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How the news media – long in thrall to Trump – can cover his new run for president responsibly

  • Written by Thomas E. Patterson, Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School
imageMembers of the media prepare for Donald Trump's announcement that he is running for president in 2024.AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell

Now that he’s in the 2024 presidential race, the media circus that is Donald Trump is returning for a new season.

Trump is still newsworthy. He’s been weakened by his defeat in the 2020 presidential election,...

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Guns on the ballot: How mixed midterm results will affect firearm policy

  • Written by Alex McCourt, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University
imageOne in 10 American voters listed guns as their top concern.iStock / Getty Images Plus

The U.S. midterm elections took place on the backdrop of surging gun violence and in a year scarred by high-profile mass shootings.

And though exitpolls indicated that abortion rights and inflation were the top motivating issues for voters, views toward guns also...

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American exceptionalism at the World Cup: Why many soccer fans in the US will be cheering on another team (probably Mexico)

  • Written by John M Sloop, Professor of Communication Studies, Vanderbilt University
imageSplit soccer loyalties?Brad Smith/ISI Photos/Getty Images

Soccer fans will turn their eyes to Qatar starting Nov. 20, 2020, as the World Cup gets underway. But in the U.S., the question of which team will be cheered on from afar isn’t entirely straightforward.

You see, one of the anomalies of being a “typical” soccer fan in the...

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Ants – with their wise farming practices and efficient navigation techniques – could inspire solutions for some human problems

  • Written by Scott Solomon, Associate Teaching Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University
imageLeafcutter ants cultivate fungus gardens that feed sprawling colonies.Tim Flach/Stone via Getty Images

King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source – ants.

According to a Jewish legend, Solomon conversed with a clever ant queen that confronted his pride, making quite an impression on the Israelite king. In the...

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Hey, new parents – go ahead and 'spoil' that baby!

  • Written by Amy Root, Professor of Applied Human Sciences, West Virginia University
imageHow to soothe a crying baby? Try everything.Tripod/Getty Images

When an infant cries, parents frequently wonder whether they should soothe the baby or let the baby calm itself down. If they respond to every sob, won’t the baby cry more? Isn’t that spoiling the baby?

I hear these questions a lot as a professor of child development and...

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80 years ago, Nazi Germany occupied Tunisia – but North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard

  • Written by Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles
imageGerman troops marching through Tunis in 1943.Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images

Eighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear –...

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Influx of students from India drives US college enrollment up, but the number of students from China is down

  • Written by David L. Di Maria, Associate Vice Provost for International Education, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imagePoor job prospects at home are prompting many students from India to pursue opportunity abroad.Mayur Kakade via Getty Images

India is up. China is down. Very few U.S. students studied abroad during the first year of the pandemic.

Those three points, in a nutshell, represent key findings from recent data released jointly on Nov. 14, 2022, by the U.S....

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What Greek myth tells us about modern witchcraft

  • Written by Joel Christensen, Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
imageFear about women's power was an essential part of ancient anxiety about witchcraft.Vinicius Rafael / EyeEm via Getty Images

Living on the North Shore in Boston in the fall brings the gorgeous turning of the leaves and pumpkin patches. It is also a time for people to head to nearby Salem, Massachusetts, home of the 17th century infamous witch trials,...

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Powerful linear accelerator begins smashing atoms – 2 scientists on the team explain how it could reveal rare forms of matter

  • Written by Sean Liddick, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University
imageA new particle accelerator at Michigan State University is set to discover thousands of never-before-seen isotopes. Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, CC BY-ND

Just a few hundred feet from where we are sitting is a large metal chamber devoid of air and draped with the wires needed to control the instruments inside. A beam of particles passes through...

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Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying

  • Written by Atiba Ellis, Professor of Law, Marquette University
imageDespite intimidation both current and historical, American voters turned out in near-record numbers on Nov. 8, 2022.Mario Tama/Getty Images

In Travis County, Texas, home to Austin, a local Republican Party official allegedly knocked on people’s doors in November 2022 to accuse people who cast ballots by mail of having been ineligible to vote....

Read more: Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying

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