The Capital Gazette in Annapolis lost five staffers in a shooting.
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Jennifer E. Moore, University of Minnesota Duluth; Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Violence against journalists is on the rise. Many people don't realize that such acts have a long tradition in the US, where partisan rancor was once a hallmark of American journalism.
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What are the ethics of anonymous resistance?
Vincent Diamante
Michael Blake, University of Washington
An expert argues why the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times can hardly be considered an act of civil disobedience and why it might make things even worse in the Trump administration.
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The activity during a high-energy collision at the CMS control room of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, at their headquarters outside Geneva, Switzerland.
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Todd Adams, Florida State University
The Large Hadron Collider has generated mind-blowing science in the last decade – including the Higgs boson particle. Why is the LHC so important, and how will physicists use it in the years to come?
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Arts + Culture
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Alan J. Kellner, Northwestern University
Many Americans seem to like seeing communist ideas in action, but have a visceral reaction to the word ‘communism.’ Might it be time to refresh an old ideology with a new set of terms?
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Magda Konieczna, Temple University
Instead of taking pride in how quickly they cover the same stories as everyone else, these organizations make public service journalism their top priority.
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Rebecca Hanson
University of Florida
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