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Derecho de asilo: El abuso doméstico y la violencia anti-gay sí se califican como 'persecución'

  • Written by Sabi Ardalan, Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Law School, Harvard University
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El Fiscal General de Estados Unidos, Jeff Sessions, recientemente anuló décadas de precedente legal en Estados Unidos al afirmar que las mujeres que huyen de violencia doméstica no reúnen por lo general los requisitos para el asilo. Para hacerlo, desafió el principio de que las...

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Nicaragua intenta derrocar a un dictador (de nuevo)

  • Written by Benjamin Waddell, Assistant Professor of International Studies, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Nicaragua, which overthrew its last violent dictator in 1979, is the only Latin American country since Cuba to stage a successful revolution.AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga

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Después de meses de protestas casi constantes en Nicaragua, al menos 300 personas han muerto, incluidos en esta cifra cuatro policías, mil personas...

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The travel ban in numbers: Why families and refugees lose big

  • Written by Raquel Aldana, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Diversity and Professor of Law, University of California, Davis

On June 16, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the 9th Circuit’s nationwide injunction against the third version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban. This ruling marks Trump’s first court victory since he issued the original travel ban back in January 2017.

Thousands now face indefinite separation from family members from the...

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Triclosan, often maligned, may have a good side — treating cystic fibrosis infections

  • Written by Chris Waters, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Michigan State University
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria inside a biofilm.Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.com

Maybe you’ve had the experience of wading in a stream and struggling to keep your balance on the slick rocks, or forgetting to brush your teeth in the morning and feeling a slimy coating in your mouth. These are examples of bacterial biofilms that are found anywhere...

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Breastfeeding has been the best public health policy throughout history

  • Written by Joan Y. Meek, Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education; Professor, Clinical Sciences, Florida State University
A mother breastfeeding her infant. Breast milk is considered the best source of nutrition for babies. Lopolo/Shutterstock.com

Breastfeeding has long been the gold standard for infant nutrition. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and World Health Organization...

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The pace of nonprofit media growth is picking up

  • Written by Charles Lewis, Professor, School of Communication; Executive Editor, Investigative Reporting Workshop, American University School of Communication
H.F. 'Gerry' Lenfest, left, donated tens of millions of dollars to sustain Philadelphia's newspapers.AP Photo/Rich Schultz

The man best known for founding the digital classified listing service Craigslist recently gave a New York City journalism school US$20 million. His gift was big enough to prompt rebranding at what will now be called the Craig...

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Trump isn't the first leader to rattle the world order

  • Written by Kelly McFarland, Director of programs and research, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University

Donald Trump’s recent trip to the G-7 summit smashed expectations of how world leaders should behave.

Trump’s actions in Canada included exacerbating the growing trade war and accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of lying. Summit participants described the President as “angry, mocking, wandering and rude.” Trump...

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How cities help immigrants feel at home: 4 charts

  • Written by Ernesto Castañeda, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American University

As anti-immigrant sentiment erupts in Western democracies from Germany to the United States, some cities are still finding ways to make immigrants feel at home.

I conducted hundreds of interviews with immigrants in New York, Paris and Barcelona intermittently for over a decade to understand how each city integrates – or excludes – its...

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Harnessing natural gas to harvest water from the air might solve 2 big problems at once

  • Written by Vaibhav Bahadur, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
Oil drilling produces natural gas that often gets burned on the spot, going to waste.AP Photo/Eric Gay

One of the biggest freshwater reservoirs in the world is, literally, up in the air.

Between 6 and 18 million gallons of freshwater hover above every square mile of land, not counting droplets trapped in clouds. Scientists realized this centuries...

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Meet the foodies who are changing the way Americans eat

  • Written by Joshua T. Beck, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

As residents of idyllic Eugene, Oregon, with its culture of local food, we might be forgiven for assuming all Americans are “locavores.”

The rich volcanic and glacial soil deposits of the Willamette Valley are irrigated by a splendid river system and tilled by farmers who raise everything from goats to hazelnuts. These farmers make...

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  2. Silicon Valley, from 'heart’s delight' to toxic wasteland
  3. A long fuse: 'The Population Bomb' is still ticking 50 years after its publication
  4. AT T-Time Warner, net neutrality and how to make sense of the media merger frenzy
  5. Russia is top on NATO's agenda and Trump is the wild card
  6. Which 3-letter agency is enforcing US immigration laws at the border?
  7. Green-baiting lawmakers are accusing environmentalists of doubling as ‘foreign agents’
  8. Mourning death by suicide: How you can provide support for the bereaved
  9. Rock 'n' roll is noise pollution – with ecological implications that can spread through a food web
  10. To improve digital well-being, put your phone down and talk to people
  11. Supreme Court polarization is not inevitable — just look at Europe
  12. Inside the sacred danger of Thailand's caves
  13. A rare instance when preventative screening is worth the dollar cost
  14. Por qué el censo de 2020 no debería preguntar sobre tu ciudadanía
  15. Why is the Strait of Hormuz important?
  16. Silicon Valley's cautionary tale shows what can go wrong when charities get obsessed with growth
  17. 7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?
  18. How the Catholic Church came to oppose birth control
  19. Considering race in college admissions – 3 questions answered
  20. Alcohol's health benefits hard to prove, but harms are easy to document
  21. Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy undermined in a polarized age?
  22. What next for the EPA? Here's what Reagan did
  23. We estimate China only makes $8.46 from an iPhone – and that's why Trump's trade war is futile
  24. Poland's judicial purge another step toward authoritarian democracy
  25. Support for refugees increases when refugees participate in integration programs
  26. Sex and gender diversity is growing across the US
  27. The monster festival: A pilgrimage to small town America
  28. A novel 'smart' antibiotic may target most common bacterial infection contracted in US hospitals
  29. Pre-existing conditions: The age group most vulnerable if coverage goes away
  30. What the Nazis driving people from homes taught philosopher Hannah Arendt about the rights of refugees
  31. Coping with heat waves: 5 essential reads
  32. Trade rules are deeply flawed but Trump’s tariff fixation is hurting America and the rest of the world
  33. Milking cows for data – not just dairy products
  34. Shelter design can help people recover from homelessness
  35. Busting 3 common myths about homelessness
  36. How do Americans really feel about interracial couples?
  37. Why it doesn't matter if a Harley is 'made in America'
  38. What is it about yawning?
  39. Is gang activity on the rise? A movement to abolish gang databases makes it hard to tell
  40. Anti-slavery heroes Charles Langston and Simeon Bushnell deserve pardons too, President Trump
  41. How Roe v. Wade changed the lives of American women
  42. When caring hurts: Attrition among social workers, medicine's unsung heroes
  43. Local, county and state governments are suing oil companies over climate change
  44. How ride-hailing could improve public transportation instead of undercutting it
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