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Do Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have too much power?

  • Written by Henry F. (Chip) Carey, Associate Professor, Political Science , Georgia State University
imageDonald and Ivanka Trump walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Feb. 1, 2017. AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Much attention has been focused recently on President Trump’s “new” foreign policy.

This policy change is symbolized by the U.S. missile attack on Syria’s Shayrat airfield, which followed Syrian President...

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Building jobs in the Rust Belt: The role of education

  • Written by Dana Mitra, Professor of Education Theory and Policy, Pennsylvania State University
imageJob shadowing is one way that students can understand career options in their Rust Belt communities.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers / flickr, CC BY-SA

When my father-in-law struggled in school in a mill town along the Ohio River, his parents suggested that he head across the bridge and work in the steel mill. It was a path that once created stable...

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In the wake of Syrian missile strike, a look inside Russia's alternate media reality

  • Written by Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross

On April 11 the White House released an intelligence report accusing Russia of trying to cover up the use of chemical weapons by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad through a global disinformation campaign replete with “false narratives.”

As a professor of Soviet history with an interest in media studies, I’ve been following...

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Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday

  • Written by Brent Landau, Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Texas at Austin
imageWhat is the origin of Easter eggs?Katie Morrow, CC BY-NC-ND

This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place. The date of celebration changes from year to year.

The reason for this variation is that Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon...

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How following economics 101 could have prevented United's PR nightmare

  • Written by Volodymyr Bilotkach, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Newcastle University
imageThe not so friendly skies?United plane via www.shutterstock.com

On April 9, a passenger was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare to Louisville after the carrier was unable to find volunteers to accommodate four of its employees on standby.

Dramatic videos of the incident have gone viral on YouTube and social...

Read more: How following economics 101 could have prevented United's PR nightmare

How economics 101 could have prevented United's PR nightmare

  • Written by Volodymyr Bilotkach, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Newcastle University
imageThe not so friendly skies?United plane via www.shutterstock.com

On April 9, a passenger was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight from Chicago O’Hare to Louisville after the carrier was unable to find volunteers to accommodate four of its employees on standby.

Dramatic videos of the incident have gone viral on YouTube and social...

Read more: How economics 101 could have prevented United's PR nightmare

Will Trump's cuts inspire more DIY foreign aid?

  • Written by Susan Appe, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Binghamton University, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Running on a shoestring budget, Future in Our Hands-USA helps people living almost 7,500 miles away in Kisumu, Kenya, get clean water from new wells. The tightly focused and volunteer-driven nonprofit based in Clarence, New York, also encourages school attendance by paying fees and lends money to local women’s cooperatives.

More than 11,000...

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Enzymes versus nerve agents: Designing antidotes for chemical weapons

  • Written by Ian Haydon, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
imageEnzymes, the catalysts of biology, can engulf and break down hundreds of nerve agent molecules per second.Image: Pymol. PDB 4E3T rcsb.org, CC BY-ND

A chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people, including children, triggered the Trump administration’s recent missile strikes against the Syrian government. The use of illegal nerve...

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An electric fix for removing long-lasting chemicals in groundwater

  • Written by Jens Blotevogel, Research Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University

Without knowing it, most Americans rely every day on a class of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFASs. These man-made materials have unique qualities that make them extremely useful. They repel both water and grease, so they are found in food packaging, waterproof fabric, carpets and wall paint.

PFASs are also handy when...

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The sound of inclusion: Why teachers' words matter

  • Written by Christine Mallinson, Associate Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageLanguage matters in every class: English, math, history and science.Rawpixel / Shutterstock.com

There isn’t just one way to sound like a scientist, or to sound like a scholar. Scientists and scholars come from a wide variety of backgrounds and speak in different ways, in different accents, dialects and languages.

In classrooms across the U.S.,...

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