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How the Israeli settlers movement shaped modern Israel

  • Written by Arie Perliger, Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
imageJewish settlers pray in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in July 2024.AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg

The increase in settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year has been unprecedented. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack and the start of the war, there have been more than 1,000 attacks, according to a new report from the...

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Eviction filings can destabilize tenants’ lives – even when they win their case

  • Written by Alexa Eisenberg, Lecturer, University of Michigan

After Charla’s landlord failed to repair leaks that caused the ceiling to collapse in her daughter’s bedroom, she withheld her rent. Shortly after, her landlord filed an eviction case against her for nonpayment.

Though she won her court case, Charla and her family had to remain in unsafe conditions as she searched for new housing and...

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Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history

  • Written by Shannon Bow O'Brien, Associate Professor of Instruction, The University of Texas at Austin
imagePresident Ronald Reagan smiles and waves shortly before he is shot outside the Washington Hilton hotel in March 1981.Corbis via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump survived his second assassination attempt on Sept. 15, 2024, marking the latest chapter in a long history book. Presidential assassination attempts, whether successful or not, are...

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Happiness swings votes – and America’s current mood could scramble expectations of young and old voters

  • Written by Carol Bishop Mills, Co-Director, Political Communication and Public Opinion Lab, Florida Atlantic University
imageHappiness is more than a mood – it may factor into how we vote.Adrienne Bresnahan/Getty Images

Happiness may be reshaping America’s political landscape.

Since the 1960s and the election of President John F. Kennedy, younger voters have supported Democratic candidates, while older voters leaned Republican. But that dynamic has been...

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Why holding kids back fails − and what to do about it

  • Written by Laura Link, Associate Professor of Teaching and Leadership, University of North Dakota
imageChildren struggle with shame and alienation when they are forced to repeat a grade in school.Maskot via Getty Images

For decades, schools have allowed children to advance to the next grade even when they’re not reading at grade level. But more and more states are adopting policies to hold students back if they fail standardized tests in...

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Denver’s experiment in providing a soft landing for newly arrived migrants and asylum-seekers isn’t cheap – but doing nothing might cost more

  • Written by Anita Alves Pena, Professor of Economics, Colorado State University

The burden of supporting asylum-seekers with food and housing often falls to cities, creating severebudget crunches. But Denver is piloting a new approach designed to integrate immigrants into the workforce faster.

The Denver Asylum Seekers Program offers six months of rent-free housing along with legal assistance, food aid and workforce training....

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Lost in translation: What spirituality and Einstein’s theory of time have to do with misunderstandings about climate change

  • Written by Miki Mori, Associate Professor of Linguistics, Université de Mayotte
imageFishermen on Mayotte, where the local Maore language has no words to easily translate 'climate change.' Mwanasimba via Wikimedia, CC BY

As a child growing up in the early 1990s, I remember learning in school about the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels traps heat near the Earth’s surface, like the glass of a...

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Health care under Harris versus Trump: A public health historian sizes up their records

  • Written by Zachary W. Schulz, Lecturer of History, Auburn University
imageThe presidential debate on Sept. 10, 2024, did not add much context to what the two candidates would do on health care beyond their own records.Visual China Group/Getty Images

Health care is a defining issue in the 2024 election – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump have starkly different...

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‘They’re eating pets’ – another example of US politicians smearing Haiti and Haitian immigrants

  • Written by Nathan H. Dize, Assistant Professor of French, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance continues to defend the false claim that migrants in Springfield, Ohio, have been abducting and eating area cats and dogs.

That outlandish idea has been thoroughly debunked since former President Donald Trump repeatedly raised it as an anti-immigrant talking point in the Sept. 12, 2024, presidential...

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Tiny robots and AI algorithms could help to craft material solutions for cleaner environments

  • Written by Mahshid Ahmadi, Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
imageAir pollution is a global problem, but scientists are investigating new materials that could help clean it up. AP Photo/Sergei Grits

Many human activities release pollutants into the air, water and soil. These harmful chemicals threaten the health of both people and the ecosystem. According to the World Health Organization, air pollution causes an...

