Several Democrats running for president in 2020 support some version of Medicare for all.
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Gerald Friedman, University of Massachusetts Amherst
There's a very simple way to give Medicare to all: delete six words from the legislation that created the program in 1965.
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Politics + Society
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Sylvia Taschka, Wayne State University
The U.S. under Trump is no longer seen as the enemy by Europe's New Right, who are the ideological descendants of the original fascists. With Trump's rise, they have a new hero in an unexpected place.
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Cyril Bennouna, Brown University
Citing national security, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have all made it harder for Venezuelan migrants to enter the country, and xenophobia is rising across the region – even in more welcoming Colombia.
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Karla Mari McKanders, Vanderbilt University
The US is violating its own law governing treatment of refugees.
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Science + Technology
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Vera Keller, University of Oregon
People have always known science would advance faster with various incentives and rewards. As modern experimental science took off, these took the form of gifts and favors to and from wealthy elites.
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Richard G. Snyder, Mississippi State University
Have you recently harvested a big fruit from your garden? Here an expert's tips on how to go from jumbo to gargantuan with your tomatoes.
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Christopher D. Lynn, University of Alabama
An anthropologist works in American Samoa, taking advantage of the island's longstanding tattoo culture to tease out the effects tattoos have on the body's immune function.
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Austin Sarat, Amherst College
A little-known provision of the Constitution might allow Trump to be reelected president in 2020 even if he is removed from office through the impeachment process.
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William D. Moylan, University of Massachusetts Lowell
As the album celebrates its 50th anniversary, an expert in sound recording details how the band deployed stereo and synthesizers to put a unique artistic stamp on this iconic album.
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