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Swimming gives your brain a boost – but scientists don’t know yet why it’s better than other aerobic activities

by lisadtinsley August 28, 2021

Written by Seena Mathew – Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor It’s no secret that aerobic exercise can help stave off some of the ravages of aging. But a growing body of research suggests…

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John Lewis
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How the images of John Lewis being beaten during ‘Bloody Sunday’ went viral

by lisadtinsley August 26, 2021

Written by Aniko Bodroghkozy – Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of marchers on the…

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August 26, 2021 0 comment 478 views
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How Black writers and journalists have wielded punctuation in their activism

by lisadtinsley August 25, 2021

Written by Eurie Dahn – Associate Professor of English, The College of Saint Rose Using punctuation and capitalization as a form of protest doesn’t exactly scream radicalism. But in debates…

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August 25, 2021 0 comment 416 views
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How to put women at the centre of Africa’s food systems

by lisadtinsley August 23, 2021

Written by Elizabeth Mkandawire and Melody Mentz-Coetzee  The number of hungry people in the world grew by a staggering 161 million people in 2020 to 811 million. More than one third…

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August 23, 2021 0 comment 511 views
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Miche Aaron
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With a Diagnosis at Last, Black Women with ADHD Start Healing

by lisadtinsley August 22, 2021

By Claire Sibonney Miché Aaron has always been a high achiever. The 29-year-old is in her third year of a planetary sciences doctoral program at Johns Hopkins University, where she…

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August 22, 2021 0 comment 542 views
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Will recent political instability affect Haiti’s earthquake response? We ask an expert

by lisadtinsley August 21, 2021

Written by Louise K. Comfort – Professor of Public and International Affairs, former Director of the Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh Parts of Haiti were reduced to rubble…

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August 21, 2021 0 comment 420 views
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‘I Don’t Want to Risk My Life for a Paycheck’: Immunosuppressed People Grapple With Returning to Work

by lisadtinsley August 21, 2021

By Victoria Knight Elizabeth Groenweghe got a kidney transplant 14 years ago. She now takes several medications to prevent her body from rejecting her transplant organ. But these medications also…

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August 21, 2021 0 comment 1023 views
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Africa Farming
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Tracing the history of farming across Africa gives clues to low production outputs

by lisadtinsley August 17, 2021

Henning Bjornlund – Professor, Business School, University of South Australia; André F. van Rooyen – Principal Scientist, Innovation Systems for the Drylands., CGIAR System Organization; Vibeke Bjornlund – Researcher,School of…

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August 17, 2021 0 comment 491 views
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Aretha Franklin
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How Aretha Franklin asserted control over her career, paving the way for female musicians

by lisadtinsley August 14, 2021

Adam Gustafson Assistant Teaching Professor of Music, Penn State “I need a change,” Aretha Franklin says at one point in “Respect,” the new film starring Jennifer Hudson as the Queen…

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Four Haitian novels that beautifully blend history, memory and reality

by lisadtinsley August 14, 2021

Marlene Daut – Professor of African Diaspora Studies, University of Virginia Following the July 7, 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and after one Haitian official requested that the…

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August 14, 2021 0 comment 506 views
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