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Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans

  • Written by Eric Bellone, Associate Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies, Suffolk University
imageIn Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, the flags of the U.S. and its territory fly side by side.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The 4 million inhabitants of five U.S. territories – Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – do not have the full protection of the Constitution, because of a series of...

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California's latest offshore oil spill could fuel pressure to end oil production statewide

  • Written by Charles Lester, Director, Ocean and Coastal Policy Center, Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara
imageOiled sand in Huntington Beach, Calif., after a 126,000-gallon spill from an offshore oil pipeline.Nick Ut/Getty Images

An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California coastal waters. The source is believed to be a leak in an underwater pipeline connected to an oil drilling...

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Police killings of civilians in the US have been undercounted by more than half in official statistics

  • Written by Moshen Naghavi, Professor of Health Metric Science at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington
imageThe names of the dead.Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period,...

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The brutal trade in enslaved people within the US has been largely whitewashed out of history

  • Written by Joshua D. Rothman, Professor of History, University of Alabama
imageA trade card with printed black type for the domestic slave traders Hill, Ware and Chrisp.Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

For my recently published book, “The Ledger and the Chain,” I visited more than 30 archives in over a dozen states, from Louisiana to Connecticut. Along the way,...

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Why prescription drugs can work differently for different people

  • Written by C. Michael White, Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
imageGenetic differences, drug interactions and inflammation can affect how well drugs work in the body.ronstick/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Different people taking the same drug can have markedly different responses to the same dose. While many people will get the intended effects, some may get little to no benefit, and others may get unwanted side...

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Dangerous urban heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s, with the poor most at risk

  • Written by Cascade Tuholske, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, Columbia University
imageRising global temperatures are increasing heat risks for outdoor workers and the urban poor.Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years. Today, about 1.7 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the global population, live in...

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In cities, dangerous heat exposure has tripled since the 1980s, with the poor most at risk

  • Written by Cascade Tuholske, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia Climate School, Columbia University
imageRising global temperatures are increasing heat risks for outdoor workers and the urban poor.Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years. Today, about 1.7 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the global population, live in...

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Puerto Rico has a once-in-a-lifetime chance to build a clean energy grid – but FEMA plans to spend $9.4 billion on fossil fuel infrastructure instead

  • Written by Patrick Parenteau, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School
imageA banner reads "Fuera Luma" (Luma out), opposing the company managing Puerto Rico's electric grid, at a May Day protest in San Juan on May 1, 2021.Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images

The Biden Administration has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help Puerto Rico transition to a greener and more resilient energy future, but it’s on the...

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Cherry-picking the Bible and using verses out of context isn't a practice confined to those opposed to vaccines – it has been done for centuries

  • Written by John Fea, Professor of American History, Messiah College
imageMany people are using Bible verses to justify their stance against vaccine.David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

A devout evangelical Christian friend of mine recently texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. “Jesus went around healing lepers and touched them without fear of getting leprosy,” he said.

This story that St....

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How did white students respond to school integration after Brown v. Board of Education?

  • Written by Charise Cheney, Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon
imageThe collective memory of school desegregation is of anger and division, like in this photo of 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford walking away from a crowd outside a high school in Little Rock, Ark.Bettmann via Getty Imagesimage

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