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The US Military's Approach To Curbing Online Extremism Within Its Ranks, Explained

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The Conversation
Aug. 11, 2022 The new rules prohibit any statement that advocates for “violence to achieve goals that are poli ...
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Your worldview, including beliefs and opinions, starts to form during childhood as you’re socialized within a particular cultural context.

Why Don't Facts Change Minds? A Researcher In Human Development Explains

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The Conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 Here’s a look into research that explains why it’s natural to resist changing your mind — and ho ...
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The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has split the country into joyous supporters and furious dissenters.

MIT Researcher: Respectful Conversations About Abortion Lead To Positive Outcomes

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The Conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 Kate W. Isaacs, a lecturer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says thoughtful talks betwe ...
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Don't Be Too Quick to Blame Social Media for America's Polarization – Cable News Has Bigger Effect, Study Finds

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The Conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 The study tracked the TV news consumption habits of tens of thousands of American adults each mo ...
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Cigarette Ads Aggressively Target Kids in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, New Study Finds

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The Conversation
Aug. 10, 2022 The tactics included displaying cigarettes near snacks, sweets, and sugary drinks.
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FBI Raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago: What Were Agents Looking For?

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The Conversation
Aug. 9, 2022 The Presidential Records Act, first passed in 1978, governs what happens to presidents' documents.
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After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and chaos.

US Has Declared Monkeypox a National Health Emergency. Here's What That Means.

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The Conversation
Aug. 8, 2022 An epidemiologist from the University of Richmond explains.
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The U.S. Senate passed a far-reaching climate, energy and health care bill on Aug. 7, 2022, that invests an unprecedented US$370 billion in energy and climate programs over the next 10 years – including incentives to expand renewable energy and electric vehicles.

Expert: Climate Bill Could Short-Circuit EV Tax Credits

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The Conversation
Aug. 7, 2022 The bill, which needs House approval, requires that new electric vehicles meet stringent sourcin ...
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WILTON MANORS, FLORIDA - JULY 12: A healthcare worker prepares to administer a vaccine to Michael Nicot for the prevention of monkeypox the Pride Center on July 12, 2022 in Wilton Manors, Florida. The center is offering the free smallpox/monkeypox vaccinations from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County as South Florida leads the state in the number of people infected. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Monkeypox Vaccines: A Virologist Answers 6 Questions

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Jessica Lee
Aug. 5, 2022 Maureen Ferran, a virologist at Rochester Institute of Technology, has been keeping tabs on the ...
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TOPSHOT - Josue Serrano, a Mexican deported migrant, hangs wooden crosses on the border fence as part of a vigil for migrants who died while migrating to the United States, at the US-Mexico border in playas de Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on July 4, 2022. - On June 27, 2022, 53 migrants from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras were found death abandoned in a suffocatingly hot tractor-trailer truck in the US state of Texas. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP) (Photo by GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Expert: Crossing the US-Mexico Border Is Deadlier Than Ever For Migrants

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The Conversation
Aug. 3, 2022 A Vassar College professor of geography who's been researching U.S.-Mexico border policing since ...
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White nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

Expert: White Nationalism Is On the Rise and Attracting Violent Young Men

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The Conversation
Aug. 2, 2022 A cultural anthropologist from Vanderbilt University explains the groups' ongoing threat to a he ...
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Inflation Is Spiking Around the World — Not Just in US

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The Conversation
July 31, 2022 Here's one economist's take on rising consumer prices across the globe.
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omes along Gross Loop off of KY-15 are flooded with water from the North Fork of the Kentucky River. (Photo by Arden S. Barnes/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Climate Change Is Making Flooding Worse. Here's How.

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The Conversation
July 28, 2022 One effect of climate change is that a warmer atmosphere creates more intense precipitation events.
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When anger over everything from the killing of unarmed people of color to new restrictions on access to abortion bubbles over, many Americans act on it.

'Rage Giving': Charities Can See Boosts From Current Events

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The Conversation
July 28, 2022 Quick bursts of anger sometimes called "fury triggers" usually drive these types of donations.
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Former Trump White House Advisor Peter Navarro talks to the media as he leaves federal court on June 3, 2022 in Washington, DC. A federal grand jury indicted former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro for contempt of Congress after refusing to cooperate with the House January 6 Committees investigation

Grand Juries, Explained: Why Are Prosecutors Using Them to Investigate Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election?

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The Conversation
July 27, 2022 A grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, is looking into former President Donald Trump’s efforts ...
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