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Why reparations are always about more than money

  • Written by Kerry Whigham, Assistant Professor of Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageConsulting with the communities that have suffered the most harm from past acts of mass violence is a key part of a successful reparations process. Steven Senne/AP

Between 1904 and 1908, German soldiers and settler colonists killed about half of all Nama people and over 80% of the Herero ethnic group. On May 28, 2021, German Foreign Minister Heiko...

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Fixing America's crumbling physical – and human – infrastructure: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Senior Editor, Economy + Business
imageLead in pipes can contaminate the water supply, resulting in poisoning. AP Photo/Julio Cortez

Forget about “infrastructure week” – it’s infrastructure summer.

Or that seems to be the ambition of President Joe Biden as he barnstorms the country in hopes of selling the US$579 billion bipartisan infrastructure deal he signed...

Read more: Fixing America's crumbling physical – and human – infrastructure: 3 essential reads

Expanding opportunities for women and economic uncertainty are both factors in declining US fertility rates

  • Written by Ann M. Oberhauser, Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University
imageWomen have many more work and educational choices than previous generations, which affect their decisions about having children.Justin Lewis/DigitalVision via Getty Images

The decline in population growth in the U.S. from 2010 to 2020 is part of a broader national trend linked to falling birth rates, but also immigration changes and other factors....

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'Landmark' verdicts like Chauvin murder conviction make history – but court cases alone don't transform society

  • Written by Jennifer Reynolds, Professor of Law, University of Oregon
imageIt takes generations to know whether a major court ruling has actually changed society. wildpixel via Getty

American courts in 2021 have already handed down several potentially historic rulings, from the Supreme Court’s recent decision restricting voting rights in Arizona and potentially nationwide to a Minnesota jury’s conviction of...

Read more: 'Landmark' verdicts like Chauvin murder conviction make history – but court cases alone don't...

Why vacations feel like they're over before they even start

  • Written by Selin Malkoc, Associate Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
imagePeople tend to reflexively assume that fun events will go by really quickly.Chris Clor/Getty Images

For many people, summer vacation can’t come soon enough – especially for the half of Americans who canceled their summer plans last year due to the pandemic.

But when a vacation approaches, do you ever get the feeling that it’s...

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With support for Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad becomes just one of several deans to tweet themselves into trouble

  • Written by George Justice, Professor of English, Arizona State University
imageStudents at Howard University are already calling for Phylicia Rashad's resignation as dean. David Becker/Getty Images for The Blackhouse Foundation

For acclaimed actor Phylicia Rashad, July 1, 2021 was the official first day on the job as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Howard University. But some hoped it would also be her last.

The day...

Read more: With support for Bill Cosby, Phylicia Rashad becomes just one of several deans to tweet themselves...

Religion at the Supreme Court: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Matt Williams, Religion & Ethics Editor
imageIlluminating recent Supreme Court rulings.Geoff Livingston via Getty Images

The Supreme Court wrapped up its latest term on July 1, 2021, with a couple of final opinions.

It was the first session with Justice Amy Coney Barrett sitting on the bench. Her appointment – replacing Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died in September 2020 – tipped the...

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While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world

  • Written by Marion Werner, Associate Professor of Geography, University at Buffalo
imageContainers of the herbicide glyphosate at a farm supply store in northeast Thailand in 2019.AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit

As North America enters its peak summer growing season, gardeners are planting and weeding, and groundskeepers are mowing parks and playing fields. Many are using the popular weed killer Roundup, which is widely available at stores...

Read more: While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world

Why Communion matters in Catholic life -- and what it means to be denied the Eucharist

  • Written by Timothy Gabrielli, Gudorf Chair in Catholic Intellectual Traditions, University of Dayton
imageCommunion has been described as the 'fount and apex of the whole Christian life.'Geoffrey Clements/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images

The biannual U.S. Catholic bishops’ meeting received more than its usual attention this June due to one particular item on its agenda: a proposed document on the Sacrament of the Eucharist, a ritual also known as Holy...

