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/ 11 months agoWhat do a Black scientist, nonprofit executive and filmmaker have in common? They all face racism in the ‘gray areas’ of workplace culture
A sociologist interviewed more than 200 Black workers about their experiences. Here’s what she found.
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/ 11 months agoAmish culture prizes peace − but you wouldn’t necessarily know it from a stop in Amish Country tourist towns
Much of the tourism industry that’s sprung up around Amish areas says more about Americans’ own identity than Amish values, a...
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/ 11 months agoBiden’s Middle East trip has messages for both global and domestic audiences
Until 1906, no US president had ever traveled abroad in office. Then Teddy Roosevelt demonstrated the power of showing up.
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/ 11 months agoNew technique uses near-miss particle physics to peer into quantum world − two physicists explain how they are measuring wobbling tau particles
Physicists uncovered a new experiment hidden in old data from the Large Hadron Collider. Using this innovative approach, the team has...
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/ 11 months agoBabe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight
Ruth’s headline-grabbing home runs helped his sport recover from scandal, while his own story helped combat anti-Catholic prejudice.
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/ 11 months agoWhat is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains
Some power plants don’t have massive smokestacks or cooling towers – or even a central site.
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/ 11 months agoIsrael is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks
As American Jews grieve, many are giving as well.
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/ 11 months ago#UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative attention to their community.
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/ 11 months agoLouise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave
A celebrated poet and Nobel laureate, Louise Glück wrote about mortality, broken families and human frailty with devastating wryness and quiet...
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/ 11 months agoWhat the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West
As the climate warms, devastating fires are increasingly likely. The 2020 fires pushed the Southern Rockies beyond the historical average. Is...