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Although the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled not to reinstate President Trump's travel ban, the case may still go to the Supreme Court. It’s important to consider the medical costs of such a ban: it could worsen our doctor shortage. John Burkhardt and Mahshid Abir of the University of Michigan explain that about one-fourth of doctors in graduate medical training come from countries other than the U.S. They often fill positions in primary care, and rural and safety net hospitals that might otherwise go vacant.
And, continuing our series for Black History Month, we look back at the often forgotten contributions of African-Americans who served in segregated units to liberate Europe from the Nazis in World War II. Maria Höhn of Vassar College writes, “It was that experience that convinced many of these veterans to continue their struggle for equality when they returned home to the U.S.”
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Exam room in a rural Alabama hospital.
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John Burkhardt, University of Michigan; Mahshid Abir, University of Michigan
About one in four physicians in graduate medical education is from another country. Here's how a travel ban could harm them, and our health care system.
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Politics + Society
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Maria Höhn, Vassar College
When war broke out, black Americans fought in segregated units to serve their country. The breath of freedom they experienced in Europe flamed the fight for equality when they returned home.
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Adnan Rasool, Georgia State University
The Trump administration may do well to make a friend of the federal bureaucracy it's so intent on gutting, according to an expert who studies the role of civil servants in government.
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Ethics + Religion
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David W. Stowe, Michigan State University
Sacred music joins people in a collective expression - whether of joy, sorrow or protest.
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Science + Technology
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John Cook, George Mason University
Laser-like focus on a tiny, unimportant detail can mean you miss the gorilla in the room – a tactic climate change deniers use to cast doubt on the science.
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Arts + Culture
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Alex Lubet, University of Minnesota
After winning his Grammy in 1996, Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder said, 'I don't think this means anything.' Was he right?
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Economy + Business
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Nick Srnicek, City, University of London
Opening borders is the easiest way to tackle global poverty and it would make already wealthy countries richer, too.
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Rest of the World
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United Kingdom
Elizabeth Franklin, Bournemouth University
Collecting pollen takes a surprising amount of teamwork. Australia
Carl Rhodes, University of Technology Sydney
It’s not just that Ahmed Fahour earns a lot of money. Australia Post had, until this week, been able to keep its CEO's salary top secret. Africa
Martin Plaut, School of Advanced Study
The growing Arab military, political and religious influence is only the latest example of an external force taking hold in the Horn of Africa.
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