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/ 1 year agoPolitical compromises – like the debt-limit deal – have never been substitutes for lasting solutions
Compromises, no matter how horrible, have long been used to solve seemingly intractable political problems – but at a cost.
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/ 1 year agoSupreme Court is poised to dismantle an integral part of LBJ’s Great Society – affirmative action
President Lyndon Johnson’s commencement address at Howard University in 1965 offered a compelling argument on the need for affirmative action. His...
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/ 1 year agoScientists’ political donations reflect polarization in academia – with implications for the public’s trust in science
Public data about individual donors’ political contributions supports the perception that American academia leans left.
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/ 1 year agoBlockchain is a key technology – a computer scientist explains why the post-crypto-crash future is bright
There are many uses for digital systems that are not centrally controlled and that allow large numbers of people to participate...
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/ 1 year agoHistorians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people
Only in the past few years have the stories and experiences of trans people in Nazi Germany come to light.
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/ 1 year agoA community can gentrify without losing its identity — examples from Pittsburgh, Boston and Newark of what works
Art can help anchor places even as they are reshaped.
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/ 1 year agoProtecting the ocean: 5 essential reads on invasive species, overfishing and other threats to sea life
Humans rely on the ocean for food, jobs and other resources, but these systems are being stressed to the brink.
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/ 1 year ago3 ways to use ChatGPT to help students learn — and not cheat
Schools are blocking access to ChatGPT on their computers to try to prevent students from cheating. Two experts on academic cheating...
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/ 1 year agoSeveral Down syndrome features may be linked to a hyperactive antiviral immune response – new research
People with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome 21. Understanding the effects of those triplicated genes could help improve the health...
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/ 1 year agoHow building more backyard homes, granny flats and in-law suites can help alleviate the housing crisis
Though accessory dwelling units have been around for centuries, a recent survey found that 71% of Americans were unfamiliar with the...
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/ 1 year agoHow hip-hop learned to call out homophobia – or at least apologize for it
Greater representation in rap from LGBTQ artists comes as mainstream artists atone for past lyrics.
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/ 1 year agoIs there life in the sea that hasn’t been discovered?
From fluffy crabs that wear sea sponge hats to worms that glow in the dark, scientists are constantly finding amazing new...
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/ 1 year agoArsenic contamination of food and water is a global public health concern – researchers are studying how it causes cancer
Millions of people worldwide are exposed via soil and water to arsenic, whether naturally occurring or related to pollution. Chronic exposure...
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/ 1 year agoSaying that students embrace censorship on college campuses is incorrect — here’s how to discuss the issue more constructively
The quality of public debate over free speech in higher education matters. And the debate right now gets the facts all...
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/ 1 year agoSudan’s war is wrecking a lot, including its central bank – a legacy of trailblazing African American economist and banker Andrew Brimmer
Andrew Brimmer, the first African American on the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve, helped develop the blueprint for...
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/ 1 year agoBaseless anti-trans claims fuel adoption of harmful laws – two criminologists explain
Transgender people are more than four times as likely to be the victim of a crime as cisgender people.
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/ 1 year agoCharities can get a 6% donations boost when Charity Navigator gives them more stars – but to get there, they might game the system
Getting an extra star or two from a prominent ratings group can make a bigger difference than a social media campaign...
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/ 1 year agoBirth of a story: How new parents find meaning after childbirth hints at how they will adjust
How you tell the story of a momentous event can help you make sense of what happened. Research finds new moms’...
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/ 1 year agoHow AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy
Artificial intelligence looks like a political campaign manager’s dream because it could tune its persuasion efforts to millions of people individually...
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/ 1 year agoJudging the judges: Scandals have the potential to affect the legitimacy of judges – and possibly the federal judiciary, too
Courts have no army or police force to enforce their decisions. Their power rests on their legitimacy in the public eye....
