By Donathan L. Brown, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University
In many cases, a single, shocking crime allegedly involving a foreign-born suspect was quickly reframed into a broader indictment of minorities.
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By David C. Schwebel, Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa
Unintentional injuries kill 20 US children every day. Building a family culture of safety can help them learn to make wise choices.
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By Jabari M. Evans, Assistant Professor of Race and Media, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina
“Reasonable Doubt” was not the first rap album I ever owned. But Jay-Z’s debut was the first hip-hop album I bought with my own money. More importantly, it was the first one I studied as a young writer who aspired to become a rapper, a dream that eventually came true.
Jay-Z sounded cool in a way that resembled a jazz musician more than a conventional rap star. He rapped with a quiet calm that also conveyed supreme confidence.…
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By Zuania Colón-Piñeiro, Posdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology, University of Florida
Ana V. Longo, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Florida
Miguel A. Acevedo, Associate Professor of Quantitative Wildlife Population Ecology, University of Florida
Nich W. Martin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
The common coquí frog is a small but iconic species in Puerto Rico. Their melodic “co-quí” call is a lullaby for people on the island.
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By Jonah Walters, Postdoctoral Fellow in Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
When coroners shield their records from public view, they’re not just violating the public trust. Often, they’re also breaking the law.
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By Robert Parkinson, Professor of History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
A partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials beyond the reach of the people – these are the grievances that drove a revolution.
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By Peter C. Mancall, Distinguished Professor and Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
European colonial powers linked church and state. But the founders of the United States broke from that idea as surely as they broke from Britain.
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By Kimberly Van Meter, Associate Professor of Geography, Penn State
Nandita Basu, Professor and Tier I Canada Research Chair of Global Water Sustainability and Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo
Decades of farmers using more fertilizer than they needed have quietly built up large reserves of nutrients in the soil.
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By Kelley Cours Anderson, Assistant Professor of Marketing, College of Charleston
Ashley Hass, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Portland
Breanne A. Mertz, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Tampa
More than 2 in 5 social media marketers say they plan to leave their job within two years, and many cite insufficient mental health support from supervisors.
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By Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
Each June, the nation turns its attention to the U.S. Supreme Court as it hands down some of its most consequential decisions.
Long before a landmark Supreme Court ruling dominates the headlines, it is shaped by a highly structured legal process, much of which takes place out of public view. This procedure involves strict…
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