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The 13th Amendment's fatal flaw created modern-day convict slavery

  • Written by Kwasi Konadu, Professor in Africana & Latin American Studies, Colgate University
imageIn this rare photograph taken in 2000, prisoners at the Ferguson Unit in Texas are seen working in the prison's cotton fields. Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

The 13th Amendment is having a moment of reckoning. Considered one of the crowning achievements of American democracy, the Civil War-era constitutional amendment set...

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Offshore wind farms could help capture carbon from air and store it long-term, saving money – a geophysicist explains how

  • Written by David Goldberg, Lamont Research Professor, Columbia University
imageThe U.S. had seven operating offshore wind turbines with 42 megawatts of capacity in 2021. The Biden administration's goal is 30,000 megawatts by 2030.AP Photo/Michael Dwyer

Off the Massachusetts and New York coasts, developers are preparing to build the United States’ first federally approvedutility-scale offshore wind farms – 74...

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Opioid overdose: A bioethicist explains why restricting supply may not be the right solution

  • Written by Travis N. Rieder, Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
imageWhat's the best way to solve America's opioid overdose crisis?BackyardProduction/ iStock via Getty images

Year after year, America’s drug overdose crisis is worsening.

In the 12-month period ending in June 2021, the most recent period for which there is reliable data, more than 101,000 people died from drug overdose in the U.S., – an...

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Yizker bikher books commemorate Holocaust deaths – but also celebrate Jewish communities' life

  • Written by Jennifer Rich, Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
imageA group of schoolgirls in Czyzew, Poland, before the Holocaust.Czyżew Yizkor Book by Shimon Kanc/New York Public Library

Each year on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp complex in Poland, an International Day of Commemoration memorializes the victims of the Holocaust. This somber day focuses on the...

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How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat cancers, HIV, autoimmune disorders and genetic diseases

  • Written by Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
imageNucleic acid vaccines use mRNA to give cells instructions on how to produce a desired protein.Libre de Droit/iStock via Getty Images

The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the U.S. – the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines – are both mRNA vaccines. The idea of using genetic material to produce an immune response has opened up...

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What's a 990 form? A charity accounting expert explains

  • Written by Sarah Webber, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
imageMost nonprofits must file this paperwork with the IRS every year. Dean R Specker/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Most tax-exempt nonprofits must file a 990 form with the Internal Revenue Service every year, typically in mid-May.

The 990 is purely informational. Nonprofits commit to serve an “approved purpose” – such as fighting...

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More women in a STEM field leads people to label it as a 'soft science,' according to new research

  • Written by Alysson Light, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of the Sciences
imageHow seriously people take particular scientific disciplines partly depends on how many women enter them.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The big idea

One factor that influences the use of the labels “soft science” or “hard science” is gender bias, according to rec...

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How many bones do penguins have?

  • Written by Julie Sheldon, Clinical Assistant Professor of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee
imageSpecialized anatomy means flightless penguins are master swimmers.Christopher Michel , CC BY-SAimage

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

How many bones do penguins have? – Sawyer, age 7, Media, Pennsylvania

As a zoo and wildlife...

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Kazakhstan's internet shutdown is the latest episode in an ominous trend: digital authoritarianism

  • Written by Margaret Hu, Professor of Law and of International Affairs, Penn State
imageWhile security forces in Kazakhstan cracked down on street protests, the country's internet service went dark.AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov

The Kazakhstan government shut off the internet nationwide on Jan. 5, 2022, in response to widespread civil unrest in the country. The unrest started on Jan. 2, after the government lifted the price cap on liquid...

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Schools join the fight against human trafficking

  • Written by Lumina Albert, Associate Professor of Management and Director of the CSU Center for Ethics and Human Rights, Colorado State University
imageProtests around the world aim to end human trafficking.Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images

Education leaders across the U.S. are trying to figure out how to effectively teach students about the risks and warning signs of human trafficking, which includes being forced into domestic servitude, commercial labor or sex work.

According to 2019...

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