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Editor's note
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This weekend, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are convening in a town in southwestern France to celebrate an art form we all know but has become more difficult to name. Are they graphic novels or comic books? Joel Priddy, a creator and professor of graphic design at Penn State, walks us through the rich history of this medium, from the “funnies,” to “Maus,” to more recent developments.
Meanwhile, the overwhelming wave of news, rumors and reported leaks about Donald Trump’s first week as president shows just how complicated it is to manage a federal workforce of more than 2.8 million civil servants. “If the president is inattentive to the complexity of this challenge, or fails to understand major federal workforce issues, the consequences could be dramatic,” writes Vanderbilt University professor David Lewis.
And our colleagues at The Conversation UK unpack Theresa May’s visit to Washington and re-examine, once again, the “special relationship” between our two countries.
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Martin LaMonica
Deputy Editor, Environment & Energy Editor
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Top story
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‘Maus’ and ‘Watchmen’ are two of the most well-known graphic novels.
Ken Whytock/flickr
Joel Priddy, Pennsylvania State University
The graphic novel has become a literary phenomenon, but the name doesn't adequately describe the medium's flexibility, diversity and potential.
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Politics + Society
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John Broich, Case Western Reserve University
The best selling book on Amazon is '1984' – which was originally published in 1949. A historian from Case Western Reserve University considers how the novel resonates with today's reality.
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David E. Lewis, Vanderbilt University
The president manages more than 200 organizations that make up the federal government. A survey of 3,500 federal managers shows they struggle with recruiting and retaining skilled workers.
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Science + Technology
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Robin Kramer, Trent University
Whether it's items in a shop, potential speed-dating matches or athletes competing one after another, the order in which they're presented affects our judgments.
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Roderick S. Graham, Old Dominion University; Brian Pitman, Old Dominion University
The darknet, like the open internet, is not immune from illegal activity. But many darknet users are there in search of 'hacker ethics' values such as privacy and free speech.
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Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Dulled by hearing the same old recommendations to improve internet security, we are worn out. It's time for a new approach, involving us all.
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Environment + Energy
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Mathew Wallenstein, Colorado State University
Researchers are developing biological tools that can boost crop yields to feed a growing world population without harming human health or the environment.
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Paul West, University of Minnesota
How can we feed a growing world population while protecting the environment? One key strategy is to improve yields on small farms, which produce much of the food in the world's hungriest countries.
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Sara Rinfret, The University of Montana
We may picture regulators tying businesses up in red tape, but research shows that many environmental regulators have collegial relationships with the companies they regulate.
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Education
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Richard Flory, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Americans are increasingly choosing not to identify with any religious tradition. But this group of irreligious people is a complex one – with different relationships to religion.
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Susan Ravizza, Michigan State University
Laptops in class are distracting – even for the most motivated students.
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Health + Medicine
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Tara McKay, Vanderbilt University
Being uninsured presents major problems, but there are issues that go beyond health care. Communities with large numbers of uninsured have a breakdown in trust. Here's why.
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Nicole L. Novak, University of Michigan; Aresha Martinez-Cardoso, University of Michigan
The stress of immigration enforcement has implications for health.
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Economy + Business
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Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
If President Trump follows through on his campaign promise, new mothers may soon have six weeks of guaranteed paid leave. But something is keeping them from using the benefits they already have.
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Amy Myers Jaffe, University of California, Davis
As Trump explores warmer ties to Russia, he'd be wise to brush up on the history of past resets and the role the oil industry played in each one. The results weren’t good.
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Arts + Culture
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Anthony Fargo, Indiana University, Bloomington
With an explosion of media outlets that don't adhere to mainstream journalistic standards, it's became difficult for readers to know whether to trust reports based on unnamed sources and leaks.
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Theresa May in America
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Nigel Driffield, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Much of the debate around trade deals misses some of the fundamentals of what they actually are and involve.
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Sam Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University
The ties between the US and UK have long been depicted in loving terms. But with these two in charge, it can only be a marriage of convenience from now on.
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Scott Lucas, University of Birmingham
It's all smiles as two leaders meet for the first time, but it'll take more than warm words to navigate the choppy waters ahead.
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