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Letter: What’s up with family farms?

Two weeks ago, the Brunswick Farmers’ Market returned for the summer season. As a college student in Brunswick and avid foodie, the market was high on my bucket list. Visiting last fall, I was charmed by its quaint atmosphere, but, ultimately, farmers markets like Brunswick’s serve a greater purpose: distributing essential fresh produce and tackling […]

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Commentary: Study: Race of mass shooters influences media coverage

On Jan. 24, 2014, police found Josh Boren, a 34-year-old man and former police officer, dead in his home next to the bodies of his wife and their three children. The shots were fired execution-style on Boren’s kneeling victims, before he turned the gun on himself. On Aug. 8, 2015, 48-year-old David Ray Conley shot […]

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Commentary: Conflicts over language stretch far beyond Russia and Ukraine

One key element of the war between Russia and Ukraine is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that the two countries share not just history, but also a common language. Both are attempts to diminish Ukrainian claims of an independent identity from Russia. In our research on language conflict, we have seen that using language as […]