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Silicon Valley’s treatment of women was again in the spotlight in recent days after a former Uber software engineer accused the company of ignoring her repeated complaints of sex discrimination and harassment. Susan Fowler’s post recounting her time at Uber quickly went viral, prompting its CEO to hire former Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate. Fowler’s experience is hardly unique and reveals an uncomfortable truth about how corporate America deals with employee discrimination claims, writes University of Oregon law professor Elizabeth Tippett.
Another story in the headlines is the Trump administration’s plan to deport millions of undocumented migrants. It’s premised in part on the notion that immigration poses a threat to Americans’ livelihoods. The evidence, however, suggests otherwise, according to Kevin Shih, an assistant professor of economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Uber is the latest Silicon Valley company to find itself accused of sexism.
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Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
The escalating indifference with which Uber allegedly reacted to a software engineer's harassment claims is the norm in the corporate world, where enforcing civil rights laws is seen as a tax on profits.
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Economy + Business
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Kevin Shih, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Trump's plans to build a wall with Mexico and deport millions of people in the US illegally cast immigrants as an economic threat to Americans. The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Ethics + Religion
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Z. Fareen Parvez, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Muslims from the Salafist tradition can often be seen as 'radical.' There is not much understanding of Salafism, its history and its diversity. Here's what it means to be a Salafist.
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Science + Technology
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Jonti Horner, University of Southern Queensland
Several of the newly-discovered exoplanets orbiting a small star appear to be locked in an intricate dance that hints at how such planetary systems can form.
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Brian Whitacre, Oklahoma State University
Giving rural residents the option of using broadband access isn't enough to boost their community involvement. To really improve civic engagement, rural dwellers need to use the internet.
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Politics + Society
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Robert F. Barsky, Vanderbilt University
What happens when an undocumented immigrant meets a law enforcement officer? Communication plays a major role in these high-stakes interactions.
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Health + Medicine
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Israel Hodish, University of Michigan
Type 2 diabetes is an epidemic in the US, and at some point, half of the 30 million people with diabetes will need insulin. That would be one thing if insulin were easy to dose, but it's not.
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Rest of the World
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United Kingdom
Robert Ackrill, Nottingham Trent University
There's a lot of talk about a Brexit 'divorce bill' costing the UK tens of billions – we got two academics to check the facts. Africa
Sara Geenen, University of Antwerp
The US wants to repeal controls imposed seven years ago on the trade of some Congolose minerals. The president's reasons might be all wrong. But the law was badly put together in the first place. Australia
Amy Maguire, University of Newcastle
What would single and two-state solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian question look like?
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