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Editor's note
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Shock and horror – that is the overwhelming reaction to the Manchester bombing in which the latest victims of terrorism were young people and their parents attending a pop star’s concert. If the Islamic State is indeed behind the attack, says Georgia State terrorism expert Mia Bloom, it will only add to growing research on the warped world of terrorists in which children are stripped of their innocence and seen only as a means to an end – both weapon and target.
While news reports detailed what was known about the bombing, social media feeds filled with messages – families seeking missing relatives, but also locals offering total strangers who had been stranded in the chaos a ride, a meal or a place to stay overnight. As these impromptu gestures showed, social networks can provide powerful support for traumatized communities.
And, while the nation waits for a summer vote by the Senate to decide the fate of Obamacare, West Virginia University’s Simon Haeder writes that the White House can gut the law even without Senate approval. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price have many tools at their disposal to significantly reshape the Affordable Care Act.
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Danielle Douez
Associate Editor, Politics + Society
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Top story
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A girl leaves flowers for victims of an attack at Manchester Arena.
Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Mia Bloom, Georgia State University
To the terrorist, children have become but a means to an end. Weapon and target.
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Politics + Society
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Frederic Lemieux, Georgetown University
A professor at Georgetown University answers three common questions about terrorism and political violence.
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Daniel P. Aldrich, Northeastern University
In the wake of the suicide bombing in Manchester, England, an expert on social networks explains why ties to other people help societies recover from traumatic events.
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Dennis Jett, Pennsylvania State University
For Trump, putting America first means that being a global leader on human rights may take a back seat.
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Health + Medicine
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Simon Haeder, West Virginia University
Trump has been saying for months that Obamacare will 'explode' on its own. He and HHS Secretary Tom Price have a lot of power to make it do so, thus making it appear that the law was a failure.
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Shanta R. Dube, Georgia State University
We've known for years that childhood trauma can have lifelong effects on our health. It's time for medicine and public health to start addressing the problem head-on.
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Education
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Daniel J. Flannery, Case Western Reserve University; Mark I. Singer, Case Western Reserve University
Children are increasingly being exposed to more violence. The impact? They could get desensitized to violence and come to believe that it is an acceptable way to solve problems.
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Derek Black, University of South Carolina
The Trump administration's new education budget cuts money from traditional schools and funnels it toward school choice. Is it a nail in the coffin for public education?
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Manchester Attack
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Caroline Cheetham, University of Salford
Social media was alive with offers of help: 'a bed for the night', 'a lift home', 'free taxi rides'.
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David Lowe, Liverpool John Moores University
An attack at Manchester Arena has sent shock waves around the world, and again raised questions about safety in public places.
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Dan Lomas, University of Salford
Low-tech threats have been the biggest concern of late, but the Manchester bombing reminds us of a host of security concerns.
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Trending on Site
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Douglas M. Charles, Pennsylvania State University
How will Mueller perform as special counsel? A historian compares his actions with another former FBI director to find out.
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Ian Haydon, University of Washington
Researchers are starting to harness the potential of this much-hyped gene editing technique – with coming applications in medicine, biology and agriculture.
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Joel Best, University of Delaware
Adults are dumbfounded – and according to an expert on fads, that's probably the point.
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