Author: TheConversation

By Sophie Bjork-James, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Anthropology, Vanderbilt University White Nationalists keep showing up in the hearings of the U.S. House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Evidence is mounting that white nationalist groups who want to establish an all-white state played a significant role in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol that left five dead and dozens wounded. Thus far, the hearings “have documented how the Proud Boys helped lead the insurrectionist mob into the U.S. Capitol building in Washington DC,” journalist James Risen wrote in the Intercept. Based on July 12, 2022,...

By Anthony Ricciardi, Professor of Biology, Redpath Museum & Bieler School of Environment, McGill University Freshwater ecosystems are threatened by a host of environmental stressors from human activities. Among the most insidious and impactful of these is invasion by non-native species. Over the past two centuries, established populations of nearly 190 non-native species of invertebrates, fishes, plants and microbes have been discovered in the Great Lakes basin. They were introduced through several sources and pathways including canals, pet release, bait bucket dumping, aquaculture escapes and — most notably — ballast water discharge from transoceanic ships. Ballast tanks of ships...

By Jay L. Zagorsky, Clinical associate professor, Boston University Bank robbery is a high-profile crime that fascinates many people. Movies have been made about famous bank robbers like Bonnie and Clyde, JohnDillinger and Butch Cassidy. There is even a new movie that just came out about Gilbert Galvan, Canada’s most prolific bank robber who robbed 59 banks in five years. It might be surprising to learn that the number of bank robberies is the lowest it has been in half a century. That was what I discovered while researching a book about the shift to a cashless economy. With...