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/ 12 months agoA First Amendment battle looms in Georgia, where the state is framing opposition to a police training complex as a criminal conspiracy
This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as a conspiracy.
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/ 12 months ago‘Wonka’ movie holds remnants of novel’s racist past
The original storyline for Road Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” contained some stunning parallels to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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/ 12 months agoHow the keffiyeh – a practical garment used for protection against the desert sun – became a symbol of Palestinian identity
The keffiyeh’s prominence soared in the 1970s when Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, adopted and popularized the garment.
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/ 12 months agoA scholar of military ethics explains why the principle of moral equality applies to all civilian lives during combat
Proportionality requires that lives of civilians on both sides of a conflict must be treated with the same degree of respect.
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/ 12 months agoBringing classical physics into the modern world with Galileo’s Leaning Tower of Pisa experiment
A centuries-old experiment shows the differences between classical and modern physics. Physicists use thought experiments like this to think about how...
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/ 12 months agoThese programs make college possible for students with developmental disabilities
Inclusive postsecondary education programs help students with intellectual disabilities make friends and become independent adults.
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/ 12 months agoWho is still getting HIV in America? Medication is only half the fight – homing in on disparities can help get care to those who need it most
Two-thirds of new HIV infections are among gay and bisexual men. Although cases have decreased among white men, they have stagnated...
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/ 12 months agoColonized countries rarely ask for redress over past wrongs − the reasons can be complex
Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.
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/ 12 months agoEdward Blum’s crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists
Without much scrutiny or fanfare, Edward Blum has led the attack against federal minority voter protection laws and the use of...
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/ 12 months agoMassive planet too big for its own sun pushes astronomers to rethink exoplanet formation
A newly discovered planet that should be too big to have formed around a tiny star is throwing into question what...
