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The Martinican bèlè dance – a celebration of land, spirit and liberation

  • Written by Camee Maddox-Wingfield, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

On May 22 each year, when the eastern Caribbean island of Martinique observes Emancipation Day, drums beat from sunrise until the break of dawn the next day.

Participants at open-air, starlit gatherings dance, sing, play drums and feast for ancestors who fought to break the chains of bondage. The uprising that eventually led to the abolition of...

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What is monkeypox? A microbiologist explains what's known about this smallpox cousin

  • Written by Rodney E. Rohde, Regents' Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University
imageMonkeypox causes lesions that resemble pus-filled blisters, which eventually scab over.CDC/Getty Images

On May 18, 2022, Massachusetts health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed a single case of monkeypox in a patient who had recently traveled to Canada. Cases have also been reported in the United Kingdom and...

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After initial silence, the Biden administration is making moves to free WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian detention

  • Written by Rokeshia Renné Ashley, Assistant Professor of Communication, Florida International University
imagePhoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner before a WNBA game in 2015.Tony Quinn/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

A week before Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Russian authorities arrested American basketball star Brittney Griner at the Moscow airport. She was charged with drug smuggling after Russian officials allegedly...

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Accused Buffalo mass shooter had threatened a shooting while in high school. Could more have been done to avert the tragedy?

  • Written by James Densley, Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
imageMany mass shooters show signs of distress before their attack. Smederevac via iStock/Getty Images Plus

Nearly a year before he was charged with shooting and killing 10 shoppers, and wounding three more, at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, a then-17-year-old student reportedly told his classmates at Susquehanna Valley High School that he...

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'Dracula Daily' reanimates the classic vampire novel for the age of memes and snark

  • Written by Stanley Stepanic, Assistant Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Virginia
imageAn online audience is reading the vampire novel for the first time, en masse.Diane Barros/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

If you’re an active social media user, perhaps you’ve noticed a surge in posts recently about paprika, reflective shaving glasses and castle hospitality in Transylvania. One hundred twenty-five years after its...

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Over 100 years of Antarctic agriculture is helping scientists grow food in space

  • Written by Daniella McCahey, Assistant Professor of History, Texas Tech University
imageThe greenhouse at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is the only source of fresh food during winter.Eli Duke/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Figuring out how to feed people in space is a major part of a larger effort to demonstrate the viability of long-term human habitation of extraterrestrial environments. On May 12, 2022, a team of scientists announced that they...

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1 in 6 US kids are in families below the poverty line

  • Written by Callie Freitag, Ph.D. Candidate in Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
imageThe official child poverty rate is about the same today as in 1967.More Than Words Photography by Alisa Brouwer/Moment Open via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

In the United States, children are more likely to experience poverty than people over 18.

In 2020, about 1 in 6 kids, 16% of all children, were living in families with incomes below the official poverty...

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The US Civil War drastically reshaped how Americans deal with death – will the pandemic?

  • Written by Gary Laderman, Goodrich C White Professor of Religion, Emory University
imageAn art installation by Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.AP Photo/Brynn Anderson

More than 1 million people living in the United States have died of COVID-19 during the past two years.

The numbers paint a clear picture of devastation, though they...

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What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation

  • Written by Lacey Wade, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania
imageWhen you imitate the speech of others, there's a thin line between whether it's a social asset or faux pas.Franklin McMahon/Corbis via Getty Images

Have you ever caught yourself talking a little bit differently after listening to someone with a distinctive way of speaking?

Perhaps you’ll pepper in a couple of y’all’s after...

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What you need to know about the Defense Production Act – the 1950s law Biden invoked to try to end the baby formula shortage

  • Written by Erik Gordon, Professor of Business, University of Michigan
imageBiden invoked the Defense Production Act to help end the shortage of baby formula. AP Photo/David J. Phillip

U.S. President Joe Biden on May 18, 2022, announced he is invoking the Defense Production Act to help end the shortage of baby formula stressing out parents nationwide.

He said he will direct suppliers of baby formula ingredients to...

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  10. Appealing to Trump (and his base) might have worked in Pennsylvania primaries – but it won't play so well in the midterms
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  13. Bad news for the 2022 hurricane season: The Loop Current, a fueler of monster storms, is looking a lot like it did in 2005, the year of Katrina
  14. Whether in war-torn Ukraine, Laos or Spain, kids have felt compelled to pick up crayons and put their experiences to paper
  15. Nonprogrammers are building more of the world's software – a computer scientist explains 'no-code'
  16. US child welfare system is falling short because of persistent child poverty
  17. Leaking a Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion or other hot topics is unprecedented – 4 things to know about how the high court works
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  19. The role party affiliation played in getting US to grim new milestone of 1 million COVID deaths
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