By Matt Jacobsen, Senior Lecturer in Film History in the School of Society and Environment, Queen Mary University of London
Despite a wonderful central performance from June Squibb, Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut is a sentimental, tonally uncertain drama about grief and holocaust survival
Eleanor Morgenstein, a 94-year-old Midwesterner living in Florida, moves to New York after the death of her close friend and roommate Bessie, a Holocaust survivor. She joins a Jewish seniors group and accidentally finds herself part of a meeting of Holocaust survivors.
Eleanor, at first buoyed by the prospect of new friends,…
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By Max Western, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science, Co-Director, Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Change, University of Bath
Afroditi Stathi, Professor of Physical Activity and Community Health, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
To many people, crossing a road at a traffic light is a mundane task requiring little thought or effort. But for the growing population of senior citizens with limitations to their mobility, strength or balance, crossing the road can be a stressful and sometimes life-threatening experience.
The reason? Cities simply aren’t designed for older people and others with restricted mobility – as our latest research demonstrates. We found that only 1.5% of the older people with reduced mobility in our…
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By Samantha Newbery, Reader in International Security, University of Salford
One man is widely suspected of working as an IRA enforcer and a British informer at the same time. But it’s risky for the government to confirm the rumours.
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By Andreas Krieg, Associate Professor, Defence Studies Department, King's College London
Fighters aligned with the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a separatist group in southern Yemen, raised their flags in the provinces of Hadramout and Marah in early December. The seizures mean the STC now controls all eight of the provinces that make up the south of the country.
The new status quo looks like a fait accompli for the creation of a separate southern state. It has left Yemen’s internationally recognised government, the Presidential Leadership Council…
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By Jennifer C. Greenfield, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Denver
Kaitlyn M. Sims, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Denver; Institute for Humane Studies
Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, Teaching Assistant Professor of Public Policy, University of Denver
In Colorado, full-time workers need to earn an hourly wage of at least $36.79 to afford $2,000 in monthly rent, which is below the federal fair market rate for a Denver-area two-bedroom unit.
More than 87% of low-income Coloradans spend more than one-third of their pretax income on housing — a common…
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By Seth T. Kannarr, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography, University of Tennessee
US coins showcase American identity and public memory through their designs. The America 250 coins just unveiled reflect the nation’s divided politics and history.
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By Sean Cho Ayres, Assistant Professor of English - AI Writing, Kennesaw State University
A writer instructor recognizes the role of AI on campus, while elevating social connection and humanity into the college experience.
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By Gareth J. Fraser, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
Sharks have had a tough time since the 1970s, when overfishing, habitat loss and a growing trade in their fins began to cut their populations. ‘Jaws’ didn’t help.
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By Emma Kennedy, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics, Villanova University
Mainstream medical organizations have criticized ‘restorative reproductive medicine,’ but some Catholics who follow church teachings consider it a welcome alternative.
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By Brian Mittendorf, Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
Helen Flannery, Ph.D. student in Complex Systems and Data Science, University of Vermont
Charitable giving in the United States has changed significantly in recent years.
Two of the biggest changes are the swift growth of donor-advised funds and the increasingly blurred lines between charity…
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