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Military academies can still consider race in admissions, but the rest of the nation's colleges and universities cannot, court rules

  • Written by Kristine Bowman, Professor of Law and Education Policy, Michigan State University
imageA person protests outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 2023.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

In a 6-3 ruling on Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of race in college admissions at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, outlawing the use of race in college admissions in general. The...

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What Beijing's muted response to Wagner mutiny tells us about China-Russia relations – and what it doesn't

  • Written by Joseph Torigian, Assistant Professor of International Service, American University School of International Service
imagePresidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping during happier times?Mikhail Tereshchenko/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

As mercenary troops bore down on Moscow on June 24, 2023, it likely wasn’t only Russian President Vladimir Putin and his governing elite in Russia who were looking on with concern. Over in China, too, there may have been some...

Read more: What Beijing's muted response to Wagner mutiny tells us about China-Russia relations – and what it...

Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate – 5 questions answered

  • Written by Rajiv Chowdhury, Professor of Global Health, Florida International University
imageSome evidence suggests that malaria mosquitoes are becoming resistant to insecticides.Paul Starosta/Stone via Getty Images

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on June 26, 2023, that five cases of locally transmitted malaria had been identified – four in Florida and one in Texas – since May 2023. These are the first...

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From Stonewall to Pride, the fight for equal rights has been rooted in resistance led by Black transwomen

  • Written by Deion Scott Hawkins, Assistant Professor of Argumentation & Advocacy, Emerson College
imageAn unidentified participant in a New York City Pride March during the 1980s. Mariett Pathy Allen/Getty Images

Its unclear who threw the first brick at Stonewall Inn on that night in New York City that arguably launched the gay rights liberation movement.

As part of queer lore, Marsha P. Johnson, a Black transwoman at the forefront of gay...

Read more: From Stonewall to Pride, the fight for equal rights has been rooted in resistance led by Black...

Inside the grogue wars of Cabo Verde

  • Written by Brandon D. Lundy, Professor of Anthropology, Kennesaw State University
imageGrogue, the national drink of Cabo Verde, is a spirit distilled from sugar cane.Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

At what point does a craft spirit no longer qualify as craft?

For centuries on the archipelago nation Cabo Verde off Africa’s west coast, farmers have produced a sugar cane-based craft spirit known...

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By 'helping' wild animals, you could end their freedom or even their lives – here's why you should keep your distance

  • Written by Julian Avery, Associate Research Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Penn State
imageAn eastern box turtle crossing a rural Pennsylvania road.Julian Avery, CC BY-ND

For anyone who enjoys nature, summer is a fascinating time to be outside. Animals are on the move: Turtles are nesting, baby birds are testing their wings, snakes are foraging and young mammals are emerging.

In central Pennsylvania, where I live, last year’s...

Read more: By 'helping' wild animals, you could end their freedom or even their lives – here's why you should...

Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchers

  • Written by Yunkang Yang, Assistant Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
imageIf your instincts say a lot of images on Facebook are misleading, you're right.AP Photo/Jenny Kane

How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is low or that the problem has declinedovertime.

This previous work, though, missed most of the story.

We are a communications researcher,...

Read more: Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchers

3 myths about immigration in America

  • Written by April Nisan Ilkmen, PhD Candidate in Couple and Family Therapy, Adler University
imageA family of Syrian refugees arrive at their new home in Bloomfield, Mich., in 2015.Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images

The U.S. is – and long has been – a pluralistic society that contains large immigrant communities.

Yet migration is an actively debated but poorly understood topic, and much of the conventional thinking and political rhetoric...

Read more: 3 myths about immigration in America

A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

  • Written by Kenneth L. Shropshire, Professor Emeritus of Legal Studies and Business Ethics; Faculty Director, Wharton Coalition for Equity & Opportunity, University of Pennsylvania
imageThe Supreme Court issued a decision on June 29, 2023, that ends affirmative action in college admissions.Drew Angerer/Getty Images

In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2023,...

Read more: A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning,...

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