Holiday retail sales may boom this year – and the lion’s share will not be online purchases. Yet brick-and-mortar retail stores are facing heavy internet competition.
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An economist explains why turkeys defy the economic laws of supply and demand.
Dishes we consider staples today have little to do with the first feast.
Remember that story about the molecule found in turkey that makes you drowsy? Research shows it’s a myth – tryptophan doesn’t cause you to nod off, but it may be connected to cooperation.
The fate of turkey tails shows how Americans have shifted from eating whole animals to focusing on choice cuts – and the surprising places where unwanted parts end up.
Henry VIII’s Spanish queen, Catherine, introduced him to them and he is said to have eaten 20 at one sitting. Food for thought this Thanksgiving.
After such a difficult political experience, empathy is the key not only to feeling connected, but feeling understood – and understanding others.
While some pundits claim the much-hyped shopping day that follows our Thanksgiving feasts has lost its relevance, the reality is a lot more complicated, as four important facts show.
A globalization expert shares two surprising tales of how the powerful winds of trans-Atlantic trade affected the quintessentially American holiday.
The Pilgrims were thankful for finally being able to vanquish Thomas Morton and Ferdinando Gorges, who spent years trying to undermine the legal basis for settlements in Massachusetts and beyond.
Many are dreading meeting relatives for Thanksgiving after Donald Trump’s surprise victory. A student of the cultural divide around climate change offers tips for opening dialogues on politics.
A scholar of American Indian studies shares the lesser-known, true story of two men who stood up and spoke out against the murder of American Indians, and how they are celebrated as heroes today.
Americans’ reliance on their smartphones and tablets will drive online shopping revenue to new heights – and could introduce new buying experiences as well.
The presidential turkey pardoning draws on a language of forgiveness common to many religious traditions.
Want to build resilience in children? Tell them family stories of courage.
Food is a big part of everyone’s carbon footprint – about the same as electricity use. How can our diet make farming more planet-friendly?
Most of the flavor combinations and traditions we’ve come to associate with the holiday date back to the Middle Ages.
At a time when America feels divided and families face rifts, the history of Thanksgiving offers lessons in unity, generosity and faith.
American textbooks confine the history of indigenous peoples to a distant past.
Should history textbooks be revised to include Native American voices?
When you enjoy the delicious, savory foods of Thanksgiving, you’re experiencing umami, the fifth taste, with a little-known history rooted in Japan.
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
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Professor, North Dakota State University
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Professor Emeritus, Psychology, The Ohio State University
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of History, University of the Pacific
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Assistant Professor, Social Studies Education, Penn State
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Distinguished Professor of Management & Global Business, Rutgers University
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Director of the Family Resiliency Center and Professor of Human Development & Family Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota
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Professor Emerita of Family Therapy, UMass Amherst
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Research Fellow Ruhr University Bochum, University of Stavanger
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Professor of History and Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
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Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
