Dalton Trumbo testifying

Remembering CU鈥檚 brave one from the Red Scare

July 9, 2024

Caught up in anti-communist hysteria following World War II, former student Dalton Trumbo today is recognized as a fierce proponent of free speech. CU鈥檚 Bronson Hilliard discusses why Trumbo鈥檚 legacy remains important today.

Pride flags blow in the wind

How new Title IX rules could boost mental health for LGBTQ+ students

July 8, 2024

Beginning Aug. 1, LGBTQ+ students across the United States are poised to earn unprecedented federal protection from discrimination under a proposed overhaul of Title IX. 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 Today got researcher Chelsea Kilimnik's take on how the new rules, and the fierce pushback against them, could impact students' mental health.

Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders

60 years after the Civil Rights Act, 鈥榯he activism continues鈥

July 2, 2024

Sixty years later, the Civil Rights Act is still considered a landmark of U.S. legislation, but does it mean today what it did in 1964? 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 scholar Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders reflects on what has and hasn鈥檛 changed in the decades since the act was signed into law.

A row of books

Women of color disproportionately targeted by book bans, study finds

July 2, 2024

The first comprehensive analysis of recent book bans in the U.S. reveals that characters and authors of color are more likely to be targeted by book bans than their white counterparts.

Brooke Neely

Balancing fraught history and modern collaboration in America鈥檚 鈥榖est idea鈥

June 28, 2024

America鈥檚 national parks have a fraught history, being created in part to dispossess Native peoples of their homelands, says Brooke Neely. Her new book explores pathways to uphold Native sovereignty at these sites.

illustration of Roe v. Wade torn down the middle

2 years after Roe v. Wade reversal: Impacts and what鈥檚 to come

June 20, 2024

Social demographer Amanda Stevenson offers her take on how the Dobbs decision has impacted people seeking abortion care and changed attitudes about sex and pregnancy.

Juneteenth parade in St. Augustine, Florida, 1922

5 things to know about Juneteenth

June 17, 2024

Ashleigh Lawrence Sanders, a professor of African American history, shares insights on the significance of Juneteenth and how celebrations and observances have evolved since its recognition as a national holiday.

Assistant Professor William Taylor and a horse

Horsepower: Professor unveils a new history of horses

June 13, 2024

In his upcoming book, 鈥淗oof Beats: How Horses Shaped Human History,鈥 William Taylor writes that today鈥檚 world has been molded by humans鈥 relationship to horses.

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Making the case for 鈥楶resident Average Joe鈥

June 12, 2024

A 蜜桃传媒破解版下载 doctoral student examined how an unconventional social media campaign worked in 2020 to make Joe Biden more appealing鈥攐r at least less unappealing鈥攖o progressive voters.

Statue of five Olympic rings in foreground with plaza and Eiffel Tower in the background

As Paris preps for Olympics, Coloradans still feel ambivalent about hosting

June 11, 2024

In the 1970s, Denver became the first and only city to be named an Olympics host, then later back out. A new study shows that Colorado鈥檚 feelings about the Games remain complicated today.

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