|
|
|
|
Large demonstrations continued across the United States this weekend, commemorating Juneteenth, protesting police violence and declaring, above all, that Black lives matter. The protests, which began in late May following the police killing of George Floyd, are generally described as anti-racism – and that they are. But, says Lilian Bobea, a Dominican Republic-born scholar of human rights movements in Latin America, this sustained American protest wave also looks a lot like the pro-democracy, anti-authoritarian movements she studies.
|
Catesby Holmes
Religion Editor | International Editor
|
|
|
Protesters cross the Brooklyn Bridge on June 19, 2020 – Juneteenth – in the United States’ third straight week of protest.
Pablo Monsalve / VIEWpress via Getty Images
Lilian Bobea, Fitchburg State University
Unrest in the US looks familiar to Latin Americans, who are accustomed to resisting undemocratic governments – and to their protest movements being met with violent suppression.
|
Education
|
-
Sayil Camacho, Vanderbilt University
At least for now, hundreds of thousands of students can stay in school without facing new hardships.
-
Rebecca London, University of California, Santa Cruz; William Massey, Oregon State University
Children need time to play and be outside. That will be true even if instructional hours are cut short due to social distancing.
|
|
Politics + Society
|
-
Kevin M. Lerner, Marist College
It is a tenet of American journalism that reporters working for the news sections of newspapers remain entirely independent of the opinion sections. But that wall may be invisible to readers.
|
|
Science + Technology
|
-
John Lunsford, Cornell University
In order to create an efficient future transportation system, autonomous vehicles need to accommodate people with different mobility needs.
-
Katie McCormick, University of Washington
Physicists can use bright, hot lasers to slow atoms down so much that they measure -459 degrees Fahrenheit.
-
Zhiyuan Chen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Aryya Gangopadhyay, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Artificial intelligence insatiable data needs has encouraged the mass collection of personal data, placing privacy at risk. But AI can help solve the very problem it creates.
|
|
Economy + Business
|
-
Daniel Hemel, University of Chicago
Due to a 'once-in-a-century crisis,' five big foundations are spending more of their assets on grants than usual. Some are issuing bonds to finance their extra support for nonprofits.
|
|
Arts + Culture
|
-
Abigail C. Saguy, University of California, Los Angeles
In the 1950s, 'coming out' meant quietly acknowledging one's sexual orientation. Today, the term is used by a broad array of social movements.
|
|
Ethics + Religion
|
-
Kelsy Burke, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Emily Kazyak, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Both sides of the debate over religious freedoms and LGBTQ rights use the language of equality and opposition to discrimination. It will be up to the courts to decide whose claim is stronger.
|
|
Most read on site
|
-
Jennifer M. Gómez, Wayne State University
Sexual abuse has unique effects on people who are members of the same minority group, research suggests. An expert who has studied the issue in detail explains the added issue of cultural betrayal.
-
Morgan Marietta, University of Massachusetts Lowell
In a 5-to-4 decision, SCOTUS delivered a major blow to Trump and opened the doors to the court being an arbiter of public honesty
-
Daina Ramey Berry, University of Texas at Austin
On Juneteenth, the day that commemorates the ending of slavery in the US, a historian dispels myths about the 'peculiar institution' of slavery.
|
|
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
