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/ 1 year agoAsian folktales offer moral lessons that help reduce racial prejudice in children
Children’s books that feature Asian protagonists are rare. Two scholars decided to offer their own in their attempt to reduce racial...
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court is not committed to a major innovation in transparency it started during the pandemic
The Supreme Court has not yet committed to making livestreaming oral arguments a permanent part of its work. But this measure...
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/ 1 year agoWagner’s mutiny punctured Putin’s ‘strongman’ image and exposed cracks in his rule
Signs of discontent among Russian nationalists and Wagner had been growing before a column of paramilitaries began an aborted march on...
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/ 1 year agoA year after Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Black women still struggle for access to reproductive health care
Even with laws to protect a woman’s right to have an abortion, Black women found it hard to find access to...
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/ 1 year agoDanger, prestige and authenticity draw thrill-seekers to adventure tourism
Advances in technology have allowed tourists to go to places and do things they couldn’t in the past. But in extreme...
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/ 1 year agoJa Morant shows how a ‘good guy with a gun’ can never be Black
America’s veneration of gun ownership is seconded only by its commitment to rendering armed Blacks as an existential danger to the...
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/ 1 year agoTitan submersible disaster underscores dangers of deep-sea exploration – an engineer explains why most ocean science is conducted with crewless submarines
Dramatic improvements in computing, sensors and submersible engineering are making it possible for researchers to ramp up data collection from the...
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court rules the US is not required to ensure access to water for the Navajo Nation
By a narrow margin, the Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case over water rights in the...
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/ 1 year ago3M offers $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination in water systems – now, how do you destroy a ‘forever chemical’?
PFAS can be filtered, but getting rid of the chemicals is a monumental challenge. A biochemist and soil scientist explain.
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/ 1 year agoMore than 1.5 million Americans lost Medicaid coverage in the spring of 2023 due to the end of pandemic policies – and paperwork problems
The health coverage program’s enrollment soared during the three years after March 2020 due to temporary policies adopted at the start...
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/ 1 year agoMigrants often can’t access US health care until they are critically ill – here are some of the barriers they face
More than 11 million migrants who lack papers live in the United States, and many of them are ineligible for health...
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/ 1 year agoProcessing and grieving an ongoing loss – such as a child with a devastating injury or disability – does not fit neatly into traditional models of grief
Letting go of what could have been is a critical step in handling ambiguous loss.
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/ 1 year agoThe folly of making art with text-to-image generative AI
Visual artists draw from visual references, not words, as they imagine their work. So when language is in the driver’s seat...
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/ 1 year agoThere is no legal reason the US shouldn’t supply cluster bombs to Ukraine – but that doesn’t make it morally right
Both sides in the Ukrainian war are thought to have used cluster munitions. The weapon takes a heavy toll on civilians...
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/ 1 year agoMoms lose significant sleep and free time during kids’ school year, new study finds
Summer is an opportunity for many families – and mothers and teenagers in particular – to catch up on much-needed sleep...
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/ 1 year agoTechnology remains at the heart of the hajj
The Saudi government is using digital technology to help the hajj run smoothly and safely – the latest updates in a...
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/ 1 year agoHow protest movements use feminine images and social media to fight sexist ideologies of authoritarian regimes – podcast
From the Arab Spring to the Belarus Awakening and the ongoing Iranian protest Women, Life, Freedom, female-centered imagery and social media...
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/ 1 year agoA BRICS currency is unlikely to dislodge dollar any time soon – but it signifies growing challenge to established economic order
Talk over a joint BRICS currency feeds into ‘decline of the dollar’ rhetoric. But it is the economic bloc’s focus on...
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/ 1 year agoUS talks sanctions against Uganda after a harsh anti-gay law – but criminalizing same-sex activities has become a political tactic globally
A scholar of politics and religion explains how anti-LGBTQ laws are being used to distract the public from governance failures in...
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/ 1 year agoHunter Biden is expected to plead guilty to tax and gun charges – continuing a long presidential legacy of colorful relatives
Presidents have family drama, like all other people. Hunter Biden is simply the latest example of a family member who has...