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  1. TikTok ban goes to the court: 5 essential reads on the case and its consequences
  2. America’s dairy farms are disappearing, down 95% since the 1970s − milk price rules are one reason why
  3. Class and race can create divides between donors and a cause they support − putting stress on those nonprofits
  4. Empowering engineering students through storytelling
  5. Women are still underrepresented in local government, despite a woman running for president
  6. Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot system has a problem − but it’s not what Trump is making unfounded claims about
  7. Intoxication nation: a double shot of US history
  8. Will your phone one day let you smell as well as see and hear what’s on the other end of a call?
  9. What are halal mortgages?
  10. How researchers measure wildfire smoke exposure doesn’t capture long-term health effects − and hides racial disparities
  11. Plants get a GMO glow-up: Genetically modified varieties are coming out of the lab and into homes and gardens
  12. Vatican News: How to Stay Informed on the Global Religious Landscape
  13. Students ride the rails in this course to learn about sustainability and tourism
  14. Creative life after death − or yes, you can control spinoffs from beyond the grave
  15. Sunflowers make small moves to maximize their Sun exposure − physicists can model them to predict how they grow
  16. Voters’ ‘moral flexibility’ helps them defend politicians’ misinformation − if they believe the inaccurate info speaks to a larger truth
  17. Wild ginseng is declining, but small-scale ‘diggers’ aren’t the main threat to this native plant − and they can help save it
  18. Colorado voters weigh a ban on hunting mountain lions as attitudes toward wild predators shift
  19. Endometriosis pain leads to missed school and work in two-thirds of women with the condition, new study finds
  20. Photographer Louis Carlos Bernal memorialized the barrios at the US-Mexican border
  21. Fujimori’s death won’t end pursuit of justice for Peruvian victims – or stop the strongman’s supporters from revering his legacy
  22. Kamala Harris effectively baited Donald Trump during the debate, drawing out his insecure white masculinity
  23. Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris shows how big a role music is playing in the 2024 election
  24. Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States would have given Nixon immunity for Watergate crimes — but 50 years ago he needed a presidential pardon to avoid prison
  25. A Nazi magazine regularly published manipulated photos and misinformation, long before the age of AI
  26. Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’ − creating a path for treatment
  27. Biobots arise from the cells of dead organisms − pushing the boundaries of life, death and medicine
  28. Responding to work emails after hours contributes to burnout, hostility
  29. Free school meals are on the rise in the US − but that could change depending on who wins the 2024 presidential election
  30. East is East, West is West − and Turkey is looking to forge its own BRICS path between the two
  31. Making fuels from plastics in Newaygo, Michigan, would be controversial – here’s why
  32. Kamala Harris’ message to women on ‘freedom’ helps explain why Black and white Christians are deeply divided over support for Donald Trump
  33. Trump’s tax cuts led to a $20B reduction in charitable giving within a year
  34. Fewer college students indicate they are nonbinary amid backlash
  35. With China seeking AI dominance, Taiwan’s efforts to slow neighbor’s access to advanced chips needs support from the West
  36. Coastal cities’ growing hurricane vulnerability is fed by both climate change and unbridled population growth
  37. Funny reviews help engage consumers, fueling impulse buys − to a point, study shows
  38. ‘Difficult’ children are only slightly more likely to have insecure attachments with parents
  39. Starting with a handshake, presidential debate between Harris and Trump then turns fierce, and pointed
  40. Official US poverty rate declined in 2023, but more people faced economic hardship
  41. Whales are recovering from near extinction, but industrial fishing around Antarctica competes for their sole food source
  42. I’ve visited the same Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow weekly for a decade of summers looking at plant-pollinator interactions – here’s what I learned
  43. Is weight loss as simple as calories in, calories out? In the end, it’s your gut microbes and leftovers that make your calories count
  44. How we discovered that people who are colorblind are less likely to be picky eaters
  45. A college course that’s a history of the future
  46. Medieval theology has an old take on a new problem − AI responsibility
  47. Elon Musk’s feud with Brazilian judge is much more than a personal spat − it’s about national sovereignty, freedom of speech and the rule of law
  48. Bobbleheads, Magic 8 Balls, chairs and other artifacts in the Smithsonian reveal the historical significance of presidential debates
  49. Politicians often warn of American decline – and voters often buy it
  50. How Democrats are making a mistake in rural America – by not showing up