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Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the agency

  • Written by Jordan Miller, Teaching Professor of Public Health, Arizona State University
imageThe Trump administration laid off thousands more employees at the CDC on April 1, 2025, as part of its workforce reduction.Anadolu/Getty Images

The job of director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention carries immense responsibility for shaping health policies, responding to crises and maintaining trust in public health institutions.

Sinc...

Read more: Susan Monarez, Trump’s nominee for CDC director, faces an unprecedented and tumultuous era at the...

Vitamin D builds your bones and keeps your gut sealed, among many other essential functions − but many children are deficient

  • Written by Jacqueline Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition, Florida International University
imageMost people in the U.S. get their vitamin D from Sun exposure.Stockbyte/DigitalVision via Getty Images

You’ve likely heard about vitamin D’s important role in maintaining strong bones and teeth. But it also plays several other important roles to keep your body healthy – including the function of your gut.

As part of our research on...

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From business exports to veteran care − here’s what some of the 35,000 federal workers in the Philadelphia region do

  • Written by Todd Aagaard, Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law
imageFederal layoffs have affected employees at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images

Layoffs of federal employees and cutbacks to federal agencies have direct consequences for the Philadelphia area.

I am a law professor at Villanova University outside Philadelphia, and my research focuses on the work of...

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Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider

  • Written by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
imagePlanned Parenthood clinics, like this one in Los Angeles, are located across the United States.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Having the freedom to choose your own health care provider is something many Americans take for granted. But the Supreme Court is weighing whether people who rely on Medicaid for their health insurance have that...

Read more: Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing...

Chinese barges and Taiwan Strait drills are about global power projection − not just a potential invasion

  • Written by Colin Flint, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Utah State University
imageA Mulberry Harbour for the 21st century.Image from video posted on Weibo via Chinese state media.

Is China intent on a D-Day style invasion of Taiwan?

Certainly that has been the tone of some of the reporting following the emergence of photosand videos depicting massive new Chinese barges designed for land-to-sea military operations. The fact that...

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Feeling FOMO for something that’s not even fun? It’s not the event you’re missing, it’s the bonding

  • Written by Jacqueline Rifkin, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Cornell University
imageThey had so much fun without me.Milko/E+ via Getty Images

Imagine you’ve planned the trip of a lifetime for your animal-loving family: a cruise to Antarctica with the unique opportunity to view penguins, whales and other rare wildlife. Your adventure-loving kids can kayak through fjords, plunge into icy water and camp under the Antarctic sky.

B...

Read more: Feeling FOMO for something that’s not even fun? It’s not the event you’re missing, it’s the bonding

23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem

  • Written by Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan
imageFor companies like 23andMe, consumers are as much the product as the DNA test kits.Veronika Oliinyk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, concerns about what would happen to the personal information contained in its massive genetic and health information database were...

Read more: 23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected...

Research shows that a majority of Christian religious leaders accept the reality of climate change but have never mentioned it to their congregations

  • Written by Stylianos Syropoulos, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
imageA multi-faith assembly of religious leaders and lay people in Manhattan in 2023 protest investments in fossil fuel.Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

Nearly 90% of U.S. Christian religious leaders believe humans are driving climate change. When churchgoers learn how widespread this belief is, they report taking steps to reduce its effects,...

Read more: Research shows that a majority of Christian religious leaders accept the reality of climate change...

The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration

  • Written by Lucius Couloute, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Trinity College

The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local facilities. Another 3.7 million remain under what scholars call “correctional control” through probation or parole supervision.

That means one...

Read more: The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration

In Israel, calls for genocide have migrated from the margins to the mainstream

  • Written by Tamir Sorek, Liberal Arts Professor of Middle East History, Penn State
imageA Palestinian woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her home, which was destroyed in an Israeli strike on March 18, 2025.Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images

Thirty years ago in Israel, advocating for genocide could land you in prison.

In April 1994, an Israeli rabbi named Ido Alba published an article that read, in part, “In war, as long as...

