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/ 2 years agoNever mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
The way many Americans think about racial identity today is hard to map onto the complex history of ancient Egypt and...
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/ 2 years agoDo federal or state prosecutors get to go first in trying Trump? A law professor untangles the conflict
If a person – in this case, the former president of the United States – is charged by federal and state...
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/ 2 years agoPat Robertson’s lasting influence on American politics: 3 essential reads
Pat Robertson, founder of the global Christian Broadcasting Network, blended religion into American politics and played an important role in the...
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/ 2 years agoOvercrowded trains serve as metaphor for India in Western eyes – but they are a relic of colonialism and capitalism
A deadly crash in India that claimed the lives of around 300 people has refocused international attention on the importance of...
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/ 2 years agoWhy a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional
The law passed by Tennessee legislators that banned many drag performances violated the First Amendment. A legal scholar explains the judge’s...
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/ 2 years agoFour strategies to make your neighborhood safer
Crime is spiking and you’re scared. Here are strategies to get past the fear and diminish the threat of crime in...
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/ 2 years agoTitle 42 didn’t result in a surge of migration, after all – but border communities are still facing record-breaking migration
When host communities unexpectedly receive large numbers of migrants, the influx can tax local services – and relations between migrants and...
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/ 2 years agoRepublicans’ anti-ESG attack may be silencing insurers, but it isn’t changing their pro-climate business decisions
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write...
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/ 2 years agoWill faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn’t do
Do environmental reviews improve projects or delay them and drive up costs? Two legal scholars explain how the law works and...
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/ 2 years agoWHO’s recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss leaves many questions unanswered
The WHO report concluded that habitual use of nonsugar sweeteners is linked to a modest increase in diabetes, hypertension and stroke....
