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Watch for these conflicts over education in 2022

  • Written by Joseph J. Ferrare, Assistant Professor of Education Policy and Data Visualization, University of Washington, Bothell
imageLouisiana residents object to mask mandates at a state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting in August 2021.AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte

At school board meetings across the country in 2021, parents engaged in physical altercations, shouted at school board members and threatened them as well.

These disagreements entered state politics,...

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What is 5G? An electrical engineer explains

  • Written by Prasenjit Mitra, Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State
imageTelecommunications companies around the world are expanding their next-generation, or 5G, networks.Guo Shining/VCG via Getty Images

5G stands for fifth-generation cellular network technology.

It’s the technology that enables wireless communication – for example, from your cellular phone to a cell tower, which channels it to the...

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End-of-life conversations can be hard, but your loved ones will thank you

  • Written by Deborah Carr, Professor of Sociology and Director of Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University
imageYou can start these conversations simply, like saying, "I need to think about the future. Can you help me?"Richard Ross/The Image Bank via Getty Images

Death – along with taxes – is one of life’s few certainties. Despite this inevitability, most people dread thinking and talking about when, how or under what conditions they might...

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How the Earth's tilt creates short, cold January days

  • Written by Deanna Hence, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
imageThe Sun rises in Midland, Michigan, shortly after 8a.m. on Jan. 13, 2017.Christian Collins/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Above the equator, winter officially begins in December. But in many areas, January is when it really takes hold. Atmospheric scientist Deanna Hence explains the weather and climate factors that combine to produce wintry conditions at the...

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How much candy do Americans eat in a whole year?

  • Written by Rahel Mathews, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, Mississippi State University
imageMost candy is basically just a heap of sugar.Atlantide Phototravel/Corbis Documentary via Getty Imagesimage

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 much candy do Americans eat in a whole year? – Yvanna C., age 9, Nevada

From...

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Supreme Court considers derailing federal vaccine mandates – appears inclined to keep for health workers, but not wider workforce

  • Written by James Hodge, Professor of Law, Arizona State University
imageDid justices give oral arguments an icy reception?AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Conservative justices on the Supreme Court appeared to signal a belief that the Biden administration may have overreached in ordering private companies to require that staff be vaccinated or subject to regular testing. But a separate requirement that health care workers...

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Sidney Poitier -- Hollywood's first Black leading man reflected the civil rights movement on screen

  • Written by Aram Goudsouzian, Bizot Family Professor of History, University of Memphis
imageSidney Poitier, seen here in a 1980 photograph. Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images

In the summer of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. introduced the keynote speaker for the 10th-anniversary convention banquet of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Their guest, he said, was his “soul brother.”

“He has carved for himself...

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Ahmaud Arbery murderers sentenced to life in prison: 4 essential reads on the case

  • Written by Matt Williams, Breaking News Editor
imageSentenced to life.Pool/AP

Two of the three men convicted of murdering unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery learned on Jan. 7, 2021, that they will likely die behind bars.

Gregory McMichael and his son Travis McMichael were sentenced to life in prison without parole at a hearing in Glynn County, Georgia. A third man, William Bryan, was sentenced to...

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In Kazakhstan, Russia follows a playbook it developed in Ukraine

  • Written by Lena Surzhko Harned, Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
imageA Russian military photo shows Russian soldiers arriving in Kazakhstan on Jan. 7, 2022.Russian Defence Ministry\TASS via Getty Images

Add Kazakhstan to the list of former Soviet republics whose independence is now being threatened by Russia. Russian leader Vladimir Putin is using a similar playbook in Kazakhstan to one that he has used over almost...

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Lurking behind lackluster jobs gain are a stagnating labor market and the threat of omicron

  • Written by Christopher Decker, Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
imageFlipping jobs?AP Photo/Jenny Kane

The first U.S. jobs report of 2022 showed continued – if lackluster – growth. But perhaps of greater significance for the economic year ahead are two factors that lurked behind the headline unemployment rate: a stagnating labor pool and the impact of omicron.

First, the good news. The economy did add...

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  7. Biden urges America to see the truth of Jan. 6 – and understand its place in history
  8. How democracy gets eroded – lessons from a Nixon expert
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  15. Online tools put will-writing in reach for most people – but they're not the end of the line for producing a legally binding document
  16. After Afghanistan, US military presence abroad faces domestic and foreign opposition in 2022
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  33. Philanthropists seeking to fix big problems must tread carefully – here's how they can make their efforts more compatible with democracy
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