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3 reasons why teachers are striking right now

  • Written by Deana Rohlinger, Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
Teachers and students wave to motorists in Peoria, Ariz.AP Photo/Matt York

Teachers from Arizona and Colorado are joining teachers in Oklahoma and Kentucky on the picket line.

These teacher strikes will likely intensify the debate among elected officials over where education fits in state budget priorities. They may also prompt Americans to consider...

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Armenia rejects the 'politics of eternity'

  • Written by Chase Johnson, Research Associate, Frank Church Institute, Boise State University School of Public Service , Boise State University
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in 2017.AP/Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo

Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, three countries in the South Caucasus once ruled by the former Soviet Union, still operate in the shadow of what is now called Russia.

The three states are located between Iran and Turkey on...

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Senate confirmation: The grilling can be grueling

  • Written by Capri Cafaro, Executive in Residence, American University School of Public Affairs
Sens. Bob Corker and Bob Menendez look on during the second round of questioning of Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the CIA is facing a confirmation battle in the Senate. His nominee to Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson, withdrew his controversial nomination before he...

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VA nominee debacle may distract from the agency's 3 major problems

  • Written by Richard Lachmann, Professor of Sociology, University at Albany, State University of New York
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson is Trump's nominee to lead the VA.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of its physician, Adm. Ronny Jackson, to be secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Jackson is best known for his fulsome report on Trump’s health following an annual physical in January 2018.

His nomination came into...

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Why cities are becoming reluctant to host the World Cup and other big events

  • Written by Mark Wilson, Professor and Program Director, Urban & Regional Planning, School of Planning, Design and Construction, Michigan State University
Riot police drill outside Saint Petersburg's new soccer stadium ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky

Getting ready to welcome millions of visitors – as Russia is now doing in Moscow, Sochi and other cities in advance of the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament – takes years of planning and lots of construction....

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An addiction researcher shares 6 strategies to address the opioid epidemic

  • Written by Nabila El-Bassel, Professor of Social Work, Director of Social Intervention Group, Columbia University
Chris Burkett deposits old needles at a needle exchange program in Aberdeen, Wash., June 14, 2017. AP Photo/David Goldman

The devastating opioid epidemic is one of the largest public health problems facing the U.S. Over 2.5 million people in the U.S. suffer from opioid use disorder.

Four in five new heroin users started out misusing prescription...

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How transshipment may undercut Trump's tariffs

  • Written by Patrick Conway, Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

President Donald Trump is vowing to crack down on deceptive transshipment. That is the practice of moving cargo from one country to another by way of a third nation to evade trade restrictions.

As an international economist, I have researched the impact of imported textiles and apparel on those industries in North Carolina over the last 20 years....

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Melting Arctic sends a message: Climate change is here in a big way

  • Written by Mark Serreze, Research Professor of Geography and director, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado
Scientists on Arctic sea ice in the Chukchi Sea, surrounded by melt ponds, July 4, 2010.NASA/Kathryn Hansen

Scientists have known for a long time that as climate change started to heat up the Earth, its effects would be most pronounced in the Arctic. This has many reasons, but climate feedbacks are key. As the Arctic warms, snow and ice melt, and...

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Mother's milk holds the key to unlocking an evolutionary mystery from the last ice age

  • Written by Leslea Hlusko, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Sunrise at noon in the Arctic. Little exposure to sun was a piece of the genetic puzzle.Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, CC BY

As biologists explore the variation across the genomes of living people, they’ve found evidence of evolution at work. Particular variants of genes increase or decrease in populations through time. Sometimes this...

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When college tuition goes up, campus diversity goes down

  • Written by Drew Allen, Executive Director, Initiative for Data Exploration and Analytics for Higher Ed, Princeton University
Tuition hikes can change the racial and ethnic makeup of a college campus.baipooh/shutterstock.com

As college tuition continues to rise at a staggering rate, people tend to worry about how much harder it becomes for students and families to pay for college.

As researchers who focus on higher education, we found a different reason to worry.

We...

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  1. Female firefighters defy old ideas of who can be an American hero
  2. Invoking noble coal miners is a mainstay of American politics
  3. Beaches are becoming safer for baby sea turtles, but threats await them in the ocean
  4. Immigration policies can make the difference between life and death for newborn US children
  5. Defending hospitals against life-threatening cyberattacks
  6. How the pretzel went from soft to hard – and other little-known facts about one of the world's favorite snacks
  7. How live liver transplants could save thousands of lives
  8. Why this conservative bastion chose a liberal evangelical icon for its commencement speech
  9. Kids of color get kicked out of school at higher rates – here's how to stop it
  10. Why it's so hard for doctors to understand your pain
  11. Fake drugs are one reason malaria still kills so many
  12. What Comey learned from theologian Reinhold Niebuhr about ethical leadership
  13. Self-driving cars and humans face inevitable collisions
  14. Why are some _E. coli_ deadly while others live peacefully within our bodies?
  15. States are favoring school choice at a steep cost to public education
  16. Lynching memorial shows women were victims, too
  17. Lynching memorial will show that women were victims, too
  18. Argentina's abortion legalization debate ignites soul searching on women's rights
  19. Argentinos empiezan a contemplar los derechos de la mujer, comenzando con el aborto
  20. Women in tech suffer because of American myth of meritocracy
  21. Why genetics makes some people more vulnerable to opioid addiction – and protects others
  22. Rap music's path from pariah to Pulitzer
  23. Global timber trafficking harms forests and costs billions of dollars – here's how to curb it
  24. Why does a president demand loyalty from people who work for him?
  25. Aneurysm strikes baseball pitcher, but why? A neurosurgeon explains the mysterious condition
  26. How images change our race bias
  27. Delivering VR in perfect focus with nanostructure meta-lenses
  28. Wind energy's swift growth, explained
  29. Should you insure that trip or TV? Here's what an economist would do
  30. The census will officially count same-sex couples for the first time ever – but that's not enough
  31. Macron-Trump summit has high stakes for France's embattled leader
  32. Comey memos follow tradition of J. Edgar Hoover keeping notes on presidents
  33. What Greek tragedy illuminates about James Comey
  34. Climate change may scuttle Caribbean's post-hurricane plans for a renewable energy boom
  35. Is Earth's ozone layer still at risk? 5 questions answered
  36. Market forces are driving a clean energy revolution in the US
  37. Trump's exports-good, imports-bad trade policy, debunked by an economist
  38. Harvard sexual harassment case scars the institution as well as victims
  39. As marijuana goes mainstream, what's happening to the way we talk about weed?
  40. Why marijuana fans should not see approval for epilepsy drug as a win for weed
  41. Democratic Party's pluralism is both a strength and weakness
  42. Housing discrimination thrives 50 years after Fair Housing Act tried to end it
  43. Our centuries-long quest for 'a quiet place'
  44. What's unconscious bias training, and does it work?
  45. I run 'facial recognition' on buildings to unlock architectural secrets
  46. The US is stingier with child care and maternity leave than the rest of the world
  47. 2008 financial crisis still seems like only yesterday for single women
  48. Bike-share companies are transforming US cities – and they're just getting started
  49. Climate change could alter ocean food chains, leading to far fewer fish in the sea
  50. Rap and gown: Hip-hop artists as commencement speakers