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Queer country: LGBTQ+ musicians are outside the spotlight as Grand Ole Opry turns 100

  • Written by Tanya Olson, Associate Teaching Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imageThe iconic circle in the Grand Ole Opry stage. Who gets to stand in it?Timothy Wildey/Flickr, CC BY-NC

On March 15, 1974, the Grand Ole Opry country music radio show closed its run at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, with Johnny and June Carter Cash leading the song “Will the Circle Be Unbroken.” After that final show, a...

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Could a bold anti-poverty experiment from the 1960s inspire a new era in housing justice?

  • Written by Deyanira Nevárez Martínez, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Michigan State University
imageModel Cities staff in front of a Baltimore field office in 1971.Robert Breck Chapman Collection, Langsdale Library Special Collections, University of Baltimore, CC BY-NC-ND

In cities across the U.S., the housing crisis has reached a breaking point. Rents are skyrocketing, homelessness is rising and working-class neighborhoods are threatened by...

Read more: Could a bold anti-poverty experiment from the 1960s inspire a new era in housing justice?

Christianity has long revered saints who would be called ‘transgender’ today

  • Written by Sarah Barringer, Ph.D. Candidate in English, University of Iowa

Several Republican-led states have restricted transgender rights: Iowa has signed a law removing civil rights protection for transgender people; Wyoming has prohibited state agencies from requiring the use of preferred pronouns; and Alabama recently passed a law that only two sexes would be recognized. Hundreds of bills have been introduced in...

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Pope Leo XIV is the first member of the Order of St. Augustine to be elected pope – but who are the Augustinians?

  • Written by Joanne M. Pierce, Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
imagePope Leo XIV leaves the Augustinian General House in Rome after a visit on May 13, 2025.AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis

When Pope Leo XIV was elected pope, the assembled crowd reacted with joy but also with surprise: He was the first pope from the United States, and North America more broadly. Moreover, he was the first member of the Order of St....

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Air traffic controller shortages in Newark and other airports partly reflect long, intense training − but university-based training programs are becoming part of the solution

  • Written by Melanie Dickman, Lecturer in Aviation Studies, The Ohio State University
imageAir traffic controllers observe a plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport in 2017.AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Air traffic controllers have been in the news a lot lately.

A spate of airplane crashes and near misses have highlighted the ongoing shortage of air traffic workers, leading more Americans to question the safety of air travel.

The...

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Mountain chickadee chatter: Scientists are decoding the songbird’s complex calls

  • Written by Sofia Marie Haley, Ph.D. Student in Cognitive Ecology, University of Nevada, Reno
imageMountain chickadees are unusual in having more complex calls than songs.Vladimir Pravosudov

I approach a flock of mountain chickadees feasting on pine nuts. A cacophony of sounds, coming from the many different bird species that rely on the Sierra Nevada’s diverse pine cone crop, fill the crisp mountain air.

The strong...

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For opioid addiction, treatment underdosing can lead to fentanyl overdosing – a physician explains

  • Written by Lucinda Grande, Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine, University of Washington
imageBuprenorphine is most effective when doctors and patients find the right dose together.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Imagine a patient named Rosa tells you she wakes up night after night in a drenching sweat after having very realistic dreams of smoking fentanyl.

The dreams seem crazy to her. Three months ago, newly pregnant, Rosa began visualizing being...

Read more: For opioid addiction, treatment underdosing can lead to fentanyl overdosing – a physician explains

Managing forests and other ecosystems under rising threats requires thinking across wide-ranging scenarios

  • Written by Kyra