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Here's how we can make going to college smoother for students who've been in foster care

  • Written by John R. Seita, Associate Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
Can campus-based support programs boost to graduation rates for former foster youth?Shutterstock.com

Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their peers.

For example, 84 percent of the 17- and 18-year-olds in foster care in one survey indicated that they wanted...

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Washington has meddled in elections before

  • Written by William M. LeoGrande, Professor of Government, American University
Violeta Chamorro President of Nicaragua meets with former President Bush in the Oval Office at the White House in 1992.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

“They have no damn right,” former Vice President Joe Biden said on Feb. 16, denouncing Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

“It’s our sovereign...

Read more: Washington has meddled in elections before

Will Pyeongchang be able to avoid a post-Olympics day of reckoning?

  • Written by James Sipes, Instructor of Geodesign, Pennsylvania State University
Will structures like the Gangneung Ice Arena be worth the investment once the games wrap up?AP Photo/Felipe Dana

Now that South Korea’s Pyeongchang Winter Olympics have wrapped up, what happens next?

When preparing a bid to host the Olympics, organizers typically promote economic growth, jobs, housing and infrastructure improvements. But as...

Read more: Will Pyeongchang be able to avoid a post-Olympics day of reckoning?

The NRA's journey from marksmanship to political brinkmanship

  • Written by Robert Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of the Political Science Department, State University of New York College at Cortland
Late actor and former National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston held a rifle aloft at a 2002 get-out-the-vote rally. AP Photo/Jim Cole

The mass shooting on Valentine’s Day in Parkland, Florida, ripped at the hearts of Americans in a way perhaps not seen or felt since the Sandy Hook Elementary School bloodshed in Newtown, Connecticut...

Read more: The NRA's journey from marksmanship to political brinkmanship

How the firearms industry influences US gun culture, in 6 charts

  • Written by Michael Siegel, Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University
AR-15-style rifles on display in a Texas retail shop.AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane

Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings that are occurring with increasing frequency in schools, offices and theaters across the U.S.

Yet in our nation’s ongoing conversation about the root causes...

Read more: How the firearms industry influences US gun culture, in 6 charts

How working with men and boys could stop domestic violence

  • Written by Richard Tolman, Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
Rob Porter, left, an aide to President Trump, resigned after reports surfaced that he had abused his two ex-wivesAP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Can President Donald Trump’s recent repudiation of domestic violence actually help prevent it?

Rob Porter, a high-level aide to Trump, was accused of serial domestic violence by his two ex-wives. The...

Read more: How working with men and boys could stop domestic violence

Mad cows, Oprah Winfrey and communicating the science in a high-profile court case

  • Written by Larry Lemmons, Doctoral Student in Communications, Texas Tech University
A reporter interviews a protester outside the Amarillo courthouse.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Twenty years ago, images of staggering cattle and descriptions of brains resembling Swiss cheese became associated with one of the most popular television programs of the day when Texas Panhandle cattlemen sued “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for defamation...

Read more: Mad cows, Oprah Winfrey and communicating the science in a high-profile court case

Why is breast cancer mortality higher for African-American women than for white women?

  • Written by Padmashree Rida, Research Scientist, Georgia State University
African-American women at a breast cancer awareness walk in New Jersey.Anthony Correia/Shutterstock.com

White women in the U.S. are slightly more likely to develop breast cancer than black women – but less likely to die of it. There has been a 35 percent decrease in breast cancer mortality rate from 1990-2012. The breakdown by race over this...

Read more: Why is breast cancer mortality higher for African-American women than for white women?

This $75 million gift might make higher ed question its obsession with science and tech

  • Written by Peter E. Knox, Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor, Case Western Reserve University
Investor Bill Miller is betting that today's students can prosper from studying philosophers like Socrates and Plato. Anastasios71/Shutterstock.com

During his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Marco Rubio made the dubious (and grammatically unsound) assertion that “we need more welders and less...

Read more: This $75 million gift might make higher ed question its obsession with science and tech

A former prosecutor reimagines how the criminal justice system can serve victims of domestic violence

  • Written by Andrew King-Ries, Professor of Criminal Law, The University of Montana
Victims of domestic violence may not get the services they need.Shutterstock

For nearly a decade, I believed I was helping improve victims’ lives by prosecuting people who committed domestic violence in Seattle, Washington.

I aimed to advance the goals of the criminal justice system: Stop the violence, hold the defendant accountable and...

Read more: A former prosecutor reimagines how the criminal justice system can serve victims of domestic...

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