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Formerly incarcerated teens share their research and ideas on how to improve the juvenile justice system

  • Written by Shiv R. Desai, Associate professor of education, University of New Mexico
imageYouth in New Mexico used their own experiences with arrest and incarceration to advocate for others. Brian Vander Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

“They treat us like animals.”

“I was called a menace to society by two judges.”

These are just two of the comments made by incarcerated teens during focus group interviews...

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4 low-cost ways to create safe public spaces where all kids can play

  • Written by Renee Umstattd Meyer, Professor of Public Health, Baylor University
imagePlay is especially important during the summer months, when kids tend to be less active.Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Outdoor play is critical for child development – it decreases stress, increases communication and social skills, attention and physical activity, and enhances physical development.

During COVID-19, opportunities...

Read more: 4 low-cost ways to create safe public spaces where all kids can play

Lyme disease protection: No vaccine yet, but an antibody shot could soon provide a season of immunity

  • Written by Mark Klempner, Professor of Medicine and Executive Vice Chancellor for MassBiologics, University of Massachusetts Medical School
imageTicks can carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease.jwilkinson/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Lyme disease has become an insidious epidemic in the United States. Caused by bacteria transmitted through the bite of an infected tick, it can lead to heart problems, meningitis or arthritis if left untreated. It is the most common tick-borne illness in the...

Read more: Lyme disease protection: No vaccine yet, but an antibody shot could soon provide a season of...

Biden moves to protect the Tongass, North America's largest rainforest, from logging and road building

  • Written by Beverly Law, Professor Emeritus of Global Change Biology and Terrestrial Systems Science, Oregon State University
imageView of Hobart Bay off Stephens Passage in Tongass National Forest, southeastern Alaska. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

Ask people to find the world’s rainforests on a globe, and most will probably point to South America. But North America has rainforests too – and like their tropical counterparts, these temperate...

Read more: Biden moves to protect the Tongass, North America's largest rainforest, from logging and road...

Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how it's warming the climate

  • Written by Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
imageThe Sun over Earth, seen from the International Space Station.NASA, CC BY-NC

You probably remember your grade school science teachers explaining that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. That’s a fundamental property of the universe.

Energy can be transformed, however. When the Sun’s rays reach Earth, they are transformed into...

Read more: Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how it's warming the climate

Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how that's warming the climate

  • Written by Scott Denning, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University
imageThe Sun over Earth, seen from the International Space Station.NASA, CC BY-NC

You probably remember your grade school science teachers explaining that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. That’s a fundamental property of the universe.

Energy can be transformed, however. When the Sun’s rays reach Earth, they are transformed into...

Read more: Earth's energy budget is out of balance – here's how that's warming the climate

5 ways Americans often misunderstand Cuba, from Fidel Castro's rise to the Cuban American vote

  • Written by Caroline McCulloch, Professor of International Relations, Florida International University
imageStreet view of Havana, Cuba, July 26, 2021, several weeks after mass protests broke out.Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

Cuba recently erupted in the largest protests seen there in six decades, reflecting popular anger over a crippling economic crisis, scarce food and medicines and a half-century of repression.

Cuba remains largely an enigma to...

Read more: 5 ways Americans often misunderstand Cuba, from Fidel Castro's rise to the Cuban American vote

With abortion heading back to the Supreme Court, is it time to retire the 'my body, my choice' slogan?

  • Written by Elizabeth Lanphier, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics, University of Cincinnati
imageTime for a new slogan? Alfred Gescheidt/Getty Images

One of the blockbuster cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in its upcoming session is a challenge to Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.

Mississippi made clear that it aims to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which in 1973 established a constitutionally protected right to...

Read more: With abortion heading back to the Supreme Court, is it time to retire the 'my body, my choice'...

Understanding evangelicalism in America today

  • Written by Terry Shoemaker, Lecturer Religious Studies, Arizona State University
imageEvangelicals share the recognition of the Bible as the ultimate authority.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

A precipitous decline in the number of Americans identifying as white evangelical was revealed in Public Religion Research Institute’s2020 Census on American Religion. In 2006, almost a quarter of the American population identified as white...

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Does a Trump endorsement make a difference? Yes, but not the way a candidate hopes it will

  • Written by Hans J.G. Hassell, Associate Professor of Political Science, Florida State University
imageSen. Dean Heller, right, and President Donald Trump, who endorsed him, at a rally on Sept. 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Heller lost the reelection.Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump may see himself as a winner, but the candidates he endorses don’t always win. In fact, his endorsement often helps the opponents of his candidates....

Read more: Does a Trump endorsement make a difference? Yes, but not the way a candidate hopes it will

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  6. House committee investigating Capitol insurrection has a lot of power, but it's unclear it can force Trump to testify
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  10. 5 simple tips for parents who will still be co-teachers when kids go back to school
  11. How years of fighting every wildfire helped fuel the Western megafires of today
  12. 4 ways extreme heat hurts the economy
  13. New endorsement laws could create pitfalls for college athletes
  14. 70 years ago Walter Plywaski fought for atheists' right to become citizens – here's why his story is worth remembering
  15. Pandemic pushed defendants to plead guilty more often, including innocent people pleading to crimes they didn’t commit
  16. What is Section 230? An expert on internet law and regulation explains the legislation that paved the way for Facebook, Google and Twitter
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  20. Freeing Britney requires reconsidering how society thinks about decision-making capacity
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  22. Farmers markets are growing their role as essential sources of healthy food for rich and poor
  23. Fasting may have become a health fad, but religious communities have been doing it for millennia
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  25. Condo board leaders can help prevent the next Surfside-style disaster by setting aside more money
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  29. Congress moves to reclaim its war powers
  30. Kids set free to roam on their own feel more confident navigating in adulthood
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  33. Why Ben Jerry's decision to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank rattled Israel
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