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Calling Asians 'robotic' is a racist stereotype with a long, troubled history

  • Written by Long T. Bui, Associate Professor of Global and International Studies, University of California, Irvine
imageNathan Chen competes during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games on Feb. 10, 2022.VCG via Getty Images

When U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen won the gold medal in men’s figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, a Washington Post article attributed his win to a fierce, focused, “robotic” zeal. This robotic characterization draws...

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Who are the Jesuits?

  • Written by Dorian Llywelyn, President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageVenezuelan priest Arturo Sosa Abascal, second from right, receives congratulations after being chosen as new superior general of the Jesuits in 2016. Franco Origlia/Getty Images News via Getty Images

For centuries, the Jesuits have worn many hats: missionaries, educators and preachers; writers and scientists; priests with the poor and confessors to...

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A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how

  • Written by David Wallace, Assistant Clinical Professor of Electrical Engineering, Mississippi State University
imageTypical amounts of solar particles hitting the earth's magnetosphere can be beautiful, but too much could be catastrophic.Svein-Magne Tunli - tunliweb.no/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA

On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The operators of the telegraphs reported receiving electrical shocks, telegraph paper...

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How prosthetic penises in shows like HBO's 'Minx' reinforce existing stereotypes and taboos

  • Written by Peter Lehman, Emeritus Professor, Film and Media Studies in English, Arizona State University

Entertainment Weekly recently published an interview with actor Taylor Zakhar Perez, teasing the piece with a headline about Perez “baring it all” as a nude model for a 1970s magazine centerfold in the first episode in HBO Max’s “scandalous” new show, “Minx.”

The real scandal, in my view, is not the...

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How poetry can help people get through hard times – 4 essential reads

  • Written by Alvin Buyinza, Editorial and Outreach Assistant, The Conversation US
imagePoetry can be a way for people to come together. Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images

When Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian American writer Ilya Kaminsky’s poem “We Lived Happily During the War” went viral across social media.

Poetry can often help people make sense of the world in difficult times. For World Poetry Day, The Conversation...

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Lasso-ing Chelsea FC? Why super-rich US sports owners are looking to buy a London soccer team

  • Written by Stefan Szymanski, Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
imagePutting the Blues in the red, white and blue.Bradley C Bower/EMPICS via Getty Images

Ted Lasso, the story of an American football coach bringing his unique management skills to a fictional soccer club in West London, has entertained TV viewers since 2020. It now appears that some investors stateside are looking to experience this close up by buying...

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Ukraine's foreign fighters have little in common with those who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil War

  • Written by Sebastiaan Faber, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory
imageA woman hugs a Polish volunteer before he crosses the border to go and fight against Russian forces.AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

When an aging Abe Osheroff recalled why, as a 21-year-old kid from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, he had volunteered to join the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War in 1936, he framed it as a personal,...

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Ukraine is benefiting from generous donations – and many other global causes need help, too

  • Written by Jessica Eise, Assistant Professor of Social and Environmental Challenges, The University of Texas at San Antonio
imageA Yemeni mother holds the tiny foot of her malnourished child in 2021. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

Ukraine’s resistance to Russia has captivated the world, dominating social media and the news since the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion. With this attention has come a massive outpouring of financial support.

Ordinary people, governments, corporations an...

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Russia’s no longer a ‘most-favored nation’: 5 questions about the coveted trading status answered

  • Written by Charles Hankla, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
imageRussian-made goods will likely cost more in Western liquor stores if most-favored-nation status is removed. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

The U.S., the European Union, Japan and Canada are further severing Russia from global markets by removing a coveted trading designation over its war in Ukraine. Known as most-favored-nation status, it generally...

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Why Crimean Tatars are fearful as Russia invades Ukraine

  • Written by Brian Glyn Williams, Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
imageCrimean Tatars gathered for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of Stalin's mass deportation, in Simferopol, Crimea, on May 18, 2014. AP Photo/Alexander Polegenko

As Vladimir Putin’s forces wage a brutal war against Ukraine, the Crimean Tatars living in Russian-occupied Crimea and on the Ukrainian mainland feel particularly threatened...

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