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/ 1 year ago‘I see no happy ending’ − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation
No government wants to have to deal with a hostage crisis. A former US national security official explains that there is...
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/ 1 year agoBack in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents
With control over the Virginia Legislature at stake in the Nov. 7 election, the historic battle over what is taught in...
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/ 1 year agoI studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors
Black would-be homeowners pay the price when big investors buy up the neighborhood.
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/ 1 year agoUN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza
Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not...
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/ 1 year agoFDA advisory panel’s conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds
If phenylephrine works no better than a placebo, then what else might help with colds and flu?
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/ 1 year agoTurkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its ‘middleman strategy’ and pick a side on the war in Ukraine
Turkey walks a fine line between NATO commitments and Western alliances and its dependence on Russia for financial resources and trade.
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/ 1 year agoPublic schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment
Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools.
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/ 1 year agoTo better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature
This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.
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/ 1 year agoHow often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth
Researchers are interested in whether who you’re communicating with and how you’re interacting affect how likely you are to lie.
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/ 1 year agoNew House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority
The problems faced by the House GOP in choosing a new speaker aren’t particular to Republicans. They’re a reflection of larger...
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/ 1 year agoAntisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes
Antisemitism in the US is growing – and that growth appears to be related to the escalation of the conflict between...
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/ 1 year agoPolls have value, even when they are wrong
Data gleaned from even early polls reveals critical clues on how voters view candidates and issues.
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/ 1 year agoWhen communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a ‘temporary’ solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality
Dependence on bottled water weakens pressure to fix tap-water problems. Who pays the price?
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/ 1 year agoBeing humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker
Being open to the possibility you could be wrong about your beliefs is an important part of learning about the world....
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/ 1 year agoWhat are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
Whether you call them rotaries, traffic circles or roundabouts, they offer a safer alternative to the four-way stop. But the modern...
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/ 1 year agoFrom morgue to medical school: Cadavers of the poor, Black and vulnerable can be dissected without consent
Most states permit government officials to donate unclaimed bodies to medical schools, with no legal requirement for prior approval from the...
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/ 1 year agoIsraeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria
Hamas and the international community expect Israel to invade the Gaza Strip. The battle will probably be more like recent Middle...
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/ 1 year agoTCUS senior editor Kalpana Jain explores Indigenous communities in Indonesia − and learns about their struggles to reclaim land
The Conversation’s senior religion and ethics editor traveled the world to learn more about Indigenous populations. See one piece of what...
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/ 1 year agoAre ghosts real? A social psychologist examines the evidence
Ghosts can be spooky fun, but there’s no evidence they exist.
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/ 1 year agoLet the community work it out: Throwback to early internet days could fix social media’s crisis of legitimacy
In the days of online bulletin board systems, community members decided what was acceptable. Reviving that approach to content moderation offers...
