for months. Demonstrations that began in April against an unpopular social security reform quickly transformed into a broader movement aimed at ousting Ortega, Nicaragua’s authoritarian...

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Taxing carbon may sound like a good idea but does it work?

  • Written by Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor of Management, University of California, Davis
The biggest U.S. oil company wants to pay every American a dividend. AP Photo/Richard Drew

Exxon Mobil is backing a proposal to tax oil, gas and coal companies for the carbon they emit and redistribute the money raised that way to all Americans. It’s also giving a group urging Washington to enact a tax on carbon US$1 million to advocate for...

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Eating royal poop improves parenting in naked mole-rats

  • Written by Gina Mantica, Ph.D. Candidate in Biology, Tufts University
Hormone signals help ready worker mole-rats to treat pups as their own.belizar/Shutterstock.com

Have you ever seen a picture of a mother dog caring for an unusual baby, like a kitten? This sort of animal adoption story is an example of a phenomenon known as alloparenting: care provided to offspring that are not genetically related.

We humans may...

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More college students expected to vote in 2018 midterms

  • Written by Nancy Thomas, Director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education, Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
There are about 20 million college students in the U.S.Monkey Business Images/www.shutterstock.com

In order to gain insight into the role that college students might play in the outcome of the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday, Nov. 6, The Conversation reached out to Nancy Thomas, director of the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at...

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Dispatches from the morgue: Toxicology tests don't tell the whole story of the opioid epidemic

  • Written by Justin Wade Hubbard, Doctoral Candidate, Medical History, Vanderbilt University
Mortality data show only the final result of opioid overdose, not why it happens.Skyward Kick Productions/Shutterstock.com, CC BY-NC-SA

“Drug overdoses killed more Tennesseans than ever last year, fentanyl deaths up 70 percent,” a recent headline from my hometown newspaper, The Tennessean, proclaimed.

Variations of this headline have...

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Restocking wolves on Isle Royale raises questions about which species get rescued

  • Written by Mark Neuzil, Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of St. Thomas
Releasing a female wolf on Isle Royale, Oct. 2, 2018.NPS/Jim Peaco

Isle Royale is one of the most remote U.S. national parks. It stretches across one large island, its namesake, and more than 400 smaller ones in northwest Lake Superior. The park’s main draws are wilderness and wildlife, including beaver, otters, moose, martens and – for...

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Americans spend $70 billion on pets, and that money could do more good

  • Written by Sandra Woien, Lecturer of Philosophy, Arizona State University
Pet spending in the U.S. is estimated to have exceeded US$72 billion.star5112, CC BY-SA

Sylar, the border collie, has his own mansion along with a trampoline and indoor pool. The dog’s adorable features, along with his notable intelligence, earned his owner’s devotion along with many social media fans.

Sylar’s mansion, where other...

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Los jóvenes que viven en colonias de la frontera de Estados Unidos sufren pobreza y falta de atención médica

  • Written by Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Professor of Social Work, Nursing and Global Public Health, New York University
Niños jugando en la colonia Indian Hills cerca de Alamo, Texas.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Los últimos reportajes periodísticos sobre la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México han olvidado la lucha diaria de las familias y los niños de las comunidades estadounidenses conocidas como colonias.

Las colonias bordean ambos lados...

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