Researchers are still learning how race-related social experiences and physical environments affect health, illness, and mortality.
Convicts Are Returning to Farming—Anti-Immigrant Policies Are the Reason
Under lucrative arrangements, states are increasingly leasing prisoners to private corporations to harvest food for American consumers.
Hackers Seek Ransoms from Baltimore and Communities Across the US
Many state and local governments, including Baltimore, remain underprepared and underfunded to adequately deal with cybersecurity’s many challenges.
Spider Glue’s Sticky Secret Revealed By New Genetic Research
Using new technology, a UMBC researcher and her colleague have been able to sequence the first full genetic sequences that code for spider glue proteins.
Antibiotic resistance is not new – it existed long before people used drugs to kill bacteria
With antibiotic resistance becoming a major threat, figuring out how resistance to antibiotics emerges and spreads among bacterial populations will be increasingly important.
Duke Ellington’s Melodies Carried his Message of Social Justice
At a moment when there is a longstanding heated debate over how artists and pop culture figures should engage in social activism, the life and career of musical legend Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington offers a model of how to do it right.
Japan’s next emperor is a modern, multilingual environmentalist
For the first time in 217 years, a Japanese emperor will cede his place on the imperial throne.
Want to Fix Gerrymandering? Then the Supreme Court Needs to Listen to Mathematicians
Defining a standard to identify partisan – and possibly illegal – gerrymandering.
Countering Russian disinformation the Baltic nations’ way
Certain European countries’ experience confronting Russian disinformation campaigns may offer useful lessons as the U.S. joins the battle.
Who is responsible for migrants?
Seen through an international lens, both migrant-sending and migrant-receiving countries share responsibility for the people displaced by globalization.