3 internet language trends from 2019, explained
Zachary Jaggers, University of Oregon and Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk, University of Oregon
Social media has created an entirely new linguistic ecosystem, with new words, phrases...
How undoing ‘Obamacare’ would harm more than the health of Americans
Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University
The Affordable Care Act remains on life support after a panel of federal judges ruled on Dec. 18, 2019...
Should you avoid meat for good health? How to slice off the facts from...
Dariush Mozaffarian, Tufts University
More than half of Americans who make New Year’s resolutions resolve to “eat healthier.” If you’re one, you might be confused...
How Crisco toppled lard – and made Americans believers in industrial food
Helen Zoe Veit, Michigan State University
Perhaps you’ll unearth a can of Crisco for the holiday baking season. If so, you’ll be one of millions...
7 reasons to learn a foreign language
Kathleen Stein-Smith, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Half of the world population is bilingual, but only 25% of Americans can hold a conversation in another language.
Changing...
School resource officers aren’t arrested often – but when they are, it’s usually for...
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida
The presence of law enforcement in schools – better known as school resource officers – has become increasingly common....
As rural Americans struggle for health care access, insurers may be making things worse
Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University
Living in rural America certainly comes with a number of benefits. There is less crime, access to the outdoors,...
Like ‘Little Women,’ books by Zitkála-Šá and Taha Hussein are classics
Sheila Cordner, Boston University
I’m a scholar of literature who spends a lot of time thinking about why certain stories continue to be revisited, and...
