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A 1973 photo shows an estimated 5,000 people, women and men, marching around the Minnesota Capitol building protesting the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. AP Photo

July 1, 2022

Many anti-abortion activists before Roe were liberals who were inspired by 20th-century Catholic social teaching

Daniel K. Williams, University of West Georgia

A historian explains why the pre-Roe anti-abortion movement was filled with liberal Democrats who opposed the Vietnam War and supported the expansion of the welfare state.

As they do today, threats of destruction loomed in ancient Pompeii. Art Media/Print Collector via Getty Images

August 20, 2021

What a baker from ancient Pompeii can teach us about happiness

Nadejda Williams, University of West Georgia

While they weren’t living through a pandemic, citizens of ancient Pompeii weren’t strangers to societal stress.

Getting into the spirit at Temple University. Aspen Photo/Shutterstock.com

October 27, 2015

Uga the Bulldog, Handsome Dan and why university spirit matters

Rikke Duus, UCL; Mike Cooray, Ashridge Business School, and Susan Hall Webb, University of West Georgia

UK universities should take note from US colleges and cultivate more of a university spirit.

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Many anti-abortion activists before Roe were liberals who were inspired by 20th-century Catholic social teaching

What a baker from ancient Pompeii can teach us about happiness

Uga the Bulldog, Handsome Dan and why university spirit matters

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