The abolitionist’s legacy is often molded to fit various political agendas. Yet the Brown who appears in Showtime’s new miniseries is one we haven’t seen before.
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There are 45 million Americans of German ancestry. They gave Donald Trump his winning margin in 2016. Will they do it again?
Both male and female employees report reacting more negatively to criticism from a woman, which has implications for the success of women in leadership roles such as Citigroup’s incoming CEO.
Endocrine-disrupting compounds are pervasive in modern life, from food packaging to shampoo. Research is connecting their effects on humans to risk of severe illness or death from the coronavirus.
Despite partisan affiliation, American voters tend to share views on common facts about the world. But recent research suggests that when it comes to COVID-19, voters live in alternative realities.
As workplace meetings move from offices to living rooms in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, what people say – absent nonverbal communication – is more important than ever.
Seventy-five years after the first nuclear detonation and nearly 30 years since testing was banned, the US is considering resuming live nuclear testing.
Revolutions are built not on deep misery but on rising expectations. History may not provide much hope of immediate change in Hong Kong – but protesters may have a longer view.
The US defense community is coming to understand that AI will significantly transform, if not completely reinvent, the world’s military power balance.
The US has 50 nuclear bombs stored in Turkey. As tensions rise between the two countries, a look at how they got there and what might happen next.
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
The Canadian prime minister is the latest public figure struggling to apologize for past misbehavior. A language scholar explains how to do it right.
Conservatives worldwide favor carbon pricing, cap-and-trade systems and other innovative environmental plans – just not in the United States.
Engaging with diversity – a key ingredient for sense of belonging on college campuses – may involve discomfort and even tension at times.
A tick expert explains his work trying to understand why the abundance of the parasites vary so much from location to location and year to year.
Iran’s leaders are threatening to breach a 2015 agreement that froze their country’s nuclear program. What is uranium enrichment, and what would it mean for Iran’s ability to build nuclear weapons?
Something about Netflix’s business model just doesn’t add up – unless you look at the streaming service as a massive data collection company.
Exporting nuclear technology is lucrative, but without strict safeguards, buyers could divert it into bomb programs. Why is Saudi Arabia shopping for nuclear power, and should the US provide it?
Trying to figure out if Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam or other would-be penitents are sincere? A scholar who analyzed dozens of recent apologies offers a user’s guide.
Confidentiality is written into the code of ethics that governs the profession. Will Congress force them to break it to learn the contents of Trump’s private meetings?
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury
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Director of Research, Academic Development, and Innovation, Middlebury
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Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies
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Professor of Psychology Emerita, Middlebury
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Director of Research and Instruction, Middlebury
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Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Middlebury
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Middlebury
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Professor and Program Chair Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies, Middlebury
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Middlebury
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Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies, Middlebury
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Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury
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Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, Middlebury
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Graduate Research Assistant at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury
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Professor of American Studies and English, Middlebury
