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/ 1 month agoPresident Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated − but there are lessons in Old Hickory’s resistance to sycophants
President Donald Trump feels kinship with former President Andrew Jackson. But a presidential historian says that Jackson diverged in fundamental ways...
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/ 1 month agoTrump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to 20th century progressive reform
Presidents often come into office with a blueprint to transform government. Project 2025 – assembled by Trump allies – is part...
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/ 1 month ago3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future, starting with health care
Affordable housing is a challenge for rural America, too.
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/ 1 month agoDrought can hit almost anywhere: How 5 cities that nearly ran dry got water use under control
Cities across the normally wet Northeast scrambled to reduce water use amid a 2024 drought. It was a reminder that drought...
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/ 1 month agoTrump’s tariff threats fit a growing global phenomenon: hardball migration diplomacy
Trump isn’t alone in using tariffs, travel bans and sanctions to make countries play ball on deportations. But the other side...
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/ 1 month agoRare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
Portraits of enslaved people from the 19th century are unusual. But a Connecticut artist named William H. Townsend decided to draw...
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/ 1 month agoFossil shark teeth are abundant and can date the past in a unique way
Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years. Recent research on fossil shark teeth has discovered an innovative method...
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/ 1 month agoWhere does black fall on the color spectrum? A color scientist explains
Black doesn’t appear in the visible spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. So why do we still see it?
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/ 1 month agoYour environment affects how well your medications work − identifying exactly how could make medicine better
Your physical environment, social life and lifestyle have as much an influence on your biology − and hence, how you process...
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/ 1 month agoThe Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats, auction houses...
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/ 1 month agoBogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research
The world’s library of scientific papers is becoming contaminated as fraudsters use ‘paper mills’ to game scholarly publishing for profit.
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/ 1 month agoCan a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about St. Isidore, a Catholic school in Oklahoma, could redraw lines around church and state in education
For years, the Supreme Court has been expanding the boundaries of government aid to religious schools. St. Isidore’s case pushes the...
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/ 1 month agoProperty and sovereignty in space − as countries and companies take to the stars, they could run into disputes
Space isn’t lawless, but the agreements governing it don’t cover everything nations will have to grapple with as they develop their...
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/ 1 month agoAI gives nonprogrammers a boost in writing computer code
Writing computer code is helpful for people in many disciplines, but learning to program is hard. Large language models can help...
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/ 1 month agoNonprofits that provide shelter for homeless people, disaster recovery help, and food for low-income Americans rely heavily on federal funding – they would be reeling if Trump froze that money
Federal grants and contracts are a major source of funding for nonprofit services in the US.
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/ 1 month agoTeens on social media: Red, blue and purple states are all passing laws to restrict and protect adolescents
New restrictions on how children and teens can spend time online remain concentrated at the state level.
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/ 1 month agoFrom breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture
Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and...
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/ 1 month agoHow nonprofits abroad can fill gaps when the US government cuts off foreign aid
When foreign aid stops flowing, local leaders and diaspora communities can, under certain conditions, step in.
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/ 1 month agoHow satellites and AI help fight wildfires today
Fire spotters used to watch with binoculars from forest towers. Now, technology can help forecast fire behavior, but human experience is...
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/ 1 month agoA federal policy expert weighs in on Trump’s efforts to stifle gender-affirming care for Americans under 19
While it doesn’t constitute a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the executive order contains provisions that could have a...
