Workers operate the Chicago Defender’s printing press in 1941.
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Bill Celis, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
From the treatment of black World War II veterans to Emmett Till's murder, the black press helped lay the groundwork for the civil rights movement. What role can it play today?
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Politics + Society
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Allen Wells, Bowdoin College
Trump's travel ban is an echo of policies passed in the United States during World War II.
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Musa al-Gharbi, Columbia University
As America becomes more diverse, many think it will also become more progressive. But one analysis of demographic trends points to gains for Republicans.
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Stories of Note
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Caleb Finch, University of Southern California; Jiu-Chiuan Chen, University of Southern California
New research shows that exposure to fine particulate air pollution may double the risk of dementia in older women by increasing growth of beta-amyloid plaques in the brain.
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David Redmon, University of Kent
Each Mardi Gras, 25 million pounds of beads hit the streets of New Orleans. One researcher went to the Chinese factories that make them – and spoke to the workers who believe the beads will be given to royalty.
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Kelly Lytle Hernandez, University of California, Los Angeles
From Chinese laborers to 'bad hombres,' the US settler mentality has perpetuated an immigration system that pushes out unwanted groups and bypasses the Constitution.
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Peter Gottschalk, Wesleyan University
Around the world, Muslims and non-Muslims celebrate Sufi saints and gather together for worship in their shrines, offering an example of pluralism. But groups such as IS oppose this.
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