Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, University of North Dakota When it comes to mental health at school, typically the focus is on helping students, especially as they emerge from the pandemic with heightened levels of anxiety,…
Diego Javier Luis, Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop. It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their…
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Amy Fraher, Lecturer in Management, Yale University The aviation industry is still…
Shauna N Gillooly, University of California, Irvine Chaotic and deadly protests have for weeks rocked the Colombian port city of Buenaventura. In mid-May some demonstrators stormed the airport, and riot police responded…
Claudia Finkelstein, Michigan State University The U.S. is in far different shape today than it was last Memorial Day, and many Americans are, too. According to a recent survey by the American…
Bethany Teachman, University of Virginia You’ve been waiting… and waiting… and waiting for this amazing, magical day when you could return to “normal life.” For many people in the U.S., it feels…
David M. Hart, George Mason University President Joe Biden is calling for a more than 60% increase in spending to fight climate change in his first federal budget compared to the 2021…
Christopher Robertson, Boston University A financial shot in the arm could be just what is needed for Americans unsure about vaccination. On May 12, 2021, the Republican governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine,…
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School The global auto industry has begun a historic shift from gas- and diesel-fueled cars to electric vehicles. President Biden’s infrastructure plan seeks to speed up this transition…
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida The image of a teacher paddling or spanking a student at school may seem to belong in a history book – as archaic a practice as…
Ruth Steiner, University of Florida Congress now has control over what kind of commute – good, bad, awful – workers returning to offices in the U.S. will have. President Joe Biden’s American…
Shannon Schmoll, Michigan State University The first lunar eclipse of 2021 is going to happen during the early hours of May 26. But this is going to be an especially super lunar…
Christos Mavridis, Middlesex University; Maurizio Zanardi, University of Surrey, and Orestis Troumpounis, Lancaster University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Sheriffs in counties that…
