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How the Supreme Court might protect the Fed’s independence by using employment law in Trump v. Cook

  • Written by Elizabeth C. Tippett, Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
imageFederal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook leaves the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 21, 2026, after oral arguments in Trump v. Cook.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Most of the Trump administration’s legal disputes involving the firing of high-level officials deal with the scope of presidential power.

On Jan. 21, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral...

Read more: How the Supreme Court might protect the Fed’s independence by using employment law in Trump v. Cook

Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the world to fight threats to their communities

  • Written by Oliver Kaplan, Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Denver
imageIn Detroit, Mich., volunteers with the Detroit People's Assembly put together whistle kits designed to alert the community when immigration agents are nearby. Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

From coast to coast, groups of people are springing up to protect members of their communities as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and...

Read more: Anti-ICE protesters are following same nonviolent playbook used by people in war zones across the...

Winter storms don’t have to be deadly – here’s how to stay safe before, during and after one hits

  • Written by Brett Robertson, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Hazards Vulnerability and Resilience Institute, University of South Carolina

A powerful winter storm that swept across the United States in late January 2026, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power in freezing temperatures for days, has been linked to at least 80 deaths. And several East Coast states are under a new winter storm warning just days later.

The causes of the deaths and injuries varied. Some...

Read more: Winter storms don’t have to be deadly – here’s how to stay safe before, during and after one hits

Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way

  • Written by Roxana Shafiee, Environmental Fellow, Center for the Environment, Harvard University; Harvard Kennedy School
imageWorkers install an air-source heat pump at a home in Charlotte, Vt.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions associated with heating buildings, and many states have set aggressive targets to increase their use in the coming decades. But while heat pumps are often cheaperchoices for new buildings, getting homeowners to...

Read more: Americans want heat pumps – but high electricity prices may get in the way

Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses – and a quiet form of deregulation

  • Written by Sloan Speck, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Boulder

In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act – a shift that would reduce restrictions and penalties associated with the drug.

Under the move, medical and recreational marijuana would still remain illegal at the federal level....

Read more: Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses – and a quiet form...

America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry

  • Written by Hengrui Liu, Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics and Public Policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imageTrucks and SUVs dominate U.S. auto sales and set the tone for the Detroit Auto Show in January 2026, while overseas EV sales are booming.Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

At the 2026 Detroit Auto Show, the spotlight quietly shifted. Electric vehicles, once framed as the inevitable future of the industry, were no longer the centerpiece. Instead, automakers...

Read more: America is falling behind in the global EV race – that’s going to cost the US auto industry

EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to ignore public health

  • Written by Janet McCabe, Visiting Professor, Indiana University McKinney School of Law and O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
imageTwo coal-fired power plants near Cheshire, Ohio, are known for their air pollution.Halbergman/E+ via Getty Images

When I worked for the Environmental Protection Agency in the 2010s as an Obama administration appointee, I helped write and review dozens of regulations under the Clean Air Act. They included some groundbreaking rules, such as setting...

Read more: EPA’s new way of evaluating pollution rules hands deregulators a sledgehammer and license to...

Even when people’s rights are ignored, understanding the law can keep protesters engaged

  • Written by Heidi Reynolds-Stenson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology, Colorado State University Pueblo
imageA group of anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters march in downtown Minneapolis on Jan. 27, 2026. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

There’s been a rise of know-your-rightstraining sessions in response to the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics. This has included local public officials and...

Read more: Even when people’s rights are ignored, understanding the law can keep protesters engaged

Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

  • Written by Christopher Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago
imageAn aerial lidar survey can 'see' beneath the forest canopy.Photodisc via Getty Images

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including the ground beneath the canopy, in fine detail within a matter of...

Read more: Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and...

A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their families rolling their eyes, yelling and striking

  • Written by Carolyn Dickens, Nurse practitioner and Associate Dean, University of Illinois Chicago
imageA 2024 report found that 4 out of 5 nurses experienced at least one episode of such behaviors in the previous year.Ivan-balvan/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don’t know what you’re doing – or even spit at you.

