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Activism on foot: When Indigenous activists walk the land to honor their past and reshape their future

  • Written by Meaghan Weatherdon, Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Diego
imageNative Americans taking part in the Longest Walk, heading from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., march past the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1978. AP Photo/Prouser

More than a decade ago, I spent a week working in Gatineau, a city on the southern edge of Québec, with the Cree Board of Health and Social Services. I was helping train...

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New maps show high-risk zones for whale-ship collisions − vessel speed limits and rerouting can reduce the toll

  • Written by Anna Nisi, Postdoctoral Researcher in Biology, University of Washington
image A blue whale swims close to a large vessel near the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Asha de Vos, CC BY-ND

Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the Santa Barbara Channel, a zone that teems with fish, kelp forests, seagrass beds and other undersea life, but also vibrates...

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ICC arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu and Hamas leader doesn’t mean those accused will face trial anytime soon

  • Written by Victor Peskin, Associate Professor of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University
imageThe International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands.Selman Aksunger/Anadolu via Getty Images

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Nov. 21, 2024, for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and one leading Hamas official. Those named in the action are accused of war crimes and crimes...

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Why you should get to know Thomas Aquinas, even 800 years after he lived

  • Written by Therese Cory, Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies, University of Notre Dame
imageSt. Thomas Aquinas and St. Peter confute heretics in a 1369 fresco by Andrea Bonaiuto in Florence's Spanish Chapel. Leemage/Corbis via Getty Imagesimage‘The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas,’ by Benozzo Gozzoli.Louvre Museum via Wikimedia Commons

Some years ago, I was rushing past the treasures of the Louvre in Paris, on the way to the...

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Crypto is soaring after Trump’s election − but is it a good ethical investment?

  • Written by Erran Carmel, Professor of Business, American University Kogod School of Business
imageA woman reviews Bitcoin prices outside a Bitcoin ATM on Aug. 4, 2024, in Rzeszow, Poland.Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

An estimated 18 million Americans are invested in cryptocurrency, according to the Federal Reserve. And the United States just elected a pro-crypto president.

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have become a trendy digital...

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Red flag laws are still used in Colorado’s Second Amendment sanctuaries, just less frequently

  • Written by Christopher Knoepke, Assistant Professor of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Over a three-year period beginning in 2021, 353 petitions were filed under Colorado’s red flag law, and 39% of those petitions led to firearms being relinquished, according to research our group published in Preventive Medicine Reports.

Red flag laws are also known as extreme risk protection orders. These orders temporarily bar individuals...

Read more: Red flag laws are still used in Colorado’s Second Amendment sanctuaries, just less frequently

Americans agree more than they might think − not knowing this jeopardizes the nation’s shared values

  • Written by Lawrence Torcello, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageAmericans could work together to achieve shared values.Fotografía de eLuVe/Moment via Getty Images

The United States presents a paradox: Though the media and public opinion suggest it is a nation deeply divided along partisan lines, surveys reveal that Americans share significant common ground on many core values and political issues.

As a pol...

Read more: Americans agree more than they might think − not knowing this jeopardizes the nation’s shared values

Doctor’s bills often come with sticker shock for patients − but health insurance could be reinvented to provide costs upfront

  • Written by Michal Horný, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, UMass Amherst
imageThe price of the doctor's visit you calculated online might not reflect what you'll actually be billed.CSA Images/Getty Images

You have scheduled an appointment with a health care provider, but no matter how hard you try, no one seems to be able to reliably tell you how much that visit will cost you. Will you have to pay US$20, $1,000 – or...

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Grantland Rice, the Four Horsemen and the blowout that never was

  • Written by Stephen Brauer, Visiting Associate Professor of English, University of Richmond

The Nov. 23, 2024, college football contest between Army and Notre Dame will fittingly take place exactly 100 years after the two storied programs met at New York City’s Polo Grounds – a clash many sports fans recall because of the dramatic column that sportswriter Grantland Rice published the next day.

In his opening paragraph, Rice...

Read more: Grantland Rice, the Four Horsemen and the blowout that never was

Public health surveillance, from social media to sewage, spots disease outbreaks early to stop them fast

  • Written by John Duah, Assistant Professor of Health Services Administration, Auburn University
imageHealth officials work to connect the dots during the early stages of an outbreak.Maxiphoto/iStock via Getty Images Plus

A cluster of people talking on social media about their mysterious rashes. A sudden die-off of birds at a nature preserve. A big bump in patients showing up to a city’s hospital emergency rooms.

These are the kinds of events...

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  10. 75 years ago, Maria Tallchief made the ballet world reimagine itself and find a place for a Native American prima ballerina
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  12. Companies are still committing to net-zero emissions, even if it’s a bumpy road – here’s what the data show
  13. Legal complications await if OpenAI tries to shake off control by the nonprofit that owns the rapidly growing tech company
  14. Trump’s agenda will face hurdles in Congress, despite the Republican ‘trifecta’ of winning the House, Senate and White House
  15. Why does the Senate confirm Trump’s picks for key posts — and how? A legal scholar explains the confirmation process and the ‘constitutional loophole’ of recess appointments
  16. An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet
  17. Carbon offsets can help bring energy efficiency to low-income Americans − our Nashville data shows it could be a win for everyone
  18. Workplace diversity training programs are everywhere, but their effectiveness varies widely
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  21. Rethinking screen time: A better understanding of what people do on their devices is key to digital well-being
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  26. Robo price-fixing: Why the Justice Department is suing a software company to stop landlords colluding on rents
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  31. Why do I feel better when I wake myself up instead of relying on an alarm? A neurologist explains the science of a restful night’s sleep
  32. Dorothy Allison was an authentic voice for the poor, capturing the beauty, humor and pain of working-class life in America
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