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Gadsden flags fly at a protest Wednesday at the Capitol.
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Paul Bruski, Iowa State University
We may think of flags as fixed symbols with a specific meaning, but there are few symbols whose significance is truly permanent.
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Politics/Election '20
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Sylvia Taschka, Wayne State University
The US faces many of the same problems Germans faced after World War II: how to reject, punish and delegitimize the enemies of democracy.
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Bill Ritter Jr., Colorado State University
A former governor explains what Biden's "all hands on deck" approach could look like as the new administration takes on five big climate challenges.
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John E. Finn, Wesleyan University
A constitutional law scholar says that the arguments made by anti-mask protesters that the Constitution protects their freedom to go maskless are just wrong.
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Health
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Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia; Kathleen C. Brown, University of Tennessee; Ryan Huerto, University of Michigan; Sue Mattison, Drake University; Thomas A. Russo, University at Buffalo
Experts weigh in on whether they would sit and eat at a restaurant.
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Lana Dbeibo, Indiana University School of Medicine
Now that two COVID vaccines have been authorized by the FDA, questions arise. Today, a physician from Indiana University School of Medicine answers five reader questions.
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Economy + Business
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Beth Humberd, University of Massachusetts Lowell; Deborah Salon, Arizona State University; Scott F. Latham, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The post-pandemic office will be a lot more flexible but still will be necessary to help build relationships among colleagues, according to three scholars.
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Education
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Ebony O. McGee, Vanderbilt University
Coping with racial stereotypes that permeate STEM culture is like having another full-time job, argues a researcher who studies racism in these fields.
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Ethics + Religion
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Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina
Protests for racial justice have also questioned the portrayal of Jesus as a white man. An art historian explains how this image appeared and came to be marketed worldwide.
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Environment + Energy
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Alex McInturff, University of California Santa Barbara; Christine Wilkinson, University of California, Berkeley; Wenjing Xu, University of California, Berkeley
Millions of miles of fences crisscross the Earth's surface. They divide ecosystems and affect wild species in ways that often are harmful, but are virtually unstudied.
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Science + Technology
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Deborah Feltz, Michigan State University; Karin Pfeiffer, Michigan State University
From step counters and active video games to apps for exercisers and tech-enabled gear, there are a lot of ways to combine your workouts with your digital life.
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Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University
The case for why you should be nice to spiders you encounter in your home, and consider a live-and-let-live policy.
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Arts + Culture
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Helen Zoe Veit, Michigan State University
Crisco's main ingredient, cottonseed oil, had a bad rap. So marketers decided to focus on the 'purity' of factory food processing – a successful strategy that other brands would mimic.
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Robin Queen, University of Michigan
Generic names can take on a linguistic life of their own, becoming powerful forms of social commentary.
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