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Puerto Ricans don't trust official information on Hurricane Maria

  • Written by Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Assistant Teaching Professor in Sociology, Pennsylvania State University

On Sept. 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, destroying the power grid as well as most of the communications structure. In some cases, it took more than five days for Puerto Ricans in the U.S. to hear about their loved ones. In the case of Debora Pérez, a woman who lost her stepfather due to the hurricane, it took more...

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Why domestic abuse and anti-gay violence qualify as persecution in asylum law

  • Written by Sabi Ardalan, Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Law School, Harvard University

Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently upended decades of U.S. legal precedent by asserting that women fleeing domestic violence will not generally qualify for asylum. To do so, he challenged the principle that women victims of domestic violence are members of a “particular social group.”

This phrase – “particular social...

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How Native American food is tied to important sacred stories

  • Written by Rosalyn R. LaPier, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, The University of Montana
The First Salmon ceremony being performed.U.S. Department of Agriculture , CC BY-ND

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling, on June 11, that asked Washington state to remove culverts that block the migration of salmon. The ruling has significant implications for Northwest Coast tribes, whose main source of food and livelihood is salmon....

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How recycling more steel and aluminum could slash imports without a trade war

  • Written by Daniel Cooper, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan
A jumble of steel scrapDaniel Cooper, CC BY-SA

Many economists expect President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to increase what American companies and consumers pay for those metals and the goods made from them. Dozens of companies have already said they will have to fire workers or even go out of business. And, as the r...

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A Father's Day reminder from science: Your kids aren't really growing up quickly

  • Written by Keith Payne, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
They only seem to grow up so fast.VCoscaron/Shutterstock.com

I am one of those men for whom it is impossible to find Father’s Day gifts.

I don’t wear ties. My socks are all the same, in the interest of efficiency. I enjoy cooking, which would seem to open up some possibilities. But I have an annoying habit of buying useful gadgets as I...

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Mexico seeks to become 'country of refuge' as US cracks down on migrants

  • Written by Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
Mexico has been doing the U.S.'s 'dirty work' on immigration for too long, says the front-runner in the country's July 1 presidential election.AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo

Mexico is often considered a transit country for migrants. It’s the territory Central Americans must cross to get to the United States.

But many generations of migrants have...

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El nuevo aeropuerto de la Ciudad de México es un desastre ambiental que podría ser un gran parque natural

  • Written by Gabriel Diaz Montemayor, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Texas at Austin
El nuevo aeropuerto diseñado por Norman Foster en la Ciudad de México, visto aquí en una representación de computadora, es visualmente impactante pero ambientalmente problemático.Presidencia de la República Mexicana CC-by-2.0, CC BY

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Hace tiempo que la Ciudad de México le ha quedado...

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To avoid humans, more wildlife now work the night shift

  • Written by Kaitlyn Gaynor, Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Red fox under cover of darkness in LondonJamie Hall. For use only with this article.

For their first 100 million years on planet Earth, our mammal ancestors relied on the cover of darkness to escape their dinosaur predators and competitors. Only after the meteor-induced mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago could these nocturnal mammals...

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Fathers forgotten when it comes to services to help them be good parents, new study finds

  • Written by Joyce Y. Lee, PhD Student in Social Work and Psychology, University of Michigan
Fathers want to be more involved but often feel sidelined, studies suggest.George Rudy/Shutterstock.com

Fathers have a significant impact on their children’s well-being – an impact that begins even before the child is born. In fact, studies have shown that fathers who are involved during pregnancy have healthier children.

During the...

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Why black women's experiences of #MeToo are different

  • Written by Yolonda Wilson, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Howard University
Actress Nicolle Rochelle, who appeared on several episodes of 'The Cosby Show.'AP Photo/Corey Perrine, File

In April, a 25-year-old black woman named Chikesia Clemons was violently arrested by police at a Waffle House restaurant in Alabama.

A video of the arrest that went viral shows police pulling Clemons from her chair and throwing her to the...

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