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As protests over George Floyd’s death consume the country, students are forcing a reappraisal of a controversial editor and orator who helped build modern Atlanta.
Turning food scraps and yard trimmings into compost improves soil, making it easier for people to grow their own food. City composting programs spread those benefits more widely.
Low-wage workers are less likely than high-wage workers to have access to things like masks, hand sanitizer and training on how to prevent COVID-19 transmission.
Why one city suffers significantly more deaths than another isn’t always obvious. A simple experiment shows how failing to consider certain factors can point policy makers in the wrong direction.
With the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, veterans who were already lacking adequate benefits and resources are now in deeper trouble.
Research shows napping helps young children learn, as well as enhancing their emotional well-being.
Are facilities that produce necessities like energy and clean water doomed to be ugly? Not when artists and landscape architects help design them.
With the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, veterans who were already lacking adequate benefits and resources are now in deeper trouble.
Service workers are some of the most at risk of both the coronavirus and financial woes.
To support precarious households that can’t access existing relief during lockdown and its aftermath, the government should implement a temporary increase in the value of the child support grant.
What international families can teach the rest of us about sustaining long-distance relationships.
The US blood supply chain is often fragile, but the coronavirus could make it more so. An expert explains.
Bees aren’t the only species that has a queen.
Participants were asked to choose between white and ethnic minority candidates.
Through genetic detective work, scientists have identified missing links in the tomato’s evolution from a wild blueberry-sized fruit in South America to the larger modern tomato of today.
As capitalism’s image crumbles, many of the world’s biggest companies are trying to give it new life by showing it can mean more than just making money.
Hispanic Americans make up just 4.3% of executive positions. They are 17% of the labor force, the largest of any racial minority group.
Apakah pembunuhan yang dilakukan AS terhadap jenderal Iran melanggar hukum internasional? Bagaimana dengan serangan Iran terhadap pangkalan militer AS di Irak?
The US and other countries set up the modern system of international law after World War II. Does the US killing of an Iranian general violate those laws? What about Iran’s attack on US bases in Iraq?
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PhD researcher, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Professor of English, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Practice in Public Policy, Nonprofit Organizations, and Social & Environmental Enterprises, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Industrial Engineering Applied to Energy Policy, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, UMass Amherst
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Director, Stonewall Center, UMass Amherst
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Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Policy, UMass Amherst, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor, Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of History, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UMass Amherst
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Senior Researcher, Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure, UMass Amherst
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Associate Professor of Global Digital Media, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Astronomy, UMass Amherst
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Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, UMass Amherst
