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Programs took different approaches to helping young viewers grapple with the horrors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks – lessons that still apply in today’s media environment.
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Navy readiness is a finite reserve that has been overstretched by a US military appetite for interventions in the past 50 years that has not tracked with a rise in danger.
Cooking gas and diesel fuel are among the oil products whose supply levels have been affected already. Here’s why to expect long-term shortages.
When both parents appeared equally available, schools were 40% more likely to call students’ moms, rather than their dads.
If the US were to create a fund to harness AI and buffer the economy and workers from long-term harms AI could cause, it would not be the first country to do so.
The response to the many problems facing the region has been set back by cuts in humanitarian aid.
A strong deal would build in real penalties for going back to war: automatic, reversible costs that fall on anyone who restarts the fighting.
Changes in how healthcare is managed have had a meaningful effect on what contraceptive options are available to women.
Many convenience stores, corner markets, bodegas and other small stores will have to make changes if they want to continue to accept SNAP benefits.
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Anna Jarvis founded Mother’s Day in 1908 to honor women’s collective work for peace. Today, the celebration is largely detached from its political origins.
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The placebo effect is more than just mental – it’s a biological system that can measurably improve a patient’s symptoms. But someone else needs to activate it – creating a risk of manipulation.
China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States’ global power.
Both countries seem tired of the costs of war and ongoing risks, but successful negotiations will have to overcome deep distrust by both sides.
The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.
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Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
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Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
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Research Fellow in Climate Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor Emeritus of Food Security, Tufts University
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Professor of International Law, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Teaching Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Tufts University
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Assistant Professor of Community Health, Tufts University
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Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Practice and International Business, Tufts University
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Visiting Fellow, Tufts University
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Research Fellow in the Climate Policy Lab, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Research Associate in Cognitive Science, Tufts University