Read more: In Israel, calls for genocide have migrated from the margins to the mainstream

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  1. With its executive order targeting the Smithsonian, the Trump administration opens up a new front in the history wars
  2. Christian Zionism hasn’t always been a conservative evangelical creed – churches’ views of Israel have evolved over decades
  3. Schools and communities can help children bounce back after distressing disasters like the LA wildfires
  4. Why a presidential term limit got written into the Constitution – the story of the 22nd Amendment
  5. America the secular? What a changing religious landscape means for US politics
  6. Land reparations are possible − and over 225 US communities are already working to make amends for slavery and colonization
  7. Planned blackouts are becoming more common − and not having cash on hand could cost you
  8. GOP lawmakers eye SNAP cuts, which would scale back benefits that help low-income people buy food at a time of high food prices
  9. US earthquake safety relies on federal employees’ expertise
  10. Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
  11. Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans to El Salvador sparks legal questions likely to reach the Supreme Court
  12. Doctor shortages have hobbled health care for decades − and the trend could be worsening
  13. Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans − but there are ways to slow down viral evolution
  14. Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage – a virologist explains
  15. Massive cuts to Health and Human Services’ workforce signal a dramatic shift in US health policy
  16. Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
  17. Why do dogs love to play with trash?
  18. What is a ‘revisionist’ state, and what are they trying to revise?
  19. As ‘right to die’ gains more acceptance, a scholar of Catholicism explains the position of the Catholic Church
  20. The Panama Canal’s other conflict: Water security for the population and the global economy
  21. How is classified information typically shared and can officials declassify secrets whenever they want? A national security expert explains
  22. ‘Everyday discrimination’ linked to increased anxiety and depression across all groups of Americans
  23. From censorship to curiosity: Pope Francis’ appreciation for the power of history and books
  24. Cuts to science research funding cut American lives short − federal support is essential for medical breakthroughs
  25. Chronic kidney disease often goes undiagnosed, but early detection can prevent severe outcomes
  26. As federal environmental priorities shift, sovereign Native American nations have their own plans
  27. Want to stay healthier and fulfilled later in life? Try volunteering
  28. We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
  29. First year of Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how autocracies are replicating Russian model − and speeding up the time frame
  30. Myanmar’s civil war: How shifting US-Russia ties could tip balance and hand China a greater role
  31. What ‘The White Lotus’ gets wrong about the meaning and goals of common Buddhist practices
  32. Women are reclaiming their place in baseball
  33. Ecological disruptions are a risk to national security
  34. Wild marmots’ social networks reveal controversial evolutionary theory in action
  35. Signal is not the place for top secret communications, but it might be the right choice for you – a cybersecurity expert on what to look for in a secure messaging app
  36. Losing your job is bad for your health, but there are things you can do to minimize the harm
  37. From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
  38. US swing toward autocracy doesn’t have to be permanent – but swinging back to democracy requires vigilance, stamina and elections
  39. Trump’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico could spell trouble for distilled spirits
  40. With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there
  41. Mississippi’s education miracle: A model for global literacy reform
  42. Medetomidine is replacing xylazine in Philly street fentanyl − creating new hurdles for health care providers and drug users
  43. Maritime truce would end a sorry war on the waves for Russia that set back its naval power ambitions
  44. Sudan’s civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country could be heading next
  45. Deep-sea mining threatens sea life in a way no one is thinking about − by dumping debris into the thriving midwater zone
  46. The solution to workplace isolation might be in the gap − the generation gap
  47. Trump is not a king – but that doesn’t stop him from reveling in his job’s most ceremonial and exciting parts
  48. Trump’s desire to ‘un-unite’ Russia and China is unlikely to work – in fact, it could well backfire
  49. Engineering students explore how to ethically design and locate nuclear facilities in this college course
  50. Amid a tropical paradise known as ‘Lizard Island,’ researchers are cracking open evolution’s black box – scientist at work