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/ 1 year agoAfter ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ hip-hop went global – its impact has been massive; so too efforts to keep it real
Hip-hop traveled far after being birthed by Black Americans in US cities. The journey hasn’t always been smooth.
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/ 1 year agoGlass: Neither a solid nor a liquid, this common yet complicated material is still surprising scientists
Two glass researchers explain how glass is made, the unique properties of glass and how those properties have allowed it to...
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/ 1 year agoHow Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influential
A scholar of religion and politics explains how Robertson led the way in blending religion with political commentary and paved the...
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/ 1 year agoThe overlooked story of the incarceration of Japanese Americans from Hawaii during World War II
When US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, he paved the way for the incarceration of Japanese Americans on...
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/ 1 year agoAnnual numbers of excess deaths in the US relative to other developed countries are growing at an alarming rate
New research shows that preventable deaths are increasing in the US at the same time that life expectancy keeps dropping.
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/ 1 year agoProsecuting a former president is not an easy decision. A criminal law professor explains why
One of the bedrock principles of the American legal system is that no one is above the law. When it comes...
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/ 1 year agoA jury of ex-presidents? No, but Trump’s fate will be decided by 12 citizen peers, in a hallowed tradition of US democracy
Like all criminal defendants, Trump will enjoy the protection that a jury will offer from abuse by government prosecutors.
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/ 1 year agoColonialism has shaped scientific plant collections around the world – here’s why that matters
The colonial era profoundly shaped natural history museums and collections. Herbaria, which are scientists’ main source of plant specimens from around...
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/ 1 year agoAnti-trans bills and political climates are taking a significant mental health toll on trans and nonbinary people – even during Pride
The rainbow Pride flags flying this month obscure the ongoing legislative attacks threatening the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary...
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/ 1 year agoIn the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled states should decide the legality of abortion, voters at the state level have been doing just that: 4 essential reads
In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, giving decisions about the legality of abortion back to states,...
