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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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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/ 5 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...
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/ 5 months agoJob supervisors with disabilities can boost productivity, new research shows
The imperative for employers to accommodate people with disabilities is partly driven by the need to keep older workers on the...
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/ 5 months agoAmericans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows
New research shows that Americans have positive feelings toward nature but also detects strong undertones of longing, guilt and worry.
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/ 5 months agoI documented dozens of shrines to people who’ve died in North Philly − here’s what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma
Makeshift memorials are public expressions of private mourning in response to trauma and tragedy.
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/ 5 months agoWhen Paralympic athletes fake the extent of their disability
Parasports couldn’t exist without classifying competitors by their physical and mental limitations. But the process is far from perfect, and a...
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/ 5 months agoWhat is an Atlantic Niña? How La Niña’s smaller cousin could affect hurricane season
It’s rare to see both Nina’s at the same time, but both appeared to be developing in August 2024. That could...
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/ 5 months agoWhy people stay after local economies collapse − a story of home among the ghosts of shuttered steel mills
When southeast Chicago’s steel industry collapsed, the loss reverberated through neighborhoods built around the mills. Former mill workers explain why they...
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/ 5 months agoHow a survey of over 2,000 women in the 1920s changed the way Americans thought about female sexuality
A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged the idea that respectable women did not – and should not – experience...
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/ 5 months agoIn a new era of campus upheaval, the 1970 Kent State shootings show the danger of deploying troops to crush legal protests
The author of a new book about the 1970 shootings at Kent State University explains why using armed troops to respond...
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/ 5 months agoAn unseen problem with the Electoral College – it tells bad guys where to target their efforts
The Electoral College system puts most of the attention on just a few states – and paints a target on those...
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/ 5 months agoEach Jewish couple’s story starts long before the wedding − and so does the celebration of their life together
Jewish traditions to mark a marriage often involve ceremonies and celebrations before the big day, whether it’s a ritual bath or...
