Breastfeeding provides meaningful benefits for both parent and baby. What would make it easier, especially for families in underserved communities? Hint: It’s not about how long you do it. It’s about support — from loved ones, workplaces and health care teams who listen.
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Breastfeeding is ideal for child and parent health but challenging for most families – a pediatrician explains how to find support
Without support from the community, workplace, government and society as a whole, even doctors have trouble breastfeeding – a challenge commercia...
Shutdowns may feel like a fixture of U.S. politics, but they’re virtually unheard of elsewhere. In the U.K. and most other democracies, the system simply doesn’t allow the government to grind to a halt. Budget disputes trigger elections instead.
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Shutdowns are as American as apple pie − in the UK and elsewhere, they just aren’t baked into the process
With hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed as part of the latest US government shutdown, a scholar explains why such events never o...
On Oct. 7, the Supreme Court will hear Chiles v. Salazar – a challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy.” At stake: whether talk therapy aimed at changing a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity is protected free speech under the First Amendment.
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Supreme Court to decide if Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy violates free speech
If conversion therapy is deemed speech, then bans on it likely will fall.
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U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean has prompted Venezuelan President Maduro to reciprocate with military drills.
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Venezuela and US edge toward war footing − but domestic concerns, international risks may hold Washington back
US military buildup in the Caribbean has prompted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to reciprocate with military drills.
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The phrase “coming out” didn’t start as a public declaration — it began in the shadows, among coded phrases and hidden communities. Over time, it became a political act, a rallying cry, and a model for other social movements.
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The history of ‘coming out,’ from secret gay code to popular political protest
In the 1950s, ‘coming out’ meant quietly acknowledging one’s sexual orientation. Today, the term is used by a broad array of social movements.
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#Censorship campaigns often backfire. Just ask Anthony Comstock, whose crusades against “immorality” made the very things he banned more popular.
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Censorship campaigns can have a way of backfiring – look no further than the fate of America’s most prolific censor
Anthony Comstock’s decades-long censorship campaign ended up turning him into a laughingstock.
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Ostriches, emus and other flightless birds weren’t always grounded. 56 million years ago, their ancestors were globe-trotting fliers capable of crossing oceans –– and one fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family spread across the world.
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The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers – here’s how we worked this out
A 56 million-year-old fossil bone helps explain how this (mostly) flightless family of birds spread to so many different continents.