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US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement

  • Written by Marick Masters, Professor of Business and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
imageUAW President Shawn Fain speaks with General Motors workers on July 12, 2023, in Detroit.Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

The United Auto Workers union, which represents nearly 150,000 employees of companies that manufacture U.S.-made vehicles, kicked off in mid-July 2023 the labor negotiations it undergoes every four years with the three main unionized...

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What's the difference between a startup and any other business?

  • Written by Joel Mier, Lecturer of Marketing, University of Richmond
imageBetween 2012 and 2021, funding to U.S. tech startups jumped to $344 billion.gorodenkoff/iStock via Getty Imagesimage

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

What’s the difference between a startup and a business, and is one better...

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Trump may try to delay his first federal trial – it's a common legal strategy to fend off a criminal conviction

  • Written by Peter A. Joy, Professor of law, Washington University in St Louis
imageFormer President Donald Trump speaks in Bedminster, N.J., in June 2023. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump’s trial for allegedly mishandling classified documents will begin on May 20, 2024.

At least that’s what Federal District Judge Aileen Cannon announced in mid-July 2023.

Trump’s legal team...

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Myanmar crisis highlights limits of Indonesia's 'quiet diplomacy' as it sets sights on becoming a 'great regional power'

  • Written by Angguntari Ceria Sari, Lecturer in International Relations, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan
imageMyanmar's seat was left empty at a recent meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.Achmad Ibrahim/AFP via Getty Images

With regional power comes regional responsibilities – as Indonesia is finding out.

The world’s fourth most populous nation aspires to be a “great regional power” by 2030, playing a stabilizing...

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Ending affirmative action does nothing to end discrimination against Asian Americans

  • Written by Jerry Kang, Distinguished Professor of Law and (by courtesy) Asian American Studies; Founding Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (2015-20), University of California, Los Angeles
imageParticipants at Harvard marching at a rally protesting the Supreme Court's ruling against affirmative action on July 1, 2023. Ziyu Julian Zhu/Xinhua via Getty Images

In two cases challenging the use of race in college admissions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the educational benefit of racial diversity is no longer what it once called a...

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The most serious Trump indictment yet – a criminal law scholar explains the charges of using ‘dishonesty, fraud and deceit’ to cling to power

  • Written by Gabriel J. Chin, Professor of criminal law, immigration and race and law, University of California, Davis
imageSpecial Counsel Jack Smith announces the second federal indictment of Donald Trump on Aug. 1, 2023.AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

The Justice Department announced its second federal indictment of former president Donald J. Trump on Aug. 1, 2023. The charges are groundbreaking and not just because a former president is facing multiple criminal charges.

It...

Read more: The most serious Trump indictment yet – a criminal law scholar explains the charges of using...

Trump indicted in Jan. 6 case – but his 3 upcoming trials may not keep him off the campaign trail

  • Written by Stefanie Lindquist, Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
imageFormer U.S. President Donald Trump on June 13, 2023, after being arraigned in Miami. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Most commentators who have discussed Donald Trump’s pending criminal trials in New York, Florida and – with the late-day revelation on Aug. 1, 2023, that he has been indicted by a Washington, D.C., grand jury – in...

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A chatbot willing to take on questions of all kinds – from the serious to the comical – is the latest representation of Jesus for the AI age

  • Written by Joseph L. Kimmel, Part-Time Faculty Member (Theology Department), Boston College
imageOn AI Jesus’ Twitch channel, chatbot Jesus answers questions on personal and spiritual matters.Twitch user ask_jesus

Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways: from a prophet who alerts his audience to the world’s imminent end to a philosopher who reflects on the nature of life.

But no one has called Jesus an internet guru –...

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Trump facing multiple criminal charges, investigations: 44 articles explain what you need to know

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Freelance Editor, The Conversation US
imageFormer President Donald Trump is under legal scrutiny.AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

The Conversation U.S. has commissioned more than three dozen articles relating to the various criminal investigations into the activities of former president Donald Trump before he took office, while he was in the White House in office, and since he left office.

There are...

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Sexual violence is a pervasive threat for female farm workers – here's how the US could reduce their risk

  • Written by Kathleen Sexsmith, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State
imageMexican migrant workers harvest parsley on a farm in Wellington, Colo.John Moore/Getty Images

Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC’s “American Crime” took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it showed a young woman being brutally raped in a field by her...

