Louisiana's 'In God We Trust' law tests limits of religion in public schools
Oct 30, 2023 10:55 am UTC| Life
When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post In God We Trust in every classroom from elementary school to college the author of the bill claimed to be following a long-held tradition of...
Oct 30, 2023 10:55 am UTC| Life
On a chilly Halloween night in late October 1950, dozens of Jewish teenagers and their friends gathered for merriment in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester at the Hecht House, a Jewish community center that provided job...
Too many products are easier to throw away than fix – NZ consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’
Oct 27, 2023 15:08 pm UTC| Life
There was time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repairman. But those days are long gone. Today, it is often faster, easier and cheaper to replace...
Workplace tensions: How and when bystanders can make a difference
Oct 27, 2023 15:06 pm UTC| Life
In todays climate of global political tensions and polarization, workplaces are filled with conflicting viewpoints. When employees hold political identities and perspectives that do not align with their co-workers, they...
Five witchcraft myths debunked by an expert
Oct 27, 2023 15:04 pm UTC| Life
About 400 years ago, the European witch hunts were at their peak. Between the 15th and 18th centuries, an estimated 50,000 people, mostly women, were executed for witchcraft across Europe. They were accused of...
To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature
Oct 27, 2023 15:01 pm UTC| Life
Title of course: Alcohol in American Literature What prompted the idea for the course? I got the idea for the course when I was writing a chapter on the temperance movement in American literature for my doctoral...
Oct 27, 2023 15:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Real Estate Life
In the years since the Great Recession, when housing prices dramatically fell, Wall Street investors have been buying large numbers of single-family homes to use as rentals. As of 2022, big investment firms owned nearly...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects