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Editor's note
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Loneliness, according to some, is an “epidemic,” a silent killer that doesn’t discriminate on the basis of income, politics or nationality. But according to Amherst College Assistant Professor of English Amelia Worley, loneliness is a relatively new concept. The word was rarely used until the 17th century, and back then described the vulnerability of being separated from friends, families and neighbors. Today, you can be surrounded by these same people but nonetheless feel incredibly alone. So what’s changed?
By contrast, immigration is an issue that has deeply divided Americans, not just along party lines, but also in another important way. University of Montana legal scholar Anthony Johnstone writes that the Trump administration’s recent decision to sue California over its sanctuary laws is the latest evidence of a centuries-old battle between the federal government and state governments.
Financial markets around the world went a bit berserk in February. This echoed an event exactly one decade ago when an obscure corner of Wall Street crashed. Similar problems led to both events. And in both cases, after a brief spell of unease, markets recovered. The 2008 incident, however, turned out to be a proverbial dead canary in a coal mine that foreshadowed the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. This year’s sell-off should be seen as another canary, argue economists Steven Pressman and Robert H. Scott III.
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Nick Lehr
Arts + Culture Editor
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Edward Hopper’s ‘Office in a Small City’ (1953).
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Amelia S. Worsley, Amherst College
Although loneliness may seem timeless and universal, the word seems to have originated in the 16th century,
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President Donald Trump reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego.
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Anthony Johnstone, The University of Montana
A legal scholar explains how even in the early days of the republic, Americans struggled to agree on who had the final say on immigration issues.
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An ice sculpture titled ‘Main Street Meltdown’ melts near Wall Street.
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Steven Pressman, Colorado State University; Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University
The collapse of an obscure corner of the financial market a decade ago foreshadowed the Great Recession. The stock-market swoon in February should offer a similar warning.
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Politics + Society
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George Ward, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The US is only the 18th happiest country in the world. That's the lowest ranking since reporting began in 2012. What are policymakers doing wrong?
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Haidar Khezri, Indiana University
Kurdish female fighters are on the front lines of conflicts in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, and they bring their particular brand of radical feminism with them.
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Theodore Christou, Queen's University, Ontario
Russian president Vladimir Putin draws upon the imperial symbols of the Byzantine Empire to position Russia as the "third Rome." Meanwhile, Byzantium is erased by western history books.
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Robert Hodierne, University of Richmond
If Americans remember My Lai, they likely know that something awful happened there. On this 50th anniversary, it is worth recalling the grotesque details, in the hope of preventing a future My Lai.
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Shawn Sorrells, University of California, San Francisco; Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, University of California, San Francisco; Mercedes Paredes, University of California, San Francisco
The scientists behind a controversial new study were surprised by their own results. But they carefully did all they could to 'prove a negative,' and their neurogenesis study is shaking up the field.
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Diego Melgar, University of Oregon; Xyoli Pérez-Campos, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Not all earthquakes are made equal. A new study on the 2017 quake that killed 300 in Mexico City finds that both its location and cause were unusual — but seismologists say another strike is possible.
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Laurie Mintz, University of Florida
Research demonstrates a two-way relationship between sleep problems and sexual problems, as well as between satisfying sex and sound sleep. If you want better sex, you need better sleep.
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