Democrats are asking the wrong questions to protect charter school students
To assess charter schools, we need to focus on teacher compensation and how students are treated, Binghamton historian Adam Laats writes in The Washington Post. Read more
The ‘manosphere’ is getting more toxic
Men from the less extreme end of the misogynistic spectrum are drifting toward groups that espouse violence against women, according to a new Binghamton University study highlighted in MIT Technology Review. Read more
They sold human beings here
For hundreds of years, enslaved people were bought and sold in America. Today most of the sites of this trade are forgotten, Binghamton historian Anne C. Bailey writes in The New York Times. Read more
The drones that track down buried warheads
This new Binghamton University technology can quickly detect unexploded ordnance after an armed conflict, Popular Mechanics reports. Read more
The case for historians being more engaged in public affairs
Binghamton University scholar Adam Laats writes in the Washington Post that historians “must move aggressively — not just exhort Americans to study the past, but help the public to dismantle historical interpretations that have been bent and twisted the past to support short-term political convenience.” Read more
Nobel prize honors breakthroughs on lithium-ion batteries
If you’re reading this on a cellphone or laptop computer, you might thank the three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries, The New York Times reports. Read more
Why is the U.S. still using hypnosis to convict criminals?
For decades, U.S. law enforcement has used “forensic hypnosis” to help solve crimes – yet despite growing evidence that it is junk science, this method is still being used to send people to death row. The Guardian talks to Binghamton expert Steven Lynn and others about the controversial technique. Read more
