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Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who spent four years in a refugee camp, was recently criticized for saying that talk about war…
Icelandic whalers have killed more than 1,700 whales since a global ban was adopted in 1986 – up to 2019, when no hunts…
Two literacy scholars share their concerns about growing pressure on educators to emphasize phonics to teach reading. In…
Vital Hasson was born into the Jewish community of Salonica, Greece, a cultural capital of the Sephardic world. After World…
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Evidence shows Native Americans in New England lived lightly on the land for thousands of years. It wasn't until Europeans…
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As the Trump impeachment trial plays out in the Senate, the 100 lawmakers there are required by law to abide by a special…
A long heritage of black preachers who played an important role for enslaved people shaped Martin Luther King Jr.'s…
First seen in Prague in 1980, a form of public protest and free expression has spread throughout Hong Kong and around the…
The Jewish coming-of-age ritual of bar mitzvah evolved to its current form during the time of Enlightenment, when Jewish…
Schistosome worms infect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Researchers have discovered how to use inexpensive drones…
Employers tend to see 'cyberloafing' as a waste of time, but a new study suggests it serves an important function…
To manage plastic wastes, nations first need to know what they have and where it's coming from. A case study from Trinidad…
African American youth are at increased risk for death by suicide. An expert explains why it's important to better understand…
A massive scandal implicating senior US Navy officers highlights what bribery is and how it happens. A law and ethics scholar…
In the 2016 election, more than a third of Americans didn't vote. What might be keeping them from going to the polls?
New research finds that the different ways boys and girls use digital technology might explain the discrepancy.
Some of the major events in US-Iran relations highlight the differences between the nations' views, but others presented…