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Happy Fourth!
Editor’s pick: You may have studied the names of the Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence, but how much do you know about the political forces that shaped that document? Woody Holton, a professor of history at the University of South Carolina, lays out six facts most Americans get wrong about the messy political context of 1776 and how women, Indigenous and enslaved people helped pull America toward a war
of independence with Britain.
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The way Danes speak makes it much harder for Danish children to learn the language.
Fabio Trecca
Morten H. Christiansen, Cornell University; Fabio Trecca, Aarhus University
Recent research on Danish shows that not only is it hard for Danish children to learn their mother tongue, but adult Danes use their native language differently than speakers of other languages.
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President Lyndon Johnson signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which aimed to do away with racial discrimination in the law. But discrimination persisted.
AP file photo
David Miguel Gray, University of Memphis
A scholar of race and racism explains what critical race theory is – and how many people get it wrong.
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Kareem Clark, Virginia Tech
Ready to party post-pandemic, but at the same time feeling shy? Here's how social isolation affects the brain – and what research suggests about the effects of resocialization.
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Jamel K. Donnor, William & Mary
'White fragility' plays a strong role in denying Black high school students valedictorian or salutatorian status.
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Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury; Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California
Science denial is not new, but researchers have learned a lot about it. Here's why it exists, how everyone is susceptible to it in one way or another and steps to take to overcome it.
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