By Christopher Magra, Professor of American History, University of Tennessee
A British ban stripped thousands of skilled mariners of their livelihoods overnight – and gave Washington a chance to turn the tide.
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By Angelica Kalika, Assistant Teaching Professor of Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder
With spectacle, personality clashes and corruption increasingly defining American politics, it was only a matter of time before TMZ would set its sights on the Beltway.
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By Vijayan Asari, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton
If you are fortunate enough to have a ticket to an event at Madison Square Garden in New York – say, an NBA Finals game – one aspect of your visit will be having your face scanned by a facial recognition system.
Major event venues are increasingly using the technology. Some, like Madison Square Garden, use it for surveillance purposes, and some, like Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia,…
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By Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
Jesse Rhodes, Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
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By Jennifer McCurdy, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Social Justice, Michigan State University
Hospitals rely on ethics consultants to help navigate difficult decisions about life support, consent and a patient’s wishes when the path forward is unclear.
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By Stephanie Shreffler, Religious Collections Librarian/Archivist and Associate Professor, University Libraries, University of Dayton
Bridget Retzloff, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Art Collections and Exhibits, University of Dayton
Mary, as the Immaculate Conception, became patroness of the United States before the Vatican officially defined that belief as dogma.
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By David Baidoo-Anu, Assistant Professor, Frazer Faculty of Education, Ontario Tech University
Monsurat Raji, Adjunct Professor, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is a high-stakes test. For decades, it has served as the gateway to post-secondary education across five countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia. But is it fair?
David Baidoo-Anu and Monsurat Raji say their research…
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By Wolde Mekuria, Senior Researcher - Environment and Development, CGIAR
Ethiopian communities are cheaply filling destructive gullies with soil, stones and branches and replanting them to stop erosion and restore farmland.
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By Annika Surmeier, Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, University of Cape Town
Ines Meyer, Professor, University of Cape Town
Molefe Maleka, Associate Professor, Tshwane University of Technology
Global supply chains lead to companies capturing most of the value, while suppliers – and especially workers – get a much smaller share.
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By Umutcan Yüksel, Analyst /Researcher, European University Institute
Amanda Bisong, Policy Leader Fellow, School of Transnational Governance, European University Institute
The European Union has used money and enforcement infrastructure as the twin pillars of its migrant returns strategy. The evidence suggests it isn’t working.
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