Editor's note
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Trump had a low bar to clear when he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 summit in Germany yesterday: it was reported that there was no agenda and the meeting would only last half an hour. More than two hours later, the leaders emerged with positive remarks and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the U.S. and Russia had reached a ceasefire agreement in Syria. University of Connecticut’s Stephen Dyson unpacks what this highly watched exchange on the international stage says about the two leaders’ personalities and U.S-Russian relations.
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Danielle Douez
Associate Editor, Politics + Society
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Stephen Benedict Dyson, University of Connecticut
A foreign policy expert takes a look at how the exchange went down.
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Arts + Culture
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Henry Adams, Case Western Reserve University
His rise was just as swift as his fall. To mark the painter's 100th birthday, an art historian explores the forces – cultural, political and personal – that created a polarizing legacy.
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Eric Weiskott, Boston College
The anxiety that young people are messing things up goes back centuries.
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Education
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Nathan Fisk, University of South Florida
For decades, parents have fretted over 'screen time,' limiting the hours their children spend looking at a screen. But as times change, so does media... and how parents should (or shouldn't) regulate it.
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Christopher Tienken, Seton Hall University
Standardized test scores drive many of our decisions about students, teachers and school districts. But research shows that the results are highly predictable, in a bad way.
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Health + Medicine
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Shervin Assari, University of Michigan
Americans, an independent group, tend to believe that people can "pull themselves up by their boot straps." Yet bigger forces are at play in a person's ability to gain education, a good job and money.
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Janelle Taylor, University of Washington
A recent study finds that friends ought not let friends with dementia be lonely. The surprising part? Why staying friends is good for the friend without dementia as well as for the one who has it.
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Economy + Business
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Craig Nard, Case Western Reserve University
The federal government outlaws marijuana, but many states are legalizing it. Coupled with the growing number of cannabis-related patents, the potential for court battles is dizzying.
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C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Specialty prescription drugs are responsible for countless medical miracles, but their high price tag is the main reason health care costs are out of control.
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Ethics + Religion
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Rosalyn R. LaPier, Harvard University
Historically, indigenous peoples used the natural seasonal cycles of weather, plants and animals as part of their religious calendar. What will be the impact of climate change on their practices?
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Jerry Zolten, Pennsylvania State University
As the African-American Music
Appreciation Month comes to a close, a scholar discusses the role of early preachers in shaping gospel music.
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Environment + Energy
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Richard B. Rood, University of Michigan
Set aside the politics. If by some miracle we turned off carbon emissions immediately, how would the climate respond?
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Patrick Parenteau, Vermont Law School
The Clean Water Rule spells out which streams, wetlands and other water bodies receive federal protection. The Trump administration wants to repeal it, but will face high hurdles in court.
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Science + Technology
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John Cook, George Mason University; Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge
Reports of facts' death have been greatly exaggerated. Effective communication jettisons the false dilemma in favor of a more holistic view of how people take in new information on contentious topics.
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Timothy D. Baird, Virginia Tech
What do traditional Maasai people use mobile phones for?
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