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
El coquí común es una rana pequeña pero emblemática de Puerto Rico. Su canto melodioso, “co-quí”, es una canción de cuna para los puertorriqueños.
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By Jeremy Howick, Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
Bad things have happened in maternity units. Babies have died. Women have been harmed. Families have been ignored, dismissed and left to fight for answers they should never have had to beg for.
Safe maternity care must be a national priority. But after more than a decade of investigations, one question has become unavoidable: have maternity reviews become a substitute for action?
Reviews can reveal what hospitals have hidden and give bereaved parents a public record of what happened. But reviews should lead to safer care. Too often, they have led to further reviews.
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By Amnesty International
Twenty-two years after a government commitment to establish a nationwide system of shelters to protect women from violence in Algeria, only three have formally opened, leaving survivors across the country without sufficient access to protection amid concerns over exclusionary admission criteria and undue restrictions on freedom of movement for those seeking safety, Amnesty International said […] The post Algeria: 22 years after pledge to establish national shelters authorities still failing survivors of gender-based violence appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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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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