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/ 4 months agoVoting rights at risk after Supreme Court makes it harder to challenge racial gerrymandering
In two recent rulings, the conservative justices handed state lawmakers new power to redraw congressional maps to their liking – including...
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/ 4 months agoPennsylvania continues tradition as ‘keystone state’ in presidential elections
At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal...
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/ 4 months agoRepublicans wary of Republicans – how politics became a clue about infection risk during the pandemic
Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of...
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/ 4 months agoLate bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk
Less sleep and later bedtimes are linked to a section of the brain involved in emotion regulation suffering reduced growth, along...
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/ 4 months agoWhat the Catholic Church says about political violence and the need to forgive – even would-be assassins
At a time when so much violence and war are ravaging the world, a scholar of medieval Christianity explains Catholic views...
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/ 4 months ago‘MAGA BLACK’ hats, clear swag bags, the first Trump/Vance signs: Highlights of what the Smithsonian is archiving from the Republican convention
Tight security may be the reason that the GOP Convention isn’t filled with the homemade, and often wacky, stuff that’s usually...
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/ 4 months agoBaby bull sharks are thriving in Texas and Alabama bays as the Gulf of Mexico warms
The Gulf Coast has seen big jumps in baby bull shark numbers. As adults, these are among the most aggressive species...
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/ 4 months agoAI mass surveillance at Paris Olympics – a legal scholar on the security boon and privacy nightmare
France is using experimental AI-enabled surveillance and data collection tools before, during and after the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here’s what that...
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/ 4 months agoHow Trump’s appeal to nostalgia deliberately evokes America’s more-racist, more-sexist past
Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
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/ 4 months agoA short history of the rise, fall and return of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station
Michigan Central Station stood abandoned for decades as a symbol of Detroit’s decline. A major investment by Ford has breathed new...
