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/ 3 months agoSigns, props and light-up wristbands − the 2024 political conventions find a home in the Smithsonian collections
The Whigs started holding political conventions in the 1830s − and historians from the Smithsonian who visited the GOP and Democratic...
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/ 3 months agoHow the 14th Amendment prevents state legislatures from subverting popular presidential elections
A little-noticed provision of the US Constitution would strip any state of almost all its electoral votes if legislators sought to...
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/ 3 months agoDemocratic men are stepping up for a woman president by stepping back, at last
The masculinity on display at the Democratic convention was groundbreaking as men − from Joe Biden to Pete Buttigieg to Tim...
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/ 3 months agoCómo la comercialización a lo largo de los siglos transformó el Día de los Muertos
Un erudito mexicano-americano escribe que en el siglo XVIII, el Día de los Muertos generaba el mayor mercado anual de Ciudad...
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/ 3 months agoEstate planning lessons from the $600M fight over Michael Jackson’s music catalog
Restrictions that seem reasonable during life can backfire after death.
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/ 3 months agoPolicy, shmolicy: Election Day weather and football victories could decide the election
For all the energy, creativity and money presidential candidates pour into their campaigns, it turns out that the ‘subtle power of...
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/ 3 months agoBlack voters, Latino voters and other voters of color show solidarity at the ballot box
Evidence suggests that despite their many differences, communities of color tend to vote for candidates who support policies that help remedy...
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/ 3 months agoAvian flu has infected dairy cows in more than a dozen states – a microbiologist explains how the virus is spreading
The H5N1 virus has infected about 900 people since 2003, and more than half of them died. But so far there...
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/ 3 months agoCreative arts therapy programs can help health care workers dance, write and draw their way through burnout and on-the-job stress
Long before the pandemic, health care workers were experiencing high levels of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, all of which contribute...
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/ 3 months agoDrinking alcohol before conceiving a child could accelerate their aging – new research in mice
Researchers are uncovering the ways by which dad, mom or both parents drinking can result in fetal alcohol syndrome and other...
