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President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders

How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home

Jan. 13, 2022

Martin Luther King Jr.鈥檚 vision for nonviolence included abolishing what he called triple evils鈥攔acism, poverty and militarism. CU expert Anthony Siracusa shares on The Conversation.

A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Jan. 12, 2022

Renewable energy is expanding at a record pace, but still not fast enough. CU experts Charles Kutscher and Jeffrey Logan share the key areas to watch for progress in bringing more wind and solar into the power grid in 2022. Read it on The Conversation.

Group of friends singing karaoke in a bar

Here鈥檚 where (and how) you are most likely to catch COVID鈥攏ew听study

Jan. 11, 2022

Two years into the pandemic, most of us are fed up. We鈥檇 like to ride on a bus, sing in a choir, get back to the gym or dance in a nightclub without fear of catching COVID-19. Which of these activities are safe? And how safe exactly? Three CU experts share on The Conversation.

Mechanical forces in a beating heart affect cells鈥� DNA, with implications for development and disease

Jan. 3, 2022

Contracting heart cells exert forces on their genetic material that affect how they develop. Mechanical and biomedical engineering expert Corey Neu shares on The Conversation.

To tree, or not to tree? How Jewish-Christian families navigate the 鈥楧ecember dilemma鈥�

Dec. 15, 2021

Figuring out whether to celebrate holidays, and how, is tricky for lots of interfaith families鈥攂ut thoughtful communication makes a difference. Assistant Professor Samira Mehta shares on The Conversation.

Community members from Utqiagvik, Alaska, look to open water from the edge of shorefast sea ice

Arctic report card reveals cascading disruptions, extreme events, global connections

Dec. 14, 2021

Sea ice is thinning at an alarming rate. Snow is shifting to rain. And humans worldwide are increasingly feeling the impact of what happens in the seemingly distant Arctic. NSIDC and CIRES scientists share on The Conversation.

Professors鈥� free speech rights can clash with public universities鈥� interest in managing employees

Dec. 10, 2021

When the University of Florida barred three professors from testifying in a lawsuit over voting restrictions, it raised important questions of academic freedom and free speech. Colorado Law Professor Helen Norton shares on The Conversation.

鈥榃est Side Story鈥� may be timeless, but life in gangs today differs drastically

Dec. 10, 2021

Gangs have changed in the decades since 鈥淲est Side Story鈥� first came out鈥撯€搕hey are deadlier, and their demographics are different鈥撯€揳s are the means law enforcement use to control them. Sociology professor David Pyrooz and colleagues share on The Conversation.

Rabbi Diana Villa with colleagues at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

Women, beyond the ordained, lead religious groups in many ways

Dec. 8, 2021

Women are trying to make religious communities more inclusive, and women鈥檚 ordination is only one piece of this ongoing work. Deborah Whitehead, scholar of gender and U.S. religious history, shares on The Conversation.

Waiting for SCOTUS: pro-choice activists outside the US Supreme Court on November 1. Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

US abortion bans back before Supreme Court鈥攇lobally more countries liberalizing access than restricting it

Nov. 30, 2021

Justices on the US Supreme Court are considering two challenges to abortion restrictions that could have wide-reaching implications. A CU Boulder expert shares on The Conversation Weekly podcast.

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