The international community has also failed to protect civilians in Syria, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Myanmar and Ethiopia, a genocide expert writes.
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A new EU law would require thousands of multinational companies, including many based in the US, to look for signs of human rights abuses in their supply chains.
Former enslaved persons have never received a dime for their labor. Nor have their descendants received reparations for the legacy of slavery.
Should the descendants be paid? By whom and how much?
Sedative-hypnotic drugs can distort a patient’s perception of reality. Some patients wake up from a procedure believing they have been sexually assaulted.
One of the last relics of ‘lost cause’ ideology is being removed as a federal panel renames US military bases that honor Confederate generals.
Ramuan daun kratom memiliki banyak penggemar dan sangat populer sehingga dijual di vending machine. FDA baru-baru ini mengeluarkan peringatan publik tentang ramuan tersebut, yang mengandung opioid tingkat rendah.
Receiving a cancer diagnosis and undergoing cancer treatment can be a traumatizing experience. Psychedelics like LSD, psilocybin and MDMA could help alleviate symptoms from cancer-related PTSD.
Native plants help damaged landscapes by stabilizing soil, fighting invasive species and sheltering pollinators. Two horticulture experts explain what they’re doing to help develop new seed sources.
Gothic storytelling, with its sinister atmosphere of conspiracy and other hallmarks, offers a way to reframe the Kennedy family lore.
Many genocide classes review the Holocaust or Cambodia’s Killing Fields. A scholar wanted to show that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing still happen today.
Fossil evidence of how the earliest life on Earth came to be is hard to come by. But scientists have come up with a few theories based on the microbes, viruses and prions existing today.
Le numérique transforme la façon dont les enseignants abordent l’histoire de la Shoah avec leurs élèves. Éclairages en cette Journée internationale dédiée à la mémoire des victimes de l’Holocauste.
Antisemitism often appears and spreads on social media. But digital technology can be part of the solution, too.
It has been one year since the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope and six months since the first pictures were released. Astronomers are already learning unexpected things about the early universe.
The term voluntary sterilization, referring to the choice to receive permanent birth control, arose as a contrast to the involuntary, or forced, sterilization that stems from the eugenics movement.
An anthropologist explains why we all have some irrational beliefs and the reason they give us comfort.
Nearly two-thirds of all votes cast in the 2020 presidential election were made through early in-person voting or by mail, rather than by people who visited their local polling places on Election Day.
Tens of thousands of children have tested positive for respiratory syncytial virus in the last months in what is the largest outbreak of the virus in recent years.
In the midterms, some religious voters may be motivated by the argument that if abortion is funded with tax dollars, it makes them personally complicit in sin.
Artificial intelligence can spot differences in images from before and after a storm over wide areas in almost real time. It showed Hurricane Ian’s vast damage in Florida.
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Professor of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Health Communication, University of Connecticut
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Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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PhD Student in Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Horticulture, University of Connecticut
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Professor Emeritus of Microbiology, University of Connecticut
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Professor of English and Irish Literature concentration coordinator, University of Connecticut
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Ph.D. Candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut
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Adjunct Professor of Genocide Studies and Human Rights, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
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Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Connecticut
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Connecticut
