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Sex trafficking isn't what you think: 4 myths debunked – and 1 real-world way to prevent sexual exploitation

  • Written by Corinne Schwarz, Assistant Professor of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, Oklahoma State University
imageA billboard in Mounds View, Minnesota, put up by the nonprofit National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The idea that sex trafficking is an urgent social problem is woven into American media stories, from reports of Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s alleged trafficking of teenage...

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Congress moves to reclaim its war powers

  • Written by Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageThe aftermath of a U.S. drone strike in January 2020 that killed Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani.Iraqi Prime Minister Press Office, via AP

In mid-July 2021, a bipartisan and ideologically diverse group of senators proposed a new bill that, if passed, would dramatically shift the relative amount of power the president and Congress have over U.S....

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Kids set free to roam on their own feel more confident navigating in adulthood

  • Written by Vanessa Vieites, Postdoctoral Associate, Rutgers University
imageBoys are often allowed to stray farther from home without adult supervision than girls are.Imgorthand/E+ Collection via Getty Images

The distance from home that kids are allowed to roam and play has shrunk significantly over the last 50 years. That’s largely due to parents’ concerns over safety, especially in cities. More recently, the...

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Bob Moses played critical role in civil rights organizing and math literacy for Black students

  • Written by Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University
imageCivil rights activist Bob Moses founded The Algebra Project to help Black students develop strong math skills.Princeton Public Library/Flickr, CC BY-ND

As an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the 1960s, Bob Moses traveled to the most dangerous parts of Mississippi to help African Americans end segregation and secure...

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What are stablecoins? A blockchain expert explains

  • Written by Stephen McKeon, Associate Professor of Finance, University of Oregon
imageStablecoins promise more stability than other cryptocurrencies. DenBoma/iStock via Getty Images

Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency linked to an asset like the U.S. dollar that doesn’t change much in value.

The majority of the dozens of stablecoins that currently exist use the dollar as their benchmark asset, but many are also pegged to...

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Why Ben Jerry's decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank rattled Israel

  • Written by Ronnie Olesker, Associate Professor of Government, St. Lawrence University
imageIsraelis have long had a sweet tooth for Ben & Jerry's. AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

In 2018, I was living in Israel while researching a book about the country’s fight against groups that challenge its legitimacy.

Every Wednesday, a new batch of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream arrived at my local supermarket, and I would snap up as many tubs...

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The largest news agency in the US changes crime reporting practices to 'do less harm and give people second chances'

  • Written by Maggie Jones Patterson, Professor of Journalism, Duquesne University
imageReporting about minor crimes is about to change.Illustration by kali9/iStock/Getty Images Plus

When suspects’ names appear in crime stories, their lives may be broken and never put back together.

For years, people have begged The Associated Press, known as the “AP,” to scrub their indiscretions from its archives. Some of those...

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Lead exposure during childhood may influence adult personality, and not for the better

  • Written by Ted Schwaba, Postdoctoral Researcher in Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageLead pollution may have wider ranging adverse effects on health than previously thought.Busà Photography/Moment via Getty Images

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

The big idea

Children raised in areas with more atmospheric lead pollution grew up to have less adaptive and less mature personalities, according to...

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Big tech has a vaccine misinformation problem – here's what a social media expert recommends

  • Written by Anjana Susarla, Omura-Saxena Professor of Responsible AI, Michigan State University
imageMisinformation on social media is hindering efforts to vaccinate people against the coronavirus.Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

With less than half the United States population fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and as the delta variant sweeps the nation, the U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory that called misinformation an...

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Bipartisan infrastructure deal begins to address consequences of a warming planet: 3 essential reads

  • Written by Bryan Keogh, Senior Editor, Economy + Business
imageA lot of coastal infrastructure wasn't designed for the frequent flooding and crashing waves brought by rising seas. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Congress appears close to a trillion-dollar infrastructure deal that recognizes the risks of climate change and the need to make America’s coasts more resilient.

On July...

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