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How Jackie Robinson’s wife, Rachel, helped him break baseball's color line

  • Written by: Chris Lamb, Professor of Journalism, IUPUI
An the field and off, Rachel Robinson was a pillar of emotional support.AP Photo/Harry Harris

Jackie Robinson will be remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and sacrifice on Jan. 31, the centennial of his birth. By confronting Jim Crow – both as a baseball player and as a civil rights activist – he changed America.

“Back...

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Teaching hope during the 2020 campaign season

  • Written by: Sarah Stitzlein, Professor of Education and Affiliate Faculty in Philosophy, University of Cincinnati
Educators can use story-telling to make students more politically aware.Rido/Shutterstock.com

The 2020 presidential election campaign has already started.

Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can also quickly lead to political despair. During the last two elections, America’s polarized citizens experienced significant swings between hope...

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What would happen if hospitals openly shared their prices?

  • Written by: Zach Y. Brown, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan
Many patients are surprised to learn what their health care procedures cost. 9dream studio/shutterstock.com

Imagine there was a store where there were no prices on items, and you never knew what you’d pay until you’d picked out your purchases and were leaving the shop. You might be skeptical that the store would have any incentive to...

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What 4 economists say about the state of the union

  • Written by: David Bishai, Professor of Health Economics, Johns Hopkins University
A hallowed chamber for an important address. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

The State of the Union is back on after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said she invited President Donald Trump to address Congress and the nation on Feb. 5.

Earlier, she had disinvited the president from giving the speech in the House on the scheduled date of Jan. 29.

While...

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Dam collapse at Brazilian mine exposes grave safety problems

  • Written by: Julian D. Olden, Professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington
After 48 hours of frantic effort, Brazilian rescue workers have called off their search for survivors at a collapsed dam in Minas Gerais state.AP Photo/Leo Correa

Brazilian rescue workers continue searching for more than 300 people missing after a dam burst at an iron ore mine over the weekend.

The dam, which ruptured on Jan. 25 close to the...

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Why women still earn a lot less than men

  • Written by: Michele Gilman, Venable Professor of Law, University of Baltimore
Women earn less than men in most occupations, including soccer. AP Photo/Jessica Hill

A decade ago, on Jan. 29, 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

It was the latest legislative effort to close the persistently stubborn gap between how much women and men earn. At...

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3 ways that big data reveals what you really like to watch, read and listen to

  • Written by: Anjana Susarla, Associate Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
Generating new entertainment data.MinDof/shutterstock.com

Anyone who’s watched “Bridget Jones’s Diary” knows one of her New Year’s resolutions is “Not go out every night but stay in and read books and listen to classical music.”

The reality, however, is substantially different. What people actually do in...

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Mexico is bleeding. Can its new president stop the violence?

  • Written by: Angélica Durán-Martínez, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador with the families of the 43 students who went missing in 2014 in Guerrero state. He has ordered a truth commission to investigate the unsolved disappearance.Reuters/Edgard Garrido

Nearly 34,000 people were murdered in Mexico last year, according to new government statistics — the...

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Together, more heat and more carbon dioxide may not alter quantity or nutritional quality of crops

  • Written by: Carl Bernacchi, Associate Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Soybean Free Air Concentration Enrichment (SoyFACE) research facility at the University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignClaire Benjamin/RIPE Project, CC BY-ND

Researchers around the world are trying to figure out ways to feed a growing population, which is estimated to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050. But as humanity struggles to increase crop...

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How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion

  • Written by: Larisa Heiphetz, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Columbia University
Psychology research suggests a new tool for your ‘disagreement toolbox.’ Dragon Images/Shutterstock.com

In the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political disagreement that morphs into a religious argument. People’s religious affiliation predicts their stances on abortion, immigration and...

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