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Like their predecessors, today’s feminists can get mired in disagreements over strategies and goals. The celebrated feminist text suggests a more constructive approach.
Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana has a moderate image in a state that doesn’t often elect Democrats. But as he faces reelection, his move to torpedo Trump’s VA nominee may threaten that image.
It’s time to admit the age of pristine nature is over. In its place is humanity and planet-shaping technologies, from gene editing to climate engineering. Earth Day in a Synthetic Age.
The Second Amendment was barely taught in constitutional law classes two decades ago. That changed after a 2008 Supreme Court ruling that ensured a federal right to keep and bear arms.
A Supreme Court case deals with the narrow issue of tribal salmon fishing rights in the Northwest, but raises fundamental questions about justice for American Indians.
A legal scholar explains how even in the early days of the republic, Americans struggled to agree on who had the final say on immigration issues.
You can probably hear Hawking’s famously computer-generated voice in your head. His example showed tech as a tool that enables people with disabilities to fully participate in and contribute to the world.
Years after their trials, he got in touch with the victims he thought he had helped. They described feeling ‘dumped’ by the system.
Compared to the average US citizen, American Indians and Alaskan Natives live shorter lives and are at greater risk for a number of health problems.
Predicting human behavior is big business. But science may never be able to do so with perfect certainty.
For medieval cultures, the dying process and death itself was a ‘transition,’ not a rupture.
Think you’ve had the sex talk so now you’re done? Think again.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a Native American scholar explains why water means more than just sustenance for life and how it’s the place of the divine.
A professor of constitutional law gives a preview of what to expect when the travel ban cases reach the highest court this fall.
Many urban children who took part in a program that was supposed to enrich their lives dealt with racism instead. Why can’t this cultural exchange become a two-way street?
Teachers are starting to ditch graphing calculators for math apps. Was the expensive tech ever worth it – or is it just holding students back?
The race pitted a singing cowboy against a millionaire software entrepreneur – and it got ugly at the end.
Trump wants to scale back national monuments on federal lands in the name of boosting the economy. But this would undo decades of investments to manage our cultural and ecological resources.
We live in a probabilistic world. The courts need to catch up – and start training juries in statistics.
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Associate Professor of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, University of Montana
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Professor of exercise and work physiology, University of Montana
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Montana
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Research Associate Professor in Toxicology, University of Montana
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Assistant Clinical Professor of Management, University of Montana
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Professor of Marketing & Innovation, University of Montana
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Montana
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Research Fellow, Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak; Associate Professor and John Craighead Endowed Chair of Conservation, University of Montana
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Professor of Marketing, University of Montana
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Professor of Ungulate Habitat Ecology, University of Montana
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Ph.D. Candidate in Forest and Conservation Science, University of Montana
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Lecturer in Geosciences, University of Montana
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Professor of Fire Ecology, University of Montana
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Professor of Marketing, University of Montana
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Professor and Chair, History Department: Director of the African-American Studies Program, University of Montana
