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5 ways anti-diversity laws affect LGBTQ+ people in higher education

Voices // 13 hours ago

5 ways anti-diversity laws affect LGBTQ+ people in higher education

Although anti-DEI legislation is still in its early days, it is already having a chilling impact both on academic freedom and life in academia for LGBTQ+ people.

The presidential debate to or from hell

Voices // 1 day ago

The presidential debate to or from hell

Economic stress affects pets in Detroit and beyond

Voices // 2 days ago

Economic stress affects pets in Detroit and beyond

Traffic engineers construct crash-prone roads due to outdated research, flawed data

Voices // 3 days ago

Traffic engineers construct crash-prone roads due to outdated research, flawed data

Imagining Lucy: What the 3.2 million-year-old fossil says about nudity, shame

Voices // 6 days ago

Imagining Lucy: What the 3.2 million-year-old fossil says about nudity, shame

Popular renderings of the Lucy fossil dress her in thick, reddish-brown fur, with her face, hands, feet and breasts peeking out of denser thickets. This hairy picture of Lucy, it turns out, might be wrong.

Jewish division over Israel has long history in America

Voices // 1 week ago

Jewish division over Israel has long history in America

American Jews have never been entirely unified in their support for Israel or in their visions of what role Israel and Palestine should play in American Jewish life.

Wider than the Atlantic: Gaps between the U.S., NATO Europe and Russia

Voices // 1 week ago

Wider than the Atlantic: Gaps between the U.S., NATO Europe and Russia

June 19 (UPI) -- Gaps and tensions lurk between the United States and its thirty European allies in NATO amid Russia's war with Ukraine.

U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods demonstrate free trade myth

Voices // 1 week ago

U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods demonstrate free trade myth

By hiking tariffs on Chinese-made goods, the United States is once again trying to bend and change the rules of international trade to work in its favor.

Abortion bans shaping entire generation of young people

Voices // 1 week ago

Abortion bans shaping entire generation of young people

The Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision has fundamentally changed the experience of adolescence and young adulthood in America.

Americans today are divided, not united, by public tragedies

Voices // 1 week ago

Americans today are divided, not united, by public tragedies

Public tragedies have contributed to the increasing political polarization and the sectarian tone of political rhetoric today.

Secret recording of Supreme Court justices raises legal questions

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Secret recording of Supreme Court justices raises legal questions

Supreme Court justices Samuel Alito and John Roberts being secretly recorded raises questions about the reality of electronic surveillance and U.S. surveillance protections.

U.S. democracy is really and truly at risk

Voices // 2 weeks ago

U.S. democracy is really and truly at risk

June 12 (UPI) -- For the first and only time since 1776, both presidential candidates and their parties assert and believe the other is a clear and present danger to democracy. Worse, many Americans of both political parties believe it.

Independent voters are 'highly prized and highly elusive'

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Independent voters are 'highly prized and highly elusive'

June 11 (UPI) -- As the 2024 campaign cycle unfolds, campaign strategists, pollsters and political scientists have been closely watching independent voters.

Forgetting names, personal details doesn't determine cognitive competence of Trump, Biden

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Forgetting names, personal details doesn't determine cognitive competence of Trump, Biden

June 10 (UPI) -- It's problematic to evaluate the candidates' cognition based only on the critiques that have gained traction in the popular press, cognitive psychologist says.

Eliminating diversity programs at colleges and universities will have lasting effects

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Eliminating diversity programs at colleges and universities will have lasting effects

June 10 (UPI) -- New legislation in states like Texas and Florida have banned diversity programs. In other states, institutions are shuttering programs preemptively to avoid political pressure. This will have lasting effects.

Google's AI Overviews feature includes bad advice, misinformation in answers

Voices // 2 weeks ago

Google's AI Overviews feature includes bad advice, misinformation in answers

June 7 (UPI) -- AI features vacuum up information from the Internet and other available sources and spit out an answer based on how they are trained to associate words.

Biden's immigration order is no quick fix

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Biden's immigration order is no quick fix

June 6 (UPI) -- Jean Lantz Reisz, an immigration law scholar at the University of Southern California, explains four key things to know about how this executive order will take effect and influence immigration trends.

Donald Trump is no Private Ryan

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Donald Trump is no Private Ryan

June 5 (UPI) -- Trump is no Private Ryan. And the virtues of Private Ryan are what the nation desperately needs.

Immigration scholar explains chaotic life on U.S.-Mexico border

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Immigration scholar explains chaotic life on U.S.-Mexico border

June 4 (UPI) -- As debate over U.S. immigration policy heats up during the 2024 presidential campaign, separating fact from fiction on the U.S.-Mexico border becomes increasingly difficult.

Partisan school board elections threaten quality of public education

Voices // 3 weeks ago

Partisan school board elections threaten quality of public education

June 3 (UPI) -- Partisan school board elections put at risk the quality of the country's education system by introducing divisive national political issues into the process by which a local community governs itself.

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