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That $20 dress direct from China now costs $30 after Trump closed a tariff loophole – and the US will soon end the ‘de minimis’ exemption for the rest of the world, too

  • Written by Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics, McGill University

Fast fashion got a lot pricier for Americans this spring – and it’ll likely get even more expensive in 2027.

That’s because the Trump administration has been rolling back a little-known feature of U.S. customs law that for years had allowed retailers to ship packages duty-free to U.S. shoppers – as long as each shipment was...

Read more: That $20 dress direct from China now costs $30 after Trump closed a tariff loophole – and the US...

A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s conflicts − will it be enough?

  • Written by Mireille Rebeiz, Chair of Middle East Studies and Associate Professor of Francophone and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Dickinson College. Adjunct Professor of Law at Penn State Dickinson Law., Dickinson College
imageThe national Lebanese flag hangs on a building amid a Hezbollah demonstration in the southern suburbs of Beirut on July 6, 2025. Photo by Nael Chahine / Middle East Images via AFP

After a 12-day war launched by Israel and joined briefly by the United States, Iran has emerged weakened and vulnerable. And that has massive implications for another...

Read more: A weakened Iran and Hezbollah gives Lebanon an opening to chart path away from the region’s...

AI and art collide in this engineering course that puts human creativity first

  • Written by Francesco Fedele, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageA Georgia Tech University course links art and artificial intelligence.Yuichiro Chino/Moment via Getty Images

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Art and Generative AI

What prompted the idea for the course?

I see many students viewing artificial...

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My city was one of hundreds expecting federal funds to help manage rising heat wave risk – then EPA terminated the grants

  • Written by Brian G. Henning, Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies and Science, Gonzaga University
imageThe Pacific Northwest heat wave of 2021 left cities across Washington state sweltering in dangerous temperatures.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

In June 2021, a deadly heat wave pushed temperatures to 109 degrees Fahrenheit (43 Celsius) in Spokane, Washington, a northern city near the Idaho border where many homes weren’t built with central air...

Read more: My city was one of hundreds expecting federal funds to help manage rising heat wave risk – then...

Trump administration’s lie detector campaign against leakers is unlikely to succeed and could divert energy from national security priorities

  • Written by Brian O'Neill, Professor of Practice, International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe Department of Homeland Security and FBI are reportedly using polygraphs aggressively to identify dissenters.standret/Getty Images

The Trump administration has recently directed that a new wave of polygraphs be administered across the executive branch, aimed at uncovering leaks to the press.

As someone who has taken roughly a dozen polygraphs...

Read more: Trump administration’s lie detector campaign against leakers is unlikely to succeed and could...

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will have Americans paying higher prices for dirtier energy

  • Written by Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
imageCongress passed Donald Trump's tax and spending bill on July 3, 2025.Kevin Carter/Getty Images

When congressional Republicans decided to cut some Biden-era energy subsidies to help fund their One Big Beautiful Bill Act, they could have pruned wasteful subsidies while sparing the rest. Instead, they did the reverse. Americans will pay the price with...

Read more: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ will have Americans paying higher prices for dirtier energy

Exploring questions of meaning, ethics and belief through Japanese anime

  • Written by Ronald S. Green, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Coastal Carolina University
imageA still from the Japanese anime 'Spirited Away.'Choo Yut Shing via Flickr, CC BY

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

Anime and Religious Identity: Cultural Aesthetics in Japanese Spiritual Worlds

What prompted the idea for the course?

As a scholar who...

Read more: Exploring questions of meaning, ethics and belief through Japanese anime

How the Catholic Church helped change the conversation about capital punishment in the United States

  • Written by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
imageHelen Prejean has been one of the most high-profile opponents of the death penalty for decades.Brooks Kraft LLC/Sygma via Getty Images

Thirty years ago, the film “Dead Man Walking” had its debut in movie theaters around the United States. It was a box office hit, and critics lavished it with praise. Lead actress Susan Sarandon won an...

Read more: How the Catholic Church helped change the conversation about capital punishment in the United States

How Philadelphia’s current sanitation strike differs from past labor disputes in the city

  • Written by Francis Ryan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
imageCurbside trash collection has been on pause in Philadelphia since July 1, 2025.AP Photo/Matt Slocum

As the Philadelphia municipal worker strike enters its second week, so-called “Parker piles” – large collections of garbage that some residents blame on Mayor Cherelle Parker – continue to build up in neighborhoods across the...

Read more: How Philadelphia’s current sanitation strike differs from past labor disputes in the city

How Philadelphia’s sanitation strike differed from past labor disputes in the city

  • Written by Francis Ryan, Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations, Rutgers University
imageTrash piled up in Philadelphia during the 8-day strike that ended July 9, 2025.AP Photo/Matt Slocum

The Philadelphia municipal workers strike ended after eight days in the early hours of July 9, 2025.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 33 union’s 9,000 blue-collar workers, including sanitation...

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  10. Misinformation lends itself to social contagion – here’s how to recognize and combat it
  11. Social media can support or undermine democracy – it comes down to how it’s designed
  12. Nations are increasingly ‘playing the field’ when it comes to US and China – a new book explains explains why ‘active nonalignment’ is on the march
  13. Thailand’s judiciary is flexing its muscles, but away from PM’s plight, dozens of activists are at the mercy of capricious courts
  14. From Seattle to Atlanta, new social housing programs seek to make homes permanently affordable for a range of incomes
  15. Are people at the South Pole upside down?
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  17. ‘Big’ legislative package shifts more of SNAP’s costs to states, saving federal dollars but causing fewer Americans to get help paying for food
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  31. Employers are failing to insure the working class – Medicaid cuts will leave them even more vulnerable
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