Congress now has six months to provide a durable solution for the more than 1 million undocumented people living in the U.S. who were brought here as children and who will no longer be shielded from deportation through DACA. As immigration expert Wayne Cornelius of UC San Diego writes, this presents an opportunity to actually address some of DACA’s shortcomings – and benefit the economy. But is Congress is up to the task? It has failed many times before.
Meanwhile, Jodi Frances Abbott at Boston University tackles another issue specific to the U.S.: disappointing health outcomes for pregnant women. There are two common medications that could help women avoid preterm birth and the complications that often accompany it – but studies show that many who need them don’t receive either.
And this week we welcome the launch of The Conversation Indonesia, the seventh edition in our global network joining Africa, Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the U.S. Have a look at their website here – the articles are in both Indonesian and English.
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Democrats call for Republicans to stand up to President Trump’s DACA decision.
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Wayne Cornelius, University of California, San Diego
Congress has an opportunity to build on DACA's success. An immigration expert explains how.
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Science + Technology
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Tanya Hill, Museum Victoria
Only days to go before NASA's Cassini space probe ends its two-decade mission to explore Saturn. So what has it revealed about the ringed planet, the second largest in our Solar System?
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John Smellie, University of Leicester
More than 100 volcanoes lie beneath the continent's ice sheet.
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Joshua A.T. Fairfield, Washington and Lee University
The companies that make our digital devices think � and act � like they still own them, even after we've bought them. Are we becoming digital serfs?
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Greg Wright, University of California, Merced
The president said he's considering ending trade with any country that does business with North Korea. Here's why that will never happen.
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Kevin D. Murphy, Vanderbilt University; Carol Willis, Columbia University; Daniel Bluestone, Boston University; Kerry Traynor, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Sally Levine, Case Western Reserve University
We asked five architecture experts to name one building or structure they wish had been preserved, but couldn't resist the tides of decay, development and discrimination.
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Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington
We have an ethical obligation to stand against fascists and racists in a way that doesn't help them.
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Lukman Solihin
Research and Development Agency of Indonesian Education and Culture Ministry
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