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/ 7 months agoCould Elvis’ Graceland hold a key to bridging America’s cultural divide?
The singer’s home reflects the rags-to-riches trajectory that epitomizes the American Dream. Yet Presley and his estate were seen as not...
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/ 7 months agoModi’s narrow win suggests Indian voters saw through religious rhetoric, opting instead to curtail his political power
The ruling BJP failed to see that those who had not benefited from the country’s rapid economic growth were deeply unhappy.
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/ 7 months agoLife on the US-Mexico border is chaotic. An immigration scholar explains why − and it’s not for the reasons that some GOP lawmakers claim
When a COVID-19-era policy was set to expire in May 2023, Republican officials predicted that the US-Mexico border would be overrun...
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/ 7 months agoRotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis
A leading driver of this seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.
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/ 7 months agoTrump’s rhetoric after his felony conviction is designed to distract, stoke fear and ease the way for an anti-democratic strongman
Donald Trump’s reaction to his conviction provides a textbook case of demagoguery – which erodes democratic institutions and can prime an...
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/ 7 months agoWisconsin is a key swing state this year – and has a history of being unpredictable
Wisconsin voters elected conservative and liberal politicians in almost equal numbers from 2008 to 2022 − in this election, issues such...
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/ 7 months agoTrump’s lawyers in lawsuits claiming he won in 2020 are getting punished for abusing courts and making unsupported claims and false statements
Federal judges and bar associations have meted out punishment to the many attorneys who filed meritless lawsuits claiming – without evidence...
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/ 7 months agoMessages can trigger the opposite of their desired effect − but you can avoid communication that backfires
Research reveals lots of reasons why well-meaning attempts to inform, persuade or correct misinformation go awry. It also identifies ways to...
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/ 7 months agoPregnancy is an engineering challenge − diagnosing and treating preterm birth requires understanding its mechanics
How and why preterm birth happens is still unclear, in part because research on pregnancy tends to focus on developmental biology.
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/ 7 months agoScrappy, campy and unabashedly queer, public access TV series of the 1980s and 1990s offered a rare glimpse into LGBTQ+ life
Because public access TV was relatively unregulated, shows could talk about sexual health and air racier segments that would have otherwise...