Unimaginable, right? But that’s what...

Read more: A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses’ daily challenges of patients and their...

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  1. Afghan migrants stranded in Pakistan after the US suspends refugee resettlement
  2. Colorado has emergency domestic violence shelters in only half its counties, leaving survivors without safe housing options
  3. ICE not only looks and acts like a paramilitary force – it is one, and that makes it harder to curb
  4. Not all mindfulness is the same – here’s why it matters for health and happiness
  5. Should medical marijuana be less stringently regulated? A drug policy expert explains what’s at stake
  6. It’s easy making green: Muppets continue to make a profit 50 years into their run
  7. Innovations in asthma care can improve the health of Detroiters living with this chronic disease
  8. Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
  9. Russia’s drone pipeline: How Iran helps Moscow produce an ever-evolving unmanned fleet
  10. The end of ‘Pax Americana’ and start of a ‘post-American’ era doesn’t necessarily mean the world will be less safe
  11. PFAS are turning up in the Great Lakes, putting fish and water supplies at risk – here’s how they get there
  12. There are long-lasting, negative effects for children like Liam Ramos who are detained, or watch their parents be deported
  13. How government killings and kidnappings in Argentina drove mothers to resist and revolt − and eventually win
  14. Greenland’s Inuit have spent decades fighting for self-determination
  15. The pioneering path of Augustus Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the US – born into slavery, he’s now a candidate for sainthood
  16. Gifts of gym memberships and Botox treatments can lead to hurt feelings – and bad reviews for the businesses
  17. White men held less than half the board seats on the top 50 Fortune list for the third straight year — but their numbers are rising
  18. Colorado ski resorts got some welcome snowfall from Winter Storm Fern, but not enough to turn a dry and warm winter around
  19. How fire, people and history shaped the South’s iconic longleaf pine forests
  20. Oversalting your sidewalk or driveway harms local streams and potentially even your drinking water – 3 tips to deice responsibly
  21. Can shoes alter your mind? What neuroscience says about foot sensation and focus
  22. All foods can fit in a balanced diet – a dietitian explains how flexibility can be healthier than dieting
  23. NASA’s Artemis II crewed mission to the Moon shows how US space strategy has changed since Apollo – and contrasts with China’s closed program
  24. Repeated government lying, warned Hannah Arendt, makes it impossible for citizens to think and to judge
  25. Minnesota raises unprecedented constitutional issues in its lawsuit against Trump administration anti-immigrant deployment
  26. Groundhogs are lousy forecasters but valuable animal engineers – and an important food source
  27. A more complete Latin American history, including centuries of US influence, helps students understand the complexities surrounding Nicolás Maduro’s arrest
  28. Ending tax refunds by check will speed payments, but risks sidelining people who don’t have bank accounts
  29. US hospitality and tourism professors don’t mirror the demographics of the industry they serve
  30. Where do seashells come from?
  31. Malaria researchers are getting closer to outsmarting the world’s deadliest parasite
  32. How Trump’s Greenland threats amount to an implicit rejection of the legal principles of Nuremberg
  33. Artificial metacognition: Giving an AI the ability to ‘think’ about its ‘thinking’
  34. Political polarization in Pittsburgh communities is rooted in economic neglect − not extremism
  35. What we get wrong about forgiveness – a counseling professor unpacks the difference between letting go and making up
  36. Rebirth of the madman theory? Unpredictability isn’t what it was when it comes to foreign policy
  37. Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
  38. Marine protected areas aren’t in the right places to safeguard dolphins and whales in the South Atlantic
  39. How the polar vortex and warm ocean are intensifying a major US winter storm
  40. How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm
  41. ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north
  42. ‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge
  43. Dogs can need more than kibble, walks and love − consider the escalating expenses of their medical care before you adopt
  44. Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health
  45. Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it
  46. Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone
  47. Is being virtuous good for you – or just people around you? A study suggests traits like compassion may support your own well-being
  48. Doing things alone is on the rise, and businesses should pay more attention to that – even on Valentine’s Day
  49. Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here’s how psychology says you can shift the dynamic
  50. The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?