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US 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy still violating fundamental human rights laws

  • Written by Jeffrey Davis, Professor of Poltical Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

After public outcry and political pressure, President Donald Trump ended the practice of separating children from their families at the border in an executive order signed on June 20.

However, he left in place requirements to prosecute or at least detain immigrants who may have entered the country unlawfully – including children and...

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Why Trump's proposal to merge the departments of Labor and Education should fail

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
A Trump administration plan to merge the Labor and Education departments focuses on workforce needs.Rawpixel.com/www.shutterstock.com

Most people go to school with the expectation that it will lead to a job. If this is the case, then it makes no sense for the federal government to have separate departments for schools and jobs. Or so goes the logic...

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Why are Russians so stingy with their smiles?

  • Written by Samuel Putnam, Professor of Psychology, Bowdoin College
Say cheese ... or not. A woman works a stand at a cheese festival in Moscow, Russia.AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin

In the lead-up to the World Cup, articlesappeared noting that Russian workers were being taught how to properly smile at the foreign soccer fans who would soon be visiting their country.

One of us – Masha – is a Russian...

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Sonic attacks: How a medical mystery can sow distrust in foreign governments

  • Written by Jonathan D Moreno, Professor of Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
A sound vibration. By Steffen Ebert/shutterstock.com

The recent evacuation of a group of U.S. diplomatic personnel stationed in Guangzhou, China, revived concerns over an “attack” that originated in Havana in mid-2016. At that time, several U.S. individuals working at the American Embassy in Cuba became ill after hearing sounds in their...

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Trump travel ban targeting Muslims will not make America safer

  • Written by Rebecca Jayne Wolfe, Fellow, Program for Refugees, Forced Migration and Humanitarian Action, Yale University
People protest the U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding President Donald Trump's travel ban outside the Supreme Court in Washington, June 26, 2018.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the Trump administration’s policy barring people from several predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S., ruling that the...

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Today’s US-Mexico 'border crisis' in 6 charts

  • Written by Douglas Massey, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
A Border Patrol agent in New Mexico.REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

The news today is full of dire pronouncements about the “crisis” at the Mexico-U.S. border. In reality, there is no crisis, at least as portrayed in the press and by the Trump administration.

Undocumented entries across the border are, in fact, at all-time lows. The mass...

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¿Amnistía para traficantes? Eso propone este candidato presidencial mexicano

  • Written by Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
¿Puede México convertirse en una “república amorosa” construida en el perdón en vez del castigo?Shutterstock/Nalidsa

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Con más de 29.000 asesinatos, 2017 ha sido el año más mortífero del que se guarde registro en México. Casi dos tercios de los mexicanos afirman...

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The long history of separating families in the US and how the trauma lingers

  • Written by Jessica Pryce, Executive Director, The Florida Institute for Child Welfare, Florida State University
Immigrant children play inside the Catholic Charities RGV in Texas. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

During the last few weeks, hundreds of families have been separated, following the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy towards illegal immigrants. Even though the separations have reportedly stopped, it is not clear when the...

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Supreme Court ruling adds privacy protection for the digital age

  • Written by Jonathan Weinberg, Professor of Law, Wayne State University
Your phone knows where you've been.LightAndShare/Shutterstock.com

The Supreme Court has handed down a landmark privacy decision in a case about cellphone location data, suggesting there should be stronger protections against government searches for the increasing amount of private information that’s stored online.

The case relates to location...

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Bitcoin price manipulation puts trust in cryptocurrencies at risk

  • Written by Neil Gandal, Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have grown in popularity in large part because they can be bought and sold without a government or other third party overseeing everything. But there’s a flipside: Unlike in markets for other assets such as stocks or bonds, it makes it much harder to uncover price manipulation and fraud.

But that’s what the...

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  2. A new world is dawning, and the US will no longer lead it
  3. Treating pain in children can teach us about treating pain in adults
  4. Growth mindset interventions yield impressive results
  5. Schools are buying 'growth mindset' interventions despite scant evidence that they work well
  6. Why it's time to curb widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides
  7. For many immigrant families, the fight for reunification is just beginning
  8. Searching for diversity in Silicon Valley tech firms – and finding some
  9. The latest blood pressure guidelines: What they mean for you
  10. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is in trouble – but the ground beneath it may buy some time
  11. How immigration court works
  12. School safety commission should not worry about violence in entertainment media
  13. Social impact bonds, explained
  14. How colleges must collaborate to lift up the communities just outside their door
  15. Helping plants remove natural toxins could boost crop yields by 47 percent
  16. How Catholic women fought against Vatican's prohibition on contraceptives
  17. Why care about undocumented immigrants? For one thing, they've become vital to key sectors of the US economy
  18. Trump's new plan to consolidate federal food safety efforts won't work. Here's why
  19. Nationalism and piety dominate Turkey's election
  20. Las bebidas light pueden perjudicar tu dieta
  21. El bombardeo de noticias falsas distorsiona la realidad en Venezuela
  22. Physical therapy could lower need for opioids, but lack of money and time are hurdles
  23. The Bezos-Buffett-Dimon health care venture: Eliminate the middlemen
  24. China cannot spend its way to soccer greatness
  25. Preventing crimes against humanity in the US
  26. The 3 stages of giving: Deference, arrogance and inquiry
  27. Making art 'should be uncomfortable' – a conversation with visual artist Lorna Simpson
  28. It's time for a new approach to travel
  29. A sudden and lasting separation from a parent can permanently alter brain development
  30. Corporate CEOs' political voice growing louder as they criticize Trump policies like separating migrant children
  31. Why our brains see the world as 'us' versus 'them'
  32. Sitting and diabetes in older adults: Does timing matter?
  33. What the US can learn from other countries in dealing with pain and the opioid crisis
  34. How the Trump Foundation could undercut the public trust in charitable giving
  35. After volcano eruption, Guatemalans lead their own disaster recovery
  36. How refugee children make American education stronger
  37. Opioids don't have to be addictive – the new versions will treat pain without triggering pleasure
  38. Breaking up families? America looks like a Dickens novel
  39. In retirement, most ex-presidents can't resist the urge to stay relevant
  40. Misinformation and biases infect social media, both intentionally and accidentally
  41. 9 essential reads on the Supreme Court and gerrymandering
  42. Why turning homelessness into a crime is cruel and costly
  43. A way around opioids: Target the type of pain for better pain relief
  44. Extreme stress during childhood can hurt social learning for years to come
  45. Trump and Sessions can end immigrant family separations without Congress' help
  46. Forced migration from Central America: 5 essential reads
  47. Yoga isn't timeless: it's changing to meet contemporary needs
  48. How setting a schedule can make you less productive
  49. How to heal African-Americans' traumatic history
  50. Juneteenth: Freedom's promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable to make bail