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/ 6 months agoWhat’s next after Supreme Court curbs regulatory power: More focus on laws’ wording, less on their goals
A widely anticipated Supreme Court ruling will sharply limit federal agencies’ power to interpret the laws that they execute and decide...
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/ 6 months agoDisability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI
Disabled people are experts in using – and designing – assistive technologies. They have lessons to offer everyone about keeping control...
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/ 6 months agoHow was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago
Corn has its roots in Mexico about 9,000 years ago.
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/ 6 months ago5 questions after the NCAA’s $2.75B settlement to pay college athletes
A landmark settlement for student-athletes is raising questions that will take big-time college sports into uncharted territory, 2 sports management experts...
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/ 6 months agoLoss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence
What happens if the highest court in the land loses legitimacy?
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/ 6 months agoBlack economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society
By putting financial pressure on white businesses – often in a highly organized way – Black civil rights leaders achieved social...
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/ 6 months agoUS’s terrorist listing of European far-right group signals fears of rising threat − both abroad and at home
Listing a violent extremist group as ‘terrorist’ makes it illegal for any American to offer the organization financial support.
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/ 6 months agoKnowing when to call it quits takes courage and confidence – 3 case studies
How does someone with power and fame walk away from it? It’s not easy, as these three examples from politics and...
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/ 6 months agoSupreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’
In a major homelessness ruling, the Supreme Court holds that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when...
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/ 6 months agoHow camping bans − like the one the Supreme Court just upheld − can fit into ‘hostile design’: Strategies to push out homeless people
Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public spaces.
