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Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption

Strange Maps

Not by comparing the fiscal, economic, and financial data of each country theyd only end up comparing (rotten) apples to (spoiled) oranges. Instead, to arrive at their Corruption Perceptions Index and Control of Corruption Indicator (respectively), they aggregate the opinions of experts in governance and corruption.

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College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed

ED Surge

In recent years, a growing body of research has looked at the impact of college ‘deserts’ — sometimes defined as an area where people live more than a 30-minute drive to a campus — and found that those residing close to a college are more likely to attend. I said, ‘This is bananas. This is not how it works.’”

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How Heavy Metal Fuels Indigenous Revival in Patagonia

Sapiens

That night in Sala Patagn stuck with me as my dissertation research took shape. The national government also incentivized European settlement on these lands, with the goal of economically and ethnically incorporating these territories into the new Argentine nation-state.

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A dismal report card in math and reading

The Hechinger Report

Administered by the federal government, it tracks student performance in fourth and eighth grades and serves as a national yardstick of achievement. Related: Our free weekly newsletter alerts you to what research says about schools and classrooms. The only bright spot was progress by higher-achieving children in math.

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How Colonialism Invented Food Insecurity in West Africa

Sapiens

To imagine those futures, the scholars resurrected sustainable lifestyles of the past known from archaeological research and African Oral Histories. These scholars are using their research on the precolonial past to sow sustainable futures—like the worlds inhabited by Abena and Akaina.

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Learn more about: Examining Women’s Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles

Political Science Now

Project Title:Examining Womens Representation in Tribal Governance: An Analysis of Executive and Legislative Roles Tessa Provins, University of Arizona Tessa Provins is an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. in economics from Stanford University in 2013.

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Plants and People of Borneo: A Cultural and Ecological Connection

Anthropology.net

A new biocultural database, developed by researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), reveals the profound connections between Borneo’s rich plant life and the survival, traditions, and identity of its people. Credit: T. Shankar Raman/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Source: Land Use Policy, 2016.