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President Biden wants to raise the capital gains tax that wealthy people pay and use the extra revenue to fund new social spending on children and education.
An infrastructure boom threatens endangered tigers across Asia. Scientists want to know more about how tigers behave near roads so they can design wildlife-friendly transportation networks.
More competitive games between top soccer clubs is desirable but creating a ‘closed’ system would harm a soccer culture built on dreams, says the man who predicted the Super League two decades ago.
The corporate tax was created on the principle that people and companies should be taxed based on what they receive in benefits – and US corporations have received an awful lot.
Tech companies’ use of dual-class share structures to keep control in the hands of founders and other insiders gives a handful of people power over enormous swaths of American life.
With adaptive design, infrastructure is ready to be expanded in the future. It’s working for the Dutch.
It’s not just about the money. Raising the minimum wage would lead to happier and healthier lives for millions of Americans.
Americans were tired of social distancing and mask-wearing. At the first hint the virus was receding, people pushed to get life back to normal. Unfortunately another surge of the disease followed.
Long thought to have originated in Ancient Greece, the golden ratio that forms the basis of the Swiss design style may have first emerged in Africa.
Shutting down sports teams can save schools millions of dollars but create longer-term challenges for enrollment, fundraising and campus life.
Student protesters in Turkey recently used this mythical figure to express their queer identity. An art historian explains the significance.
Cameras played a critical role in the quest for social equality for Black Americans in the post-slavery era.
There aren’t just health care disparities between white and Black people. There are funding disparities too that make it harder for Black scientists to succeed in academia.
Researchers are developing ways to lock captured CO2 into cement. It could help rebuild America’s crumbling infrastructure and deal with climate change at the same time.
What is Valentine’s Day without a romantic dinner out? It could be a COVID-19 catastrophe. Better to stay home and order in, writes an epidemiologist.
Two leaders in academia weigh in how numbers and statistics can enforce institutional racism.
Weed, though far less dangerous than many other drugs, is not entirely without risk. Some 59% of people treating pain with medical cannabis experience moderate to severe withdrawal symptoms
Electric cars get a lot of hype, but what really matters for the climate are excess emissions from the many millions of gasoline vehicles still sold each year.
Apple, Twitter and other tech companies were able to unilaterally shut down much of Trump’s communication infrastructure. That’s a lot of power.
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Doctoral Candidate in Movement Science, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Practice of Public Policy, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Information, University of Michigan
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Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Academic Initiatives (University of Michigan Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (University of Chicago Law School) | Visiting Lecturer (UCLA School of Law), University of Michigan
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Research Investigator at the Survey Research Center at the Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Michigan
