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Racial Equity

Can the Promise of America Be Renewed?

Black Americans, like other groups that have been oppressed in the nation’s history, have picked up lessons about standing together and fighting back.

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Podcast

07.07.2021
Criminal Law and Justice

Breaking the Blue Wall of Silence: Reflections on the Derek Chauvin Trial

What did it take to break the blue wall of silence, the informal code among police officers protecting their own?

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Podcast

06.30.2021
National Security

Why America Should Be Safer than It Is

As a nation, America has cycled through the same defense and intelligence issues since the end of the Cold War.

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Podcast

06.22.2021
Technology

Battling the Increasing Threat of Ransomware

Ransomware isn't a new threat but it's getting significantly worse, say cybersecurity experts.

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Podcast

06.15.2021
The Brain

Building Brain Health at Any Age

It turns out brain fitness at any age heightens and protects brain function and can even prevent brain disease.

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Podcast

06.09.2021
The Brain

An Outsider's Search for Belonging in America

Award-winning author and playwright Ayad Akhtar grapples with identity and belonging just like the protagonist in his book Homeland Elegies.

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Podcast

06.01.2021
Racial Equity

Unequal from the Start

Throughout American history, racism has been embedded in health and health care. To justify slavery, scientists promulgated falsehoods about African Americans and health.

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Podcast

05.26.2021
Society

Why Good People get Caught Up In High Conflict

The type of conflict that's permeating America today is the intractable kind where normal rules of engagement don't apply. High conflict is the opposite of useful friction or healthy conflict.

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Podcast

05.20.2021
Sports

Women Changing the Game in Pro Sports

For decades, if not centuries, sports has been built off a very male model — by men for men.

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Podcast

05.06.2021
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