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/ 5 months agoParis Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch may pose an Olympic challenge for the US
France’s distinctive anti-corruption legal framework made possible an Olympics free from major corruption scandals.
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A term emerged in the 1980s for a spinal cord injury caused by breaking called ‘break-dancing neck.’
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/ 5 months agoFrom Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, a decade of police antiblack violence causes grief, worry and coping for Black parents
With every new incident of racial violence, Black people tend to undergo a collective sense of racial grief.
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/ 5 months agoDecades on, Delbert Africa’s surrender still provides powerful image of US racism and Black victimhood
A white Philadelphia police officer was killed during a 1978 confrontation with the radical group MOVE. Often overlooked was the brutality...
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/ 5 months agoMembers of Congress undermine the country – and their own legitimacy – with antidemocratic rhetoric
2 scholars analyzed more than 1 million official Tweets from members of Congress − and found a lot of antidemocratic language...
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/ 5 months agoFrom a pig as political candidate to a breakout speech for Obama − Democratic National Convention often leaves its mark on history
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz will officially accept their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. A scholar of the presidency shares...
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/ 5 months agoGood flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area
A soil expert explains why flooding rice fields in South Florida benefits the agriculture-rich region.
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/ 5 months agoIslamic State’s genocide was not limited to killing and enslaving Yazidis, Christians and other communities − it also erased their heritage
A scholar of Iraq describes the ongoing loss following the genocidal violence by IS − not just of human lives, but...
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/ 5 months agoHow charities with thrift shops can get better stuff from their donors instead of junk
Giving cruddy clothing, furniture and other useless stuff to a charity does it no favors, since it costs money to get...
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/ 5 months agoHow to get your kids ready to go back to school without stress − 5 tips from an experienced school counselor
Taking the stress and uncertainty out of going back to school can ease the process, a veteran counselor explains.