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  2. Sinead O'Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her music and life were deeply infused with spiritual seeking
  3. Millions across the world live with low back pain, but addressing major risk factors like smoking, obesity and workplace ergonomics could curb the trend, research shows
  4. Why Dunkin' and Lego rebrands succeeded – but X missed the mark
  5. Giuliani claims the First Amendment lets him lie – 3 essential reads
  6. To get rid of hazing, clarify what people really think is acceptable behavior and redefine what it means to be loyal
  7. Just about anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to the internet – and one determined preacher
  8. Alabama is not the first state to defy a Supreme Court ruling: 3 essential reads on why that matters
  9. Federal government is challenging Texas's buoys in the Rio Grande – here’s why these kinds of border blockades wind up complicating immigration enforcement
  10. Your genetic code has lots of 'words' for the same thing – information theory may help explain the redundancies
  11. I've taught in prisons for 15 years – here's what schools need to know as government funding expands
  12. Hypocrisy penalty: Investors especially hate companies that say they're good then behave badly – unless the money is good
  13. Progressives' embrace of Disney in battle with DeSantis over LGBTQ rights comes with risks
  14. Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing what it means for music to be heard
  15. 4 factors driving 2023's extreme heat and climate disasters
  16. Hunter Biden's plea agreement renegotiation is rare – a law professor explains what usually happens
  17. Sen. Tuberville's blockade of US military promotions takes a historic tradition to a radical new level – and could go beyond Congress' August break
  18. As witchcraft becomes a multibillion-dollar business, practitioners' connection to the natural world is changing
  19. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts uses conflicting views of race to resolve America's history of racial discrimination
  20. Where the government draws the line for Medicaid coverage leaves out many older Americans who may need help paying for medical and long-term care bills – new research
  21. Do smartphones belong in classrooms? Four scholars weigh in
  22. In search of the world's largest freshwater fish – the wonderfully weird giants lurking in Earth's rivers
  23. How well-managed dams and smart forecasting can limit flooding as extreme storms become more common in a warming world
  24. Women can now undertake Islamic pilgrimages without a male guardian in Saudi Arabia, but that doesn't mean they're traveling alone -- communities are an important part of the religious experience
  25. Horse health research will help humans stay healthy, too, with insights on reining in diabetes and obesity
  26. Laughter can communicate a lot more than good humor – people use it to smooth social interactions
  27. As contentious judicial 'reform' becomes law in Israel, Netanyahu cements his political legacy
  28. Decades of public messages about recycling in the US have crowded out more sustainable ways to manage waste
  29. Will I ever need math? A mathematician explains how math is everywhere – from soap bubbles to Pixar movies
  30. Massachusetts is updating its sex education guidelines for the first time in 24 years
  31. Blame capitalism? Why hundreds of decades-old yet vital drugs are nearly impossible to find
  32. How book-banning campaigns have changed the lives and education of librarians – they now need to learn how to plan for safety and legally protect themselves
  33. This year's debate over defense spending threatens to disrupt a tradition of bipartisan consensus-building over funding the military
  34. A sculptor of wind explains how to make fiber dance far above city streets
  35. Women's World Cup will highlight how far other countries have closed the gap with US – but that isn't the only yardstick to measure growth of global game
  36. Global diabetes cases on pace to soar to 1.3 billion people in the next 3 decades, new study finds
  37. First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
  38. What is a target letter? 3 things to know about how the Justice Department notifies suspects, like Donald Trump, ahead of possible charges
  39. Targeting Trump for prosecution – 4 essential reads on how the Jan. 6 investigation laid the groundwork for the special counsel
  40. Exercise may or may not help you lose weight and keep it off – here's the evidence for both sides of the debate
  41. Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data
  42. 175 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women's suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality
  43. Using green banks to solve America’s affordable housing crisis – and climate change at the same time
  44. 'Zombie fires' in the Arctic: Canada's extreme wildfire season offers a glimpse of new risks in a warmer, drier future
  45. China needs immigrants
  46. FTC probe of OpenAI: Consumer protection is the opening salvo of US AI regulation
  47. Returning to the Moon can benefit commercial, military and political sectors – a space policy expert explains
  48. Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike
  49. A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns – new research
  50. Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election – a cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes