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Overcrowded trains serve as metaphor for India in Western eyes – but they are a relic of colonialism and capitalism

  • Written by Ritika Prasad, Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
imageBy the end of the 19th century, railways were being used by millions across India.Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

A devastating rail crash that left almost 300 people dead has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the lives of Indians.

Indeed, to many Western observers, images of men and women crammed into...

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Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

  • Written by Mark Satta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
imageA drag show in Nashville, Tenn., during Day One of Nashville Pride 2022. Mickey Bernal/Getty Images

The drag shows will go on. At least for now.

On June 2, 2023, Judge Thomas Parker, a Trump-appointed federal district court judge in western Tennessee, ruled that Tennessee’s “Adult Entertainment Act” violated the First...

Read more: Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional

Four strategies to make your neighborhood safer

  • Written by Ishita Chordia, PhD Candidate, Information Science, University of Washington
imageBy getting to know your neighbors and investing in your community, you can make your neighborhood safer.Vladimir Vladimirov/E+/Getty Images

A series of gunshots fired late at night in East Atlanta recently prompted my neighbor to post on our local Facebook group, asking what we can do as a community to make it less dangerous to live and work in the...

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Title 42 didn't result in a surge of migration, after all – but border communities are still facing record-breaking migration

  • Written by Lydia Renee Cleveland, PhD Candidate, International Studies., Old Dominion University
imageIn an aerial image taken on May 12, 2023, a border wall and concertina wire barriers stand along the Rio Grande river between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, left, and El Paso, Texas.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. government officials and media alike made widespread predictions that there would be a surge of migration across the U.S.-Mexico...

Read more: Title 42 didn't result in a surge of migration, after all – but border communities are still...

Republicans' anti-ESG attack may be silencing insurers, but it isn’t changing their pro-climate business decisions

  • Written by Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageInsurers are facing rising costs from effects of climate change.© Marco Bottigelli/Moments via Getty Imagse

Over recent months there has been an orchestrated pushback against investors and insurers who integrate the risks of climate change into their business models. That pushback – emanating from Republican-led states – is having...

Read more: Republicans' anti-ESG attack may be silencing insurers, but it isn’t changing their pro-climate...

WHO's recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss leaves many questions unanswered

  • Written by Lindsey Schier, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageSugar alternatives go by many names including artificial sweeteners, low-calorie sweeteners and nonsugar sweeteners.Marie LaFauci/Moment via Getty Images

Do low-calorie sweeteners help with weight management? And are they safe for long-term use?

This is among the most controversial topics in nutritional science. In early May 2023, the World Health...

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Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn't do

  • Written by J.B. Ruhl, Professor of Law, Director, Program on Law and Innovation, and Co-director, Energy, Environment and Land Use Program, Vanderbilt University
imageNEPA requires federal agencies to analyze environmental impacts of projects like interstate highway construction.John Bohn/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

The National Environmental Policy Act, enacted in 1970, is widely viewed as a keystone U.S. environmental law. For any major federal action that affects the environment, such as building an...

Read more: Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the...

Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil

  • Written by Mario Higa, Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies, Middlebury
imageAstrud Gilberto backstage at New York City's Birdland Jazz Club in 1964.Popsie Randolph/Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images

Astrud Gilberto didn’t set out to be an ambassador of bossa nova, the laid-back Brazilian musical genre with rhythms recognizable to music lovers around the world.

According to Gilberto, who died on June 5, 2023, at...

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What is incorruptibility? A scholar of Catholic worship explains

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imagePeople pray over the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster at the abbey of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, near Gower, Mo., in April 2023.AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Catholic tradition offers occasional examples of holy men and women whose bodies, exhumed some years after death, remained completely or partially untouched by the natural...

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Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity's board in a SWAT-team raid is highly unusual and could be unconstitutional

  • Written by Beth Gazley, Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
imagePolice arrested three people who have been aiding protesters at this Atlanta house in May 2023.AP Photo/Kate Brumback

On May 31, 2023, the Atlanta Police Department deployed a SWAT team to arrest Marlon Kautz, Adele MacLean and Savannah Patterson. These three people weren’t fugitives from justice or drug kingpins, but rather volunteer board...

