When Iran makes the news in the West, it’s often after some sort of crisis has taken place – a military standoff, new economic sanctions, belligerent threats from our leaders and theirs or crackdowns on protesters. Rarely do Americans get a window into everyday life in Iran.
Sociologist Manata Hashemi spent 12 years interviewing Iranian young people living on the country’s socioeconomic margins. She wanted to know what motivates them, who inspires them and how they envision the future.
Despite what you might see on the news, many of Iran's young people are far from rebellious. Instead, they have dealt with dwindling job prospects by conforming to a strict code of morality.
Religion was no barrier for Southern lynch mobs intent on terror. White pastors joined the KKK, incited racial violence and took part in lynchings. Sometimes, the victim was a preacher.
Historically, indigenous people celebrated a girl's transition to womanhood with a year-long ritual. Many such ritual practices were made 'illegal' by the US and Canadian governments.
Rachel Patton McCord, University of Tennessee; Rebecca A. Prosser, University of Tennessee
Addiction to cocaine is wildly difficult to conquer. But physicians may soon have a new type of gene therapy for patients that makes the drug less alluring.
West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler set out to visit high school students throughout the Texas Panhandle and the South Plains with a simple message about student loans.
Richard Bowen, Colorado State University; Alan Rudolph, Colorado State University
In the real world, new diseases emerge from complex environments. To learn more about how, scientists set up whole artificial ecosystems in the lab, instead of focusing on just one factor at a time.
When it comes to exercise, there's no month like January, when resolutions kick into gear and call us to the gym. And while physical activity is good, you can injure yourself by overdoing.
