Prodded by Michelle Obama and other government leaders, Walmart and other major US retailers vowed to build hundreds of stores in food deserts. What happened?
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Immigrant children could remain indefinitely in federal detention if courts allow the Trump administration to ditch a landmark agreement that has protected migrant children for decades.
Human-driven land clearing and climate change are sending plants extinct at a rapid rate, risking a devastating biodiversity crash.
Have a cat who just loves to scratch? Declawing is a major surgery that comes with serious long-term side effects – and it might not solve the problem anyway.
The UC libraries let their Elsevier journal subscriptions lapse and now the publisher has cut their online access. It’s a painful milestone in the fight UC hopes may transform how journals get paid.
Entre 2000 y 2015, la población de ciudadanos estadounidenses menores de edad que viven al otro lado de la frontera se duplicó con creces. ¿Quiénes son esos niños?
Three scholars argue that agriculture is failing to sustain either the land or American farmers. They propose a modern version of the New Deal that centers on ecology and economic fairness.
Between 2000 and 2015, the population of U.S. citizen minors living in Mexico more than doubled. Who are the kids living on the other side of the border?
The political implications of the citizenship question made this case politically volatile and controversial – even for the Supreme Court.
A 15-year-old fleeing violence in El Salvador came to the US in 1985. Her immigration case sparked a Supreme Court decision that would affect how authorities treat children in detention.
Le nationalisme progresse en Europe, où de nombreux partis politiques sont hostiles à l’immigration. Mais quel rôle joue-t-elle dans leur succès ? La recherche met en évidence des nuances inattendues.
Nationalism seems to be on the rise in Europe, with many parties hostile to immigration. But what role does immigration itself have their support? Research shows some unexpected impacts.
India has always been a nation of multiple faiths but the BJP government, which is favoured to be returned this week as winner of the general election, is eroding the country’s Muslim heritage.
After Google suggested PigeonRank was at the root of its search function, a group of researchers put a small flock of the birds to a different classification test in real life.
The FDA has given the green light to sell the first genetically engineered animal – farmed salmon –in the US.
Nous venons de prouver que les rayures agissent comme un répulsif naturel à insectes.
Memelihara ternak memiliki dampak yang jelas terhadap lingkungan, tetapi bertentangan dengan apa yang dikatakan banyak kritikus, Ternak bukan pendorong terbesar perubahan iklim.
Digital publishing hasn’t resulted in the free and open access to information many envisioned. Universities are increasingly fed up with a system they see as charging them for their own scholars’ labor.
According to current regulations, animals that have been genetically edited, like pigs or cows, are considered drugs. What are the consequences of such rules on American livestock and agriculture?
How the zebra got its stripes is not only a just-so story, but an object of scientific inquiry. New research suggests that stripes help zebras evade biting flies and the deadly diseases they carry.
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Assistant Professional Researcher in Transportation, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Middle Eastern/South Asian Studies, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis
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Daniel Sperling is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
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Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine; Director, Violence Prevention Research Program, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Communication, University of California, Davis
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Research Affiliate in Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
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Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
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Co-director, STEPS (Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways), University of California, Davis
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Research Affiliate in Legal and Political Philosophy, University of California, Davis
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Senior Development Engineer, institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
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Doctoral Student and Provost's Research Fellow, University of California, Davis