Read more: Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity's board in a SWAT-team raid is highly unusual and could...

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  1. Cost and lack of majors are among the top reasons why students leave for-profit colleges
  2. Messi is heading to the US as Saudi Arabia kicks off bidding war with MLS for aging soccer stars
  3. Oklahoma OKs the nation's first religious charter school – but litigation is likely to follow
  4. Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – receding waters narrow options for cooling
  5. Forts Cavazos, Barfoot and Liberty — new names for army bases honor new heroes and lasting values, instead of Confederates who lost a war
  6. Brain tumors are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline
  7. Mounting research documents the harmful effects of social media use on mental health, including body image and development of eating disorders
  8. Mike Pence is jockeying against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination – joining the ranks of just one vice president who, in 1800, also ran against a former boss
  9. The ugly side of beauty: Chemicals in cosmetics threaten college-age women's reproductive health
  10. Why insurance companies are pulling out of California and Florida, and how to fix some of the underlying problems
  11. Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it's the Olmecs who are the 'mother culture' of ancient Mesoamerica
  12. This course studies NGOs aiming to help countries recover from mass atrocities and to prevent future violence
  13. Peaches are a minor part of Georgia's economy, but they're central to its mythology
  14. Nearly 20% of the cultural differences between societies boil down to ecological factors – new research
  15. Kakhovka dam breach: 3 essential reads on what it means for Ukraine's infrastructure, beleaguered nuclear plant and future war plans
  16. UK PM Sunak visits Washington to strengthen ties, watch baseball – having already struck out on trade deal
  17. US, Chinese warships' near miss in Taiwan Strait hints at ongoing troubled diplomatic waters, despite chatter about talks
  18. Changing wild animals' behavior could help save them – but is it ethical?
  19. Political compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutions
  20. Scientists' political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public's trust in science
  21. Supreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ's Great Society – affirmative action
  22. Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
  23. Blockchain is a key technology – a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
  24. 3 ways to use ChatGPT to help students learn -- and not cheat
  25. Protecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and other threats to sea life
  26. A community can gentrify without losing its identity -- examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works
  27. Several Down syndrome features may be linked to a hyperactive antiviral immune response – new research
  28. How building more backyard homes, granny flats and in-law suites can help alleviate the housing crisis
  29. Arsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health concern – researchers are studying how it causes cancer
  30. Is there life in the sea that hasn't been discovered?
  31. How hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it
  32. Sudan’s war is wrecking a lot, including its central bank – a legacy of trailblazing African American economist and banker Andrew Brimmer
  33. Saying that students embrace censorship on college campuses is incorrect -- here's how to discuss the issue more constructively
  34. Baseless anti-trans claims fuel adoption of harmful laws – two criminologists explain
  35. Birth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust
  36. Charities can get a 6% donations boost when Charity Navigator gives them more stars – but to get there, they might game the system
  37. Judging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges – and possibly the federal judiciary, too
  38. How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy
  39. The allure of the ad-lib: New research identifies why people prefer spontaneity in entertainment
  40. Moldova is trying to join the EU, but it will have a hard time breaking away from Russia's orbit
  41. Work requirements don't work for domestic violence survivors – but Michigan data shows they rarely get waivers they should receive for cash assistance
  42. How do credit scores work? 2 finance professors explain how lenders choose who gets loans and at what interest rate
  43. How teachers can stay true to history without breaking new laws that restrict what they can teach about racism
  44. New anti-transgender laws will hurt Indigenous peoples’ rights and religious expression
  45. Governments and environmental groups are turning to international courts to address the impacts of climate change — podcast
  46. I study migrants traveling through Mexico to the US, and saw how they follow news of dangers – but are not deterred
  47. Getting Social Security on a more stable path is hard but essential – 2 experts suggest a way forward
  48. Invasive lionfish have spread south from the Caribbean to Brazil, threatening ecosystems and livelihoods
  49. War in Ukraine might give the Chinese yuan the boost it needs to become a major global currency -- and be a serious contender against the US dollar
  50. Reparations over formerly enslaved people has a long history: 4 essential reads on why the idea remains unresolved