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Why celebrities have a moral responsibility to help promote lifesaving vaccines

  • Written by Tina Rulli, Associate Professor, Philosophy, University of California, Davis
imageMany celebrities have expressed concerns about bodily autonomy while refusing COVID-19 vaccination.Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images

In the heated debate about vaccine mandates, celebrities have not hesitated to raise their voices. Most prominently, Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic has stated he would rather not...

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US aid to Ukraine: $13.6 billion approved following Russian bombardment marks sharp increase

  • Written by Jessica Trisko Darden, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
imageMembers of the Ukrainian armed forces pass by wreckage on March 9, 2022, in Mykolaiv.Scott Peterson/Getty Images

The U.S. government has condemned Russia’s war on Ukraine and vowed to make sure Russia faces consequences for its attack. Political scientist Jessica Trisko Darden, author of “Aiding and Abetting: U.S. Foreign Assistance and...

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Putin's brazen manipulation of language is a perfect example of Orwellian doublespeak

  • Written by Mark Satta, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Wayne State University
imageRussian President Vladimir Putin uses words to mean the opposite of what they really mean.Sergei Guneyev/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

If you’ve been paying attention to how Russian President Vladimir Putin talks about the war in Ukraine, you may have noticed a pattern. Putin often uses words to mean exactly the opposite of what they normally...

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Schools will stop serving free lunch to all students -- a pandemic solution left out of a new federal spending package

  • Written by Marlene B. Schwartz, Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
imageAbout 30 million students eat school lunches daily.JGI/Jamie Grill/Tetra Images via Getty Images

Public schools have been serving all students free meals since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted K-12 education. In March 2022, Congress rejected calls to keep up the federal funding required to sustain that practice and left that money out of a US$1...

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Affordable housing in the US is increasingly scarce, making renters ask: Where do we go?

  • Written by Celine-Marie Pascale, Professor of Sociology, American University
imageCommunity organizers speak in a vacant house in West Oakland, Calif., that they occupied in 2019 and 2020 to bring attention to affordable housing.Jane Tyska/Digital First Media/East Bay Times via Getty Images

The United States is facing an expanding gap between how much workers earn and how much they have to pay for housing.

Workers have faced stag...

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Schools will stop serving free lunch to all students – a pandemic solution left out of a new federal spending package

  • Written by Marlene B. Schwartz, Director, Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health and Professor, Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut
imageAbout 30 million students eat school lunches daily.JGI/Jamie Grill/Tetra Images via Getty Images

Public schools have been serving all students free meals since the COVID-19 pandemic first disrupted K-12 education. In March 2022, Congress rejected calls to keep up the federal funding required to sustain that practice and left that money out of a US$1...

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Russia's false claims about biological weapons in Ukraine demonstrate the dangers of disinformation and how hard it is to counter – 4 essential reads

  • Written by Eric Smalley, Science + Technology Editor
imageRussian disinformation, amplified by China, is raising fears that the war in Ukraine could escalate.AP Photo/Vincent Yu

On March 11, 2022, Vasily Nebenzya, Russia’s U.N. ambassador, told the U.N. Security Council that Russia had discovered evidence of U.S.-funded biological weapons research in Ukraine. U.S. officials denied the claims,...

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Settler colonialism helps explain current events in Xinjiang and Ukraine – and the history of Australia and US, too

  • Written by John Rennie Short, Professor, School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageDemonstration for the rights of the Uyghurs in Berlin, 2020.Leonhard Lenz, Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA

Global flashpoints, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Chinese actions in Xinjiang, share a common background: a previous history of invasion and occupation.

The northwestern region of Xinjiang, for example, became an autonomous region...

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The promise and folly of war – why do leaders enter conflict assuming victory is assured?

  • Written by Gregory A. Daddis, Professor and USS Midway Chair in Modern U.S. Military History, San Diego State University
imageV is for victory? Or vanquished? Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images

Amid a staunch and passionate defense that has slowed the Russian advance to Kiev and global condemnation, Vladimir Putin’s motivation for invading has been subject to speculation: Just what does he hope to achieve by war in Ukraine?

Some have argued that Putin was responding to NATO...

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5 ways college instructors can help students take care of their mental health

  • Written by Max Coleman, Ph.D Candidate in Sociology, Indiana University
imageMental health issues for college students have been on the rise. monkeybusinessimages via iStock/Getty Images Plus

A few years ago, a student showed up in my class looking distraught. “I don’t think I can be in class today,” the student told me.

