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Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act

  • Written by Seth Warner, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
imageDemonstrators march in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 6, 2025, to protest President Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in the nation's capital.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

Protests are becoming a routine part of public life in the United States. Since 2017, the number of nonviolent demonstrations has almost tripled,...

Read more: Why are there so many protests? The US public is highly polarized, and that drives people to act

Why Jimmy Kimmel’s First Amendment rights weren’t violated – but ABC’s would be protected if it stood up to the FCC and Trump

  • Written by Wayne Unger, Associate Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
imageA crowd protests in Hollywood, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2025, after the suspension of the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' taping earlier in the day. David Pashaee / Middle East Images via AFP, Getty Images

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has sparked a wave of political commentary.

There were the respectful and sincere comments condemning...

Read more: Why Jimmy Kimmel’s First Amendment rights weren’t violated – but ABC’s would be protected if it...

Palestinian statehood is winning major new supporters at UN – but symbolic action won’t make it happen

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imagePro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23. 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly.

Of the 193 existing U.N member states, some 147 already...

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UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imagePro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly.

Of the 193 existing U.N member states, some 150 now recogni...

Read more: UK and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic...

UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but symbolic action won’t make statehood happen

  • Written by Maha Nassar, Associate Professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, University of Arizona
imagePro-Palestinian Americans gather in New York at a march to the U.N. on Sept. 18, 2025.Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when world leaders will gather for the annual general assembly.

Of the 193 existing U.N member states, some 152 now recogni...

Read more: UK, France and other Western nations recognize Palestinian state ahead of UN meetings – but...

Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US

  • Written by David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageAbout 80% of parents currently choose to follow CDC guidelines to vaccinate their babies for hepatitis B at birth.timnewman/iStock via Getty Images PlusimageThe Conversation, CC BY-ND

Before the United States began vaccinating all infants at birth with the hepatitis B vaccine in 1991, around 18,000 children every year contracted the virus before their...

Read more: Hepatitis B shot for newborns has nearly eliminated childhood infections with this virus in the US

Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new research

  • Written by Aaron Buss, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Tennessee
imageUnderstanding how young kids develop executive function could be key to teaching children these skills in the future.University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Parents of young children probably recognize the hectic mornings filled with reminding the kids to eat breakfast, brush their teeth and put on their shoes – and hurry up, you’re gonna be...

Read more: Naming and categorizing objects is part of how young kids develop executive function skills – new...

Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat

  • Written by Brian Downing, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Mississippi
imageAI companies are finding that chatbots don't have the same liability shield that internet platforms do.Westend61 via Getty Images

It is a sad fact of online life that users search for information about suicide. In the earliest days of the internet, bulletin boards featured suicide discussion groups. To this day, Google hosts archives of these...

Read more: Suicide-by-chatbot puts Big Tech in the product liability hot seat

Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students

  • Written by Graham Wright, Associate Research Scientist, Maurice & Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University
imageWhile most students and faculty in the U.S. don't experience widespread antisemitism, it remains a major problem for those who do. Nikita Payusov/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

It’s been nearly two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the subsequent start of the Israel-Hamas war – and still, antisemitism...

Read more: Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t...

New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent

  • Written by Jonathan Larsen, Legal Technology Manager, Beasley School of Law Center for Public Health Law Research, Temple University
imageThere were about 3,330 overdose deaths in Pennsylvania in 2024, down from over 4,700 in 2023. Frazao Studio Latino/E+ Collection via Getty Images

Pennsylvania is due to receive US$2.2 billion dollars from the national opioid settlements, and a new database shows the public where that money is going.

Starting in 2021, a national, bipartisan coalition...

Read more: New website tracks how Pennsylvania’s $2.2B in opioid settlement funds is being spent

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  1. The president as partisan warrior: Trump’s rejection of traditional presidential statesmanship
  2. More Americans meet criteria for high blood pressure under new guidelines
  3. Nuclear in your backyard? Tiny reactors could one day power towns and campuses – but community input will be key
  4. US touts collaborative plan to tackle Mexico’s drug cartels – but initiative is met with denial and mistrust south of the border
  5. Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas
  6. How the spiritual sound of the shofar shapes the Jewish new year – a Jewish studies scholar explains
  7. A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data
  8. Scams and frauds: Here are the tactics criminals use on you in the age of AI and cryptocurrencies
  9. 4 decades after the landmark book ‘Alone in a Crowd,’ women in the trades still battle bias – a professor-turned-welder reflects
  10. Pneumonia vaccines for adults are now recommended starting at age 50 – a geriatrician explains the change
  11. Trump administration is threatening liberal foundations and nonprofits after Kirk’s death – but proving wrongdoing by any of them would be very hard
  12. Why Florida’s plan to end vaccine mandates will likely spread to other conservative states
  13. A cold shock to ease the burn − how brief stress can help your brain reframe a tough workout
  14. Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference
  15. For birds, flocks promise safety – especially if you’re faster than your neighbor
  16. Fed rate cut is attempt to prevent recession without sending prices soaring
  17. Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
  18. Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows
  19. Can violent extremists be deradicalized? I spoke with 24 former terrorists in Indonesia to find out
  20. Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
  21. Muslim men have often been portrayed as ‘terrorists’ or ‘fanatics’ on TV shows, but Muslim-led storytelling is trying to change that narrative
  22. Would you eat a grasshopper? In Oaxaca, it’s been a tasty tradition for thousands of years
  23. Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on nearly 100 years of precedent protecting First Amendment access to ideas
  24. Why do big oil companies invest in green energy?
  25. Harvard, like all Americans, can’t be punished by the government for speaking freely – and a federal court decision upholds decades of precedents saying so
  26. Your immune system attacks drugs like it does viruses – paradoxically offering a way to improve cancer treatment
  27. Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals
  28. US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids
  29. Does anyone go to prison for federal mortgage fraud? Not many, the numbers suggest
  30. Fed, under pressure to cut rates, tries to balance labor market and inflation – while avoiding dreaded stagflation
  31. Ukraine is starting to think about memorials – a tricky task during an ongoing war
  32. How a corpse plant makes its terrible smell − it has a strategy, and its female flowers do most of the work
  33. 5 ways students can think about learning so that they can learn more − and how their teachers can help
  34. After Charlie Kirk’s murder, the US might seem hopelessly divided – is there any way forward?
  35. Molecular ‘fossils’ offer microscopic clues to the origins of life – but they take care to interpret
  36. Identifying as a ‘STEM person’ makes you more likely to pursue a STEM job – and caregivers may unknowingly shape kids’ self-identity
  37. Emergency alerts may not reach those who need them most in Colorado
  38. 2 shootings, 2 states, minutes apart − a trauma psychiatrist explains how exposure to shootings changes all of us
  39. The Moon is getting slightly farther away from the Earth each year − a physicist explains why
  40. Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits
  41. Xi’s show of unity with Putin and Kim could complicate China’s delicate diplomatic balance
  42. Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
  43. Transgender policies struggle to balance fairness with inclusion in women’s college sports
  44. What Native-held lands in California can teach about resilience and the future of wildfire
  45. Solving the world’s microplastics problem: 4 solutions cities and states are trying after global treaty talks collapsed
  46. Charlie Kirk talked with young people at universities for a reason – he wanted American education to return to traditional values
  47. How hardships and hashtags combined to fuel Nepal’s violent response to social media ban
  48. How to avoid seeing disturbing content on social media and protect your peace of mind
  49. Yes, this is who we are: America’s 250-year history of political violence
  50. Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source