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Babe Ruth, patron saint of the home run, turned the ball field into a church – and lived his own Catholic faith in the spotlight

  • Written by Rebecca T. Alpert, Professor of Religion Emerita, Temple University
imageThe Sultan of Swat turned every stadium into a cathedral, and home runs into a sacrament.Bettmann via Getty Images

“I’ve tried ‘em all, I really have,” Susan Sarandon’s character Annie Savoy says in the movie “Bull Durham.” But “the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church...

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What is a virtual power plant? An energy expert explains

  • Written by Daniel Cohan, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
imageA large-scale battery storage system in Long Beach, Calif., provides renewable electricity during peak demand periods.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

After nearly two decades of stagnation, U.S. electricity demand is surging, driven by growing numbers of electric cars, data centers and air conditioners in a warming climate. But traditional...

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Israel is getting a surge in donations from the US in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks

  • Written by Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, Visiting Scholar of Philanthropy, Indiana University
imageThe attacks may have reversed a decline in philanthropy seen in recent yearsAP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

The U.S. government has stepped up its focus on Israel following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks. American Jews are also responding, in part by sending money and other kinds of aid.

The Conversation asked Hanna Shaul Bar Nissim, a scholar of Jewish...

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Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave

  • Written by Amy Cannon, Associate Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageLouise Glück was photographed outside her home in Cambridge, Mass., after being named the 2020 Nobel laureate in literature.Daniel Ebersole/Nobel Prize Outreach

When asked what her response was to being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 2020, Louise Glück replied that she was “completely flabbergasted.” She said she had...

Read more: Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave

#UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women

  • Written by Keren McGinity, Research Associate, Brandeis University
imageSix years after the #MeToo hashtag went viral, women in minority communities still face extra challenges addressing harassment and abuse.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

October 2023 marks the anniversary of #MeToo: six years since actor Alyssa Milano’s tweet calling for women to speak out about experiences of abuse went viral and helped launch a...

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What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about the future of fire in the West

  • Written by Kyra Clark-Wolf, Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology, University of Colorado Boulder
imageRocky Mountain fires leave telltale ash layers in nearby lakes like this one.Philip Higuera

Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a record-setting warm, dry summer. Small fires began to blow up into huge conflagrations. Towns in crisis scrambled to escape as fires bore down.

This could describe any number of recent events, in places as...

Read more: What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence and the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 tell us about...

What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about the future of wildfires in the West

  • Written by Kyra Clark-Wolf, Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology, University of Colorado Boulder
imageRocky Mountain fires leave telltale ash layers in nearby lakes like this one.Philip Higuera

Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a record-setting warm, dry summer. Small fires began to blow up into huge conflagrations. Towns in crisis scrambled to escape as fires bore down.

This could describe any number of recent events, in places as...

Read more: What the extreme fire seasons of 1910 and 2020 – and 2,500 years of forest history – tell us about...

What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence tells us about the future of fires in the West

  • Written by Kyra Clark-Wolf, Postdoctoral Associate in Ecology, University of Colorado Boulder
imageRocky Mountain fires leave telltale ash layers in nearby lakes like this one.Philip Higuera

Strong winds blew across mountain slopes after a record-setting warm, dry summer. Small fires began to blow up into huge conflagrations. Towns in crisis scrambled to escape as fires bore down.

This could describe any number of recent events, in places as...

Read more: What 2,500 years of wildfire evidence tells us about the future of fires in the West

Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it into abject crisis

  • Written by Yara M. Asi, Assistant Professor of Global Health Management and Informatics, University of Central Florida
imageA health service on its knees.Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images

For the wounded, injured and sick in Gaza, there is seemingly no escape. On Oct. 17, 2023, news broke that at least 500 patients, staff and people seeking shelter from Israeli bombs had been killed in an explosion at a hospital, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run...

Read more: Decades of underfunding, blockade have weakened Gaza's health system − the siege has pushed it...

A reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel

  • Written by Peter Mansoor, Professor of History, General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, The Ohio State University
imageIsraeli tanks gather near the border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 13, 2023.Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images

In the wake of the shocking invasion of southern Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to destroy Hamas.

“We are fighting a cruel enemy, worse than ISIS,” Netanyahu proclaimed...

Read more: A reflexive act of military revenge burdened the US − and may do the same for Israel

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  14. Gaza depends on UN and other global aid groups for food, medicine and basic services – Israel-Hamas war means nothing is getting in
  15. Intelligence failure or not, the Israeli military was unprepared to respond to Hamas' surprise attack
  16. Philadelphia bans supervised injection sites – evidence suggests keeping drug users on the street could do more harm than good
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  23. Rising oil prices, surging inflation: The Arab embargo 50 years ago weaponized oil to inflict economic trauma – sound familiar?
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  26. Israel has no good options for dealing with Hamas' hostage-taking in Gaza
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  32. The Gaza Strip − why the history of the densely populated enclave is key to understanding the current conflict
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