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Trump's global gag order: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Maureen Miller, Professor, Columbia University Medical Center
imageCommunity health workers like these visit patients’ homes in Malawi to help prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation–Malawi/Chris Cox, CC BY-ND

Editor’s note: President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that media reports say could obstruct nearly US$8.8 billion...

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Meet Ebrahim Raisi, the cleric challenging incumbent Rouhani for president of Iran

  • Written by Emily L. Blout, Faculty Fellow, Internet Governance Lab, American University School of Communication

Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi is an important newcomer to electoral politics.

Last year, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Raisi custodian of the shrine of Imam Reza and chairman of the foundation that manages its extensive complex. This is no minor post. The foundation nets the regime billions of dollars.

imageThe shrine of...

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Meet Ebrahim Raisi, the cleric who challenged incumbent Rouhani for president of Iran

  • Written by Emily L. Blout, Faculty Fellow, Internet Governance Lab, American University School of Communication

Iranian presidential candidate Ebrahim Raisi is an important newcomer to electoral politics.

Last year, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appointed Raisi custodian of the shrine of Imam Reza and chairman of the foundation that manages its extensive complex. This is no minor post. The foundation nets the regime billions of dollars.

imageThe shrine of...

Read more: Meet Ebrahim Raisi, the cleric who challenged incumbent Rouhani for president of Iran

Comey isn't the first FBI director to keep memos on a president

  • Written by Douglas M. Charles, Associate Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University

President Donald Trump allegedly asked FBI Director James Comey to drop the FBI’s investigation into Michael Flynn.

President Franklin Roosevelt asked FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to collect information on Americans who had committed no crimes.

President Richard Nixon asked Hoover to provide the White House a list of reporters the FBI knew...

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Fidget toys aren't just hype

  • Written by Katherine Isbister, Professor of Computational Media, University of California, Santa Cruz
imageBalancing and doing tricks requires visual attention.ThamKC via shutterstock.com

The fidget spinner craze has been sweeping elementary and middle schools. As of May 17 every one of the top 10 best-selling toys on Amazon was a form of the hand-held toy people can spin and do tricks with. Kids and parents are even making them for themselves using 3D...

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What witch-finders can teach us about today's world

  • Written by David Frankfurter, Professor of Religion, Boston University
imageHow do leaders find authority as discerners of evil?Wellcome Library, London., CC BY

It is hardly a new observation that political leaders seeking populist appeal will exacerbate popular fears: about immigrants, terrorists and the other.

President Donald Trump plays to fears of immigrants and Muslims. Benjamin Netanyahu inflames Israeli fears by...

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What witch-hunters can teach us about today's world

  • Written by David Frankfurter, Professor of Religion, Boston University
imageHow do leaders find authority as discerners of evil?Wellcome Library, London., CC BY

It is hardly a new observation that political leaders seeking populist appeal will exacerbate popular fears: about immigrants, terrorists and the other.

President Donald Trump plays to fears of immigrants and Muslims. Benjamin Netanyahu inflames Israeli fears by...

Read more: What witch-hunters can teach us about today's world

From Nazis to Netflix, the controversies and contradictions of Cannes

  • Written by David Scott Diffrient, Professor of Film and Media Studies, Colorado State University
imageStudents and striking workers occupy the projection hall of the Cannes Film Festival Palace to prevent showing of films in 1968.AP Photo/Raoul Fornezza

On May 17, the 70th edition of the Festival de Cannes kicked off with the opening-night screening of director Arnaud Desplechin’s “Ismael’s Ghosts.” It will wrap up 11 days...

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Beyond just promise, CRISPR is delivering in the lab today

  • Written by Ian Haydon, Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
imagePrecision editing DNA allows for some amazing applications.Ian Haydon, CC BY-ND

There’s a revolution happening in biology, and its name is CRISPR.

CRISPR (pronounced “crisper”) is a powerful technique for editing DNA. It has received an enormous amount of attention in the scientific and popular press, largely based on the promise...

Read more: Beyond just promise, CRISPR is delivering in the lab today

Impeachment: It's political

  • Written by Jacob Neiheisel, Assistant Professor in Political Science, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageRep. Adam Schiff, D-California, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, stands next to a photograph of Trump and Lavrov on May 17, 2017. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Editor’s Note: Impeachment is a predominantly legislative process currently followed in several dozen countries, including Brazil, South Korea and the Philippines....

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  15. Trump's trade policy is unlikely to deliver big wins for US workers
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  17. The mall isn't dead -- it’s just changing
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  19. Inoculation theory: Using misinformation to fight misinformation
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  21. How El Niño forecasts can help prevent cholera deaths in Africa
  22. Mining the moon for rocket fuel to get us to Mars
  23. Before Trump, Mexicans really liked the US
  24. What France and the UK can teach Trump about reviving America's middle class
  25. Why America needs a 'do-over' on Medicaid reform
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  27. The forgotten origins of the modern gay rights movement in WWI
  28. What the 1970 Kent State shootings tell us about universities then and now
  29. Christian sex advice websites offer a peek into evangelical politics
  30. Global ransomware attack reinforces message of Trump's new cybersecurity order
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  32. Trump will likely win reelection in 2020
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  34. Comey's firing may end other investigations into 2016 election
  35. Census director's resignation could affect control of Congress after 2020
  36. What's behind the fidget spinner fad?
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  42. Why big-data analysis of police activity is inherently biased
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  44. Four challenges for Moon Jae-in, South Korea's new president
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  46. How the refugee crisis is playing out on the German stage
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