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/ 6 days agoUS Supreme Court is unabashedly liberal − in its writing style
While the Court’s politics have veered right over the past decade, the justices’ prose has shifted left, becoming more colloquial and...
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/ 6 days agoPresident Trump promises to make government efficient − and he’ll run into the same roadblocks as Presidents Taft, Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush, among others
He wants to change government and the role it plays in a big way. Congress might make that hard.
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/ 6 days agoThe technology that runs Congress lags so far behind the modern world that its flag-tracking system just caught up to 2017-era Pizza Hut
The information systems Congress uses have existed largely unchanged for decades, while the world has experienced an information revolution.
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/ 6 days agoAs Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring
Syria faces real challenges. A look at the research on post-Arab Spring challenges offers some answers for a region wracked by...
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/ 7 days agoHealth and Human Services secretary influences every aspect of America’s health
Overseeing the FDA, NIH and several other public health and medical research divisions, the HHS secretary is a powerful force in...
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/ 7 days agoMark Zuckerberg thinks workplaces need to ‘man up’ − here’s why that’s bad for all employees, no matter their gender
Do companies need to embrace a more diesel-fueled, meat-eating mentality? Many already do – and the results aren’t pretty, according to...
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/ 7 days agoAfter the fire: Rain on wildfire burn scars can trigger deadly debris flows – a geologist explains how
In the Los Angeles area, the potential for rain on land burned by a series of devastating fires has people on...
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/ 7 days ago10 years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in France, conversations about free speech are still too black and white
When satire targets marginalized groups, it risks reinforcing harmful stereotypes rather than challenging them.
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/ 7 days agoKremlin promotes ‘traditional values’ – but leaves some battles to the governors
Russia’s emphasis on what it deems family values comes from the top, but some of the policies that most impact Russians...
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/ 7 days agoFDA bans Red 3 dye from food and drugs – a scientist explains the artificial color’s health risks and long history
Over 35 years after the first study linking Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the US is beginning...
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/ 7 days agoMeet phosphine, a gas commonly used for industrial fumigation that can damage your lungs, heart and liver
While scientists still aren’t sure how phosphine wreaks so much havoc on the body, some are developing medications that can help...
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/ 7 days agoWhat another Lukashenko ‘victory’ will mean for Europe’s security – and that of Belarus’ citizenry
In power since 1994, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko has aligned the country with Russia in an ideological battle with the West.
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/ 7 days agoMany more older people are leaving prison and face unmet needs for housing and health care − as well as a tangle of groups trying to help
Parolees over 50 tend to have health issues and strained family ties. They’re less likely to reoffend after prison but need...
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/ 1 week agoAs Gaza ceasefire takes hold, Israeli forces turn to Jenin – a regular target seen as a center of Palestinian resistance
Israel has launched what it describes as an ‘extensive and significant’ operation in the West Bank camp, home to 25,000 refugees.
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/ 1 week agoWhat is seditious conspiracy, which is among the most serious crimes Trump pardoned?
Historically, it has been difficult to convict people of conspiring to overthrow the government or stop its normal functioning.
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/ 1 week agoOzempic and similar weight loss drugs may lower risk of 42 health conditions, but also pose risks
Research shows that people who take these weight-loss medications may have a lower risk of dementia and numerous other health conditions.
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/ 1 week agoHow the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue
The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states...
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/ 1 week agoWarning of ‘oligarchy,’ Biden channels Andrew Jackson
By warning of the threat oligarchy poses to the country, President Joe Biden tapped into a Democratic Party tradition begun in...
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/ 1 week agoAttitudes toward Christian nationalism don’t just boil down to views on race, religion and history − research suggests ‘moral foundations’ play a critical role
Support and opposition to Christian nationalism are linked to people’s moral values more than religious, racial and political tribalism.
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/ 1 week ago‘The geezer game’ – a nearly 50-year-old pickup basketball game – reveals its secrets to longevity
A long-running pickup game in North Carolina – made up of ‘geezers’ with various political leanings – thrives by reducing conflict.
