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Forbes

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, and Risa Lieberwitz, professor of labor and employment law, discuss why activism at work could lead to consequences.

The Guardian

Creators – especially those who get most of their income from social media – are hyper-aware of fluctuations in the app of the moment, says Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication.

The Wall Street Journal

“For the time being, Beijing and Washington may be united in wanting the yuan not to fall too much in value against the dollar,” says Eswar Prasad, professor of economics and trade policy.

Popular Science

A newly discovered asteroid is a toddler–in space years. The moonlet circling the small asteroid Dinkinesh named Selam is about 2 to 3 million years old. Cornell scientists arrived at this age estimate using new calculation methods.

Bloomberg

David Cortright, visiting scholar, discusses the history of divestment protests on college campuses.

The New York Times

“‘Renaissance,’ ‘Formation’ and ‘Lemonade,’ to different degrees, built on questions and challenges related to national identity in terms of belonging. This is a more mass expression of that project,” says Riché Richardson, professor of Africana studies.

 

Axios

María Cristina García, professor of history, notes that Americans had the same complaints about immigrants 50 years ago.

New Scientist

Sunghwan Jung, professor of biological and environmental engineering, explains why some foxes' are adept at snow-diving.

Politico

“The political balance of all of this was exactly the opposite from where it is now. You heard people on the right complaining that the colleges and universities had gone overboard in attending to the sensitivities of people being offended by a bunch of things,” says Michael Dorf, professor of law.

Fast Company

Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, explains the constitutional rights of free speech for private sector workers.

Associated Press

Louis Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains that a third of people lose 5% or more of their body weight through diet and exercise alone.

South China Morning Post

Rekha Kumar, associate professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains why people are experiencing surprise pregnancies while taking weight loss drugs.