Read more: Why Communion matters in Catholic life -- and what it means to be denied the Eucharist

Far more adults don't want children than previously thought

  • Written by Jennifer Watling Neal, Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
imageThe study found that child-free people were just as satisfied with their lives as those with kids.Aleksandr Faustov/EyeEm via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-NC-ND

Fertility rates in the United States have plunged to record lows, and this could be related to the fact that more people are choosing not to have children.

But just how many “child-free”...

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  2. Supreme Court strikes down California's nonprofit donor disclosure requirements: 4 questions answered
  3. Supreme Court blunts voting rights in Arizona – and potentially nationwide – in controversial ruling
  4. Trump Organization indictment hints at downsides of having no independent oversight – unlike companies traded on Wall Street
  5. 'Megadrought' along border strains US-Mexico water relations
  6. Infighting in the Southern Baptist Convention shouldn't be a surprise – the denomination has been defined by such squabbles for 400 years
  7. A medical moonshot would help fix inequality in American health care
  8. Benjamin Franklin's fight against a deadly virus: Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptics
  9. What's a ghost kitchen? A food industry expert explains
  10. Racism lurks behind decisions to deny Black high school students from being recognized as the top in their class
  11. Trustees' handling of Nikole Hannah-Jones' tenure application shows how university boards often fail the accountability test
  12. 5 children's books that teach valuable engineering lessons
  13. Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July, over 150 wildfire scientists urge the US West
  14. US intelligence report on UFOs: No aliens, but government transparency and desire for better data might bring science to the UFO world
  15. An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in disasters like the Florida condo collapse
  16. Critical race theory: What it is and what it isn't
  17. China's 'one-child policy' left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them
  18. To make agriculture more climate-friendly, carbon farming needs clear rules
  19. The ethical questions raised by COVID-19 vaccines: 5 essential reads
  20. When a Black boxing champion beat the 'Great White Hope,' all hell broke loose
  21. The US drug industry used to oppose patents – what changed?
  22. The Declaration of Independence wasn't really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising facts for July Fourth
  23. Trees are dying of thirst in the Western drought – here’s what’s going on inside their veins
  24. Science denial: Why it happens and 5 things you can do about it
  25. The #BTSSyllabus is a global resource fueled by an ARMY of experts
  26. 'Cheating's OK for me, but not for thee' – inside the messy psychology of sexual double standards
  27. Infrastructure spending has always involved social engineering
  28. Defund the police? Actually, police salaries are rising in departments across the United States
  29. How did the superstition that broken mirrors cause bad luck start and why does it still exist?
  30. Florida condo collapse – searching for answers about what went wrong in Surfside can improve building regulation
  31. The neuroscience behind why your brain may need time to adjust to 'un-social distancing'
  32. A pediatric nurse explains the science of sneezing
  33. Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly
  34. College can still be rigorous without a lot of homework
  35. Controversy over Communion in the Catholic Church goes back some 2,000 years
  36. How colonialism's legacy makes it harder for countries to escape poverty and fossil fuels today
  37. Danish children struggle to learn their vowel-filled language – and this changes how adult Danes interact
  38. Free-speech ruling won't help declining civil discourse
  39. What are tax havens? The answer explains why the G-7 effort to end them is unlikely to succeed
  40. What today's GOP demonstrates about the dangers of partisan conformity
  41. Youth sports and other challenges of a nonbinary world: 3 essential reads
  42. Closures of Black K-12 schools across the nation threaten neighborhood stability
  43. Tour de France: How many calories will the winner burn?
  44. Research that shines light on how cells recover from threats may lead to new insights into Alzheimer's and ALS
  45. Schools must act carefully on students' off-campus speech, Supreme Court rules
  46. Why it's such a big deal that the NFL's Carl Nassib came out as gay
  47. Conversion therapy is discredited and increases risk of suicide -- yet fewer than half of US states have bans in place
  48. The behind-the-scenes people and organizations connecting science and decision-making
  49. Ransomware, data breach, cyberattack: What do they have to do with your personal information, and how worried should you be?
  50. How palm oil became the world's most hated, most used fat source