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How did you pay for your last purchase? Maybe you scrounged up some dollar bills – but you also could have swiped a credit card, shot off a payment through Venmo, or even exchanged a couple of Bitcoin. With the 50th anniversary of the first ATM machine tomorrow, Bhaskar Chakravorti at Tufts University explores the declining – though still vital – role of cash throughout the world, from Sweden to Somaliland.
For decades, federal rules about television and radio stations have been aimed at ensuring that local newscasts reflect, represent and connect with the communities they serve. But, as media scholar Christopher Ali explains, those rules may be about to change – and with them, how rural Americans get their news.
And as we mark the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book today, USC Dornsife’s Trisha Tucker revisits the burning of these books by fundamentalist Christians, to ask a question: Why would people take such “drastic measures” to keep some books out of the reach of young readers?
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Aviva Rutkin
Big Data and Applied Mathematics Editor
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Top story
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An Indian man displays new currency notes of 2,000 Indian rupee.
AP Photo/Ajit Solanki
Bhaskar Chakravorti, Tufts University
You can now pay your way with apps, cryptocurrencies and other digital alternatives. Physical money might one day look like a relic of the past.
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Ethics + Religion
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Trisha Tucker, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
As Harry Potter turns 20, a scholar says protesters who try to censor books do not trust young readers to discern the difference between fantasy and reality. But why?
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Ken Chitwood, University of Florida
There are an estimated 3,500 to 5,000 Muslims in Puerto Rico. Who are they and what is their history?
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Education
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Kui Xie, The Ohio State University; Nicole Luthy, The Ohio State University
Textbooks were once a major piece of educational infrastructure. But as digital content expands, a new kind of 'textbook' is improving the quality of K-12 instruction.
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John E. Taylor, West Virginia University
Thirty years after the Supreme Court ruled that creationism cannot be required in schools, 'creation science' is still taught in some schools. What are the implications for climate education?
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