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Editor's note
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OUR APOLOGIES FOR THE INITIAL VERSION OF THIS NEWSLETTER THAT INCLUDED SEVERAL WRONG LINKS.
The U.S. is one of only a handful of countries without a federal paid family leave policy. That’s bad news for our children as studies show there are significant benefits when mothers are able to spend time with their newborns. That may soon change, however, because the new president, in an effort to woo women during the campaign, proposed providing six weeks of paid leave to new mothers. One question lingers: If women had the benefit, would they actually use it? Ohio State’s Jay Zagorsky crunched the data and was startled by the findings.
And today we launch a joint series with The Conversation’s United Kingdom site on one of the world’s most urgent challenges: food security. As the University of Stirling’s Rachel Norman explains, food security means that people have enough safe and nutritious food to support a healthy life — a goal that may sound simple, but is far out of reach for many of the world’s poor. Other articles this week will examine ways to increase food production, the problem of food waste, and links between conflict and hunger.
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Bryan Keogh
Editor, Economics and 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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Politics + Society
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Flynt L. Leverett, Pennsylvania State University; RH Sprinkle, University of Maryland
Leaders are worried US leadership on global issues like climate change will be diminished under President Trump. Experts explain why China is ready to lead, and how that could be a good thing.
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Peter Kastor, Washington University in St Louis
A presidential historian explains how Trump’s inauguration marks a the end of an era defined not just by Obama, but by a series of baby boomer presidents. How will Trump be different?
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Simon Reich, Rutgers University Newark
Is Trump correct in asserting that NATO has outlived its utility? Or that NATO’s members enjoy a 'free ride' on the back of the US? A political scientist examines the evidence.
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Emily Costello, The Conversation; Danielle Douez, The Conversation
Get ready for Senate hearings and confirmation votes on President Trump's Cabinet picks by reading this roundup of key coverage from our archive.
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Arts + Culture
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Christian Lundberg, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill; Joshua Gunn, University of Texas at Austin
An address that's normally a call for unity instead mirrored the rhetoric of his campaign: unfocused, contradictory and divisive.
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Lisa Benton-Short, George Washington University
Inaugural weekends are snapshots of the cultural and political zeitgeist. How did this year's compare to those from 2009 and 2005?
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Health + Medicine
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Miranda Yaver, Yale University
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) has written a proposal to repeal Obamacare, a program under the Department of Health and Human Services, which he would head. Here are things to consider for his next hearing.
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Environment + Energy
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Rachel Norman, University of Stirling
There is no one-size-fits-all answer to global food insecurity except that the West needs to learn to consume, and waste, less.
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Gillian Foulger, Durham University; Jon Gluyas, Durham University; Miles Wilson, Durham University
A new project tracks earthquakes accidentally induced by human activity. It suggests the problem is bigger than some scientists thought.
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Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley
One of Trump's first orders of business on energy will likely be to reopen federal lands to coal mining, which would be a bad deal for taxpayers and the environment.
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Science + Technology
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Graham Kendall, University of Nottingham
Going round in circles can actually make your journey more efficient.
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Economy + Business
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Patrick Bond, University of the Witwatersrand
A grassroots opposition movement against the Donald Trump presidency is growing. The question is can it be harnessed into globalised sanctions campaign?
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Rest of the World
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United Kingdom
Liam Kennedy, University College Dublin
Donald Trump will preside over a new American reality as it takes shape. How can we understand it? Australia
Samuel Wills, University of Sydney
The talk at the World Economic Forum was about technology killing white and blue collar jobs. What's to come will be decidedly old-fashioned. Our labour movements should be too. Africa
Gilbert M. Khadiagala, University of the Witwatersrand
Donald J. Trump is the new man in charge of the US, and Africa seems to have little cause for celebration. But what does the new Commander-in-Chief really think of the continent?
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