Riot or resistance? How media frames unrest in Minneapolis will shape public’s view of protest
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Protesters outside of a burning Minneapolis police precinct AP Photo/John Minchillo A teenager held…
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May 2020
With the coronavirus, where government stumbles, litigation will step in
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Workers leave Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant on May 20, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott…
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Antigen tests for COVID-19 are fast and easy – and could solve the coronavirus testing problem despite being somewhat inaccurate
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Antibodies are incredibly good at finding the coronavirus. Antigen tests put them to work.…
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An ode to mac and cheese, the poster child for processed food
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We love to bad-mouth processed foods – usually while our mouths are full of…
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Reflecting on the case of Cyntoia Brown – talking with the director of ‘Murder to Mercy’
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Cyntoia Brown was sentenced to 51 years in prison when just 16 years old.…
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Ahmaud Arbery’s killing puts a spotlight on the blurred blue line of citizen’s arrest laws
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Gregory and Travis McMichael who killed Ahmaud Arbery during an attempted citizen's arrest. Glynn…
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Shuttered Canada-US border highlights different approaches to the pandemic – and differences between the 2 countries
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U.S. Customs officers stand beside a sign at the US/Canada border in Lansdowne, Ontario,…
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Women protest chronically high rates of femicide – the killing of women – in Mexico…
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Flattening the mental health curve is the next big coronavirus challenge
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Students, adults with children at home and front-line health care workers are most at-risk.…
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When dams cause more problems than they solve, removing them can pay off for people and nature
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Maine's Penobscot River flows freely where the Veazie Dam once stood. Dam removals have…