No explanation, no elaboration. Yet I knew from our previous conversations that this...

Read more: 5 ways college instructors can help students take care of their mental health

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  2. Smart devices spy on you – 2 computer scientists explain how the Internet of Things can violate your privacy
  3. What classic literature knows about refugees fleeing persecution and war
  4. 11 things you can do to adjust to losing that hour of sleep when daylight saving time starts
  5. MLB's new collective bargaining agreement fails to address players' biggest grievances
  6. St. Brigid, the compassionate, sensible female patron saint of Ireland, gets a lot less recognition than St. Patrick
  7. Oil price shocks have a long history, but today's situation may be the most complex ever
  8. Ukraine war and anti-Russia sanctions on top of COVID-19 mean even worse trouble lies ahead for global supply chains
  9. Humanitarian corridors could help civilians safely leave Ukraine – but Russia has a history of not respecting these pathways
  10. The American founders could teach Putin a lesson: Provoking an unnecessary war is not how to prove your masculinity
  11. Organs from genetically engineered pigs may help shorten the transplant wait list
  12. Guns, not roses – here's the true story of penicillin’s first patient
  13. Why most teachers who say they plan to leave the profession probably won't do so anytime soon
  14. Endurance captain Frank Worsley, Shackleton's gifted navigator, knew how to stay the course
  15. Why stagflation is an economic nightmare – and could become a real headache for Biden and the Fed if it emerges in the US
  16. How a hurricane fueled wildfires in the Florida Panhandle
  17. Purim spiels: Skits and satire have brought merriment to an ancient Jewish holiday in America
  18. Would Putin use nuclear weapons? An arms control expert explains what has and hasn't changed since the invasion of Ukraine
  19. A wave of grassroots humanitarianism is supporting millions of Ukrainian refugees
  20. China's balancing act on Russian invasion of Ukraine explained
  21. Why daylight saving time is unhealthy – a neurologist explains
  22. Ukraine’s Twitter account is a national version of real-time trauma processing
  23. Russian church leader puts the blame of invasion on those who flout ‘God’s law,’ but taking biblical law out of its historical context doesn't work
  24. What's a natural burial? A Christian theologian explains
  25. Long COVID leaves newly disabled people facing old barriers – a sociologist explains
  26. Why some women are traveling to South Korea to find boyfriends
  27. Lungs have their own microbiome – and these microbes affect the success of bone marrow transplants in kids
  28. Why Apple, Disney, IKEA and hundreds of other Western companies are abandoning Russia with barely a shrug
  29. Supreme Court inches towards deciding whether state legislatures can draw congressional districts largely free of court oversight
  30. It's 'Ukraine,' not 'the Ukraine' – here's why
  31. Long before shots were fired, a linguistic power struggle was playing out in Ukraine
  32. The Ukrainian refugee crisis could last years – but host communities might not be prepared
  33. Is 'headline stress disorder' real? Yes, but those who thrive on the news often lose sight of it
  34. The US is banning Russian oil imports, but an embargo that includes European allies would have more impact
  35. Barbie doll that honors Ida B. Wells faces an uphill battle against anti-Blackness
  36. As war rages, some Ukrainians look to Mary for protection – continuing a long Christian tradition
  37. Criminal justice researcher examines the needs of marginalized groups that often go ignored
  38. Ukrainian refugees are welcomed with open arms – not so with people fleeing other war-torn countries
  39. How pet cancer data sheds light on human cancers – and speeds the development of new treatments
  40. Putin, Zelenskyy and Biden all have unique leadership styles
  41. In 2014, the 'decrepit' Ukrainian army hit the refresh button. Eight years later, it's paying off
  42. Support for democracy is waning across the Americas
  43. Canada has long feared the chaos of US politics
  44. Ukrainian war bonds: The American roots of a powerful financial and propaganda tool
  45. 3 things that influence college graduates from rural areas to return to their communities
  46. A brief history of Babi Yar, where Nazis massacred Jews, Soviets kept silence and now Ukraine says Russia fired a missile
  47. Even mild cases of COVID-19 can leave a mark on the brain, such as reductions in gray matter – a neuroscientist explains emerging research
  48. Why did Russia invade Ukraine?
  49. After Hollywood thwarted Anna May Wong, the actress took matters into her own hands
  50. Many Ukrainians face a future of lasting psychological wounds from the Russian invasion