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Betsy DeVos said Common Core was 'dead' – it's not

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
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In a speech in Washington earlier this year, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called the education standards known as the Common Core a “disaster” and proclaimed: “At the U.S. Department of Education, Common Core is dead.”

The reality, however, is that the Common Core is still very much alive. As indicated in a...

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New federal program tackles spiraling costs of college textbooks

  • Written by MacKenzie Smith, University Librarian and Vice Provost for Digital Scholarship, University of California, Davis
A new $5 million federal program will bring free digital textbooks to students.Daniel M. Ernst/Shutterstock

College students will keep more money in their pockets thanks to a new US$5 million pilot program approved as part of the $1.3 trillion appropriations bill that President Donald J. Trump signed on March 23.

The new grant program, administered...

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Do you believe in miracles? Why they make perfect sense for many

  • Written by Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
Depiction of the miracle of the Resurrection, the central belief in Christianity.Romalo Tavani/Shutterstock.com

This year, one of the most essential holy days in the Christian calendar, Easter, coincides with perhaps the silliest of annual secular celebrations, April Fools’ Day. Easter commemorates a miraculous event, the resurrection of...

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The ideal female body type is getting even harder to attain

  • Written by Frances Bozsik, PhD Candidate in Clinical Health Psychology, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Is muscle definition now being added to an already impossibly thin ideal?Mikhaylovskiy/Shutterstock.com

Day after day, we’re bombarded with so many media messages that rarely do we stop to think about what they’re telling us to think, do or feel.

Much has been written about the unrealistic beauty standards women have been held to. Female...

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Fewer diplomats, more armed force defines US leadership today

  • Written by Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director, Center for Strategic Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts University
Members of the U.S. Army Special Forces on Aug. 30, 2002 in Afghanistan. AP Photo/Wally Santana

A strong legacy of U.S. leadership and engagement in global politics has been reduced today to what I call kinetic diplomacy – diplomacy by armed force.

As of March 2018, the Trump administration has appointed only 70 of 188 U.S. ambassadors. At...

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Trump's $60 billion in China tariffs will create more problems than they solve

  • Written by William Hauk, Associate Professor of Economics, University of South Carolina
Business such as California winemakers could be hurt by the new tariffs as a result of retaliation.AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

After spending seven months investigating whether China is engaged in unfair trade practices, the Trump administration announced March 22 that it will impose tariffs on as much as US$60 billion in Chinese imports.

The...

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Gun control and March for Our Lives: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Naomi Schalit, Senior Editor, Politics + Society, The Conversation US

Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of stories from The Conversation’s archive.

Students from across the country will march in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Similar marches will take place elsewhere in the U.S. Organized by survivors of the Parkland school shooting in Florida, the protesters want Congress to pass gun control...

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March for Our Lives awakens the spirit of student and media activism of the 1960s

  • Written by Errol Salamon, Postdoctoral Researcher and Visting Scholar in Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Students rally in front of the White House in Washington, March 14, 2018.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

A student movement against gun violence is receiving sustained news coverage.

Students are using social and news media to build momentum and advocate for legislation in the wake of a Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland,...

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'Big Tech' isn't one big monopoly – it's 5 companies all in different businesses

  • Written by Amanda Lotz, Professor of Media Studies, University of Michigan
It may seem convenient to think of technology companies as similar, but they're really not.The Conversation, CC BY-NC

Public concern about Facebook’s power in society – and in politics – has skyrocketed in the wake of revelations that users’ data was analyzed by a U.K.-based marketing firm and used to construct highly...

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Why Trump will weather Stormy

  • Written by Monika L. McDermott, Professor of Political Science, Fordham University

Donald Trump’s opponents have long been waiting for some sort of scandal to bring him down, and they may think they have finally found it in pornographic film star Stormy Daniels.

Daniels alleges she had an extramarital affair with Donald Trump in 2006 and was subsequently paid off by a Trump lawyer to stay silent during the presidential...

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