Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a town hall in Florence, South Carolina. He was denied communion by a priest in South Carolina.
Sarah Blake Morgan
Bruce T. Morrill, Vanderbilt University
Joe Biden was denied communion for pro-choice views. Catholics with 'unforgiven' sins can't receive communion. A theologian says many Catholics would question if Biden was indeed in a 'sinful' state.
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Politics + Society
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Stephanie LeMenager, University of Oregon
'California is America fast-forward,' writes one scholar. Does that mean that the dystopian infernos that have consumed parts of the state are simply a picture of what awaits the rest of America?
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Tammy Chang, University of Michigan; Omar Ilyas, University of Michigan; Vic Wiener, University of Tulsa
In a survey, 56% of Americans aged 14 to 24 said they knew little to nothing about the juvenile justice system.
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Sarah Webber, University of Dayton; Deborah Archambeault, University of Dayton
Whistleblowers may stop bad behavior and protect others from harm.
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Economy + Business
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Julie Manning Magid, Indiana University
The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why it could be one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.
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Vanessa K. Bohns, Cornell University
Bosses tend to be oblivious to the power dynamics at play in such romantic entanglements.
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From our international editions
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Rob Edinburgh, University of Bath
Fasting exercise could help lower your risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Patrick Muthengi Maluki, University of Nairobi
As Kenya and Somalia scramble for offshore oil and gas, foreign investors wait eagerly on the sidelines
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Carol Johnson, University of Adelaide
Authoritarian populism has been around for a while, but this government's determination to punish some groups make the label more apt than just "conservative".
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