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Efforts to ban critical race theory have been put forth in all but one state – and many threaten schools with a loss of funds

Few topics in education have dominated the news over the past few years as much as efforts to ban critical race theory from the nation’s schools. The topic is so pervasive that researchers at the UCLA School of Law Critical Race Studies Program have created a new database to track…

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The Vatican just renounced a 500-year-old doctrine that justified colonial land theft … Now what? — Podcast

Last week, the Vatican finally distanced itself from the Doctrine of Discovery — a hundreds of years old decree that justified land theft and enslavement of people who were not Christian.

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6 stories about chocolate and Easter

A round-up of some of the best stories centered around chocolate production, safety and customs

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Do glitzy awards like the Earthshot Prize actually help solve problems of climate change? – podcast

Every year, tens of billions of dollars are spent by universities, research institutes and private companies to develop solutions for climate change. Yet when a government decides to fund research for a piece of technology or branch of science, it rarely makes news.

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The truth behind China’s ‘world-leading’ scientific research

China has for the first time become the world’s leading producer of high-quality scientific research, according to a Japanese study.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #55

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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What Trump's business fraud charges mean – a former prosecutor explains the 34 felony counts and obstacles ahead for Manhattan's DA

Former President Donald Trump was arraigned in New York on April 4, 2023. Shortly after, the charges that a Manhattan grand jury indicted him on were made public.

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Foreign exchange: several African countries have a shortage of US dollars - why this happens and how to fix it

A number of African countries, including Kenya, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia, are currently experiencing shortages of US dollars. The dollar is the dominant currency in international transactions. These countries rely on the US currency to pay for foreign debts, essential goods and industrial inputs. Development economist Christopher Adam…

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Easter bunnies, cacao beans and pollinating bugs: A basket of 6 essential reads about chocolate

Tens of millions of chocolate bunnies get sold in the U.S. every Easter. Here are six articles about chocolate from The Conversation’s archive – great reading while you’re nibbling the ears off your own bunny (if you’re one of the three-quarters of Americans who start at the top).

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From goddesses and rabbits to theology and 'Superstar': 4 essential reads on Easter's surprisingly complicated history

What’s Easter about? In some ways, the answer is pretty simple: Jesus Christ, and Christians’ belief that he rose from the dead.

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How white privilege plays into the first lady’s idea to invite runner-up Iowa to the White House

After Louisiana State University beat the University of Iowa for the women’s college basketball championship on April 2, 2023 – winning by 17 points – first lady Jill Biden floated the idea of inviting both the winning and losing teams to the White House to celebrate because Iowa “played such…

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Great Mysteries of Physics: will we ever have a fundamental theory of life and consciousness?

What’s the difference between a living collection of matter, such as a tortoise, and an inanimate lump of it, such as a rock? They are, after all, both just made up of non-living atoms. The truth is, we don’t really know yet. Life seems to just somehow emerge from non-living…

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'We haven't got anybody': new research reveals how major parties are dying in remote Australia

On the eve of the 2019 federal election, a Labor Party politician made a panicked phone call to someone they knew in Kununurra, a remote town of over 5,000 people in Western Australia. As the person later recalled to us during an interview for our research, the conversation went something…

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How the indictment of Donald Trump is a 'strange and different' event for America, according to political scientists

The indictment of a former president of the United States, Donald Trump, is history happening in real time. The Conversation asked political scientists James D. Long and Victor Menaldo, both at the University of Washington, to help readers understand the meaning of this moment in the U.S. The two scholars…

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Word from The Hill: Interest rate pause, Aston, Liberals looking for their voice on the Voice, Yunupingu, TikTok

As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.

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Sure, the RBA froze interest rates this time, but there's plenty of pain to come

Australia’s Reserve Bank has hit pause on interest rates after ten successive hikes, but for many Australians, the pain it has inflicted is about to begin.

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Mass protests in Kenya have a long and rich history – but have been hijacked by the elites

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga and his coalition party, Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya, recently called for mass protests across the country. Odinga and his team have questioned the legitimacy of President William Ruto’s win in the country’s August 2022 election, and taken issue with the rising cost of living. The…

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How Trump's case will stress the system

Here are the four key points about Alvin Bragg's historic prosecution of Donald Trump — and what will happen next

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Trump's indictment stretches US legal system in new ways – a former prosecutor explains 4 key points to understand

When former President Donald Trump turns himself over to authorities in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, and is arraigned, the charges on which a Manhattan grand jury indicted him will likely be made public.

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Why is Passover different from all other nights? 3 essential reads on the Jewish holiday

Boxes of matzah stacked high in grocery stores? It’s almost Passover. Wednesday, April 5, marks the first night of the weeklong Jewish holiday in 2023.

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Roxham Road: Asylum seekers won't just get turned back, they'll get forced underground — podcast

In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, migration expert Christina Clark-Kazak explains the devastating consequences of last week’s meeting between United States President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The meeting resulted in significant changes to a cross-border agreement and has already impacted the lives of thousands…

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Too many digital distractions are eroding our ability to read deeply, and here's how we can become aware of what's happening — podcast

Staying focused on a single task for a long period of time is a growing concern. We are confronted with and have to process incredible amounts of information daily, and our brains are often functioning in overdrive to manage the processing and decision-making required.

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This course uses science fiction to understand politics

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

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Grattan on Friday: We need more tax revenue, but don't ask the major parties how we'll get it

Teal candidates again fell short in the NSW election. Only one who was so labelled was successful, and she rejects the terminology. This followed the Victorian state election in which no teal won.

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Polio: leading virologist offers a beginner's guide to the different viruses and vaccines

On 17 March 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that health officials in Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had detected cases of vaccine-derived poliovirus. The WHO said the Burundian government had declared the detection of the virus a national public health emergency after three cases were confirmed.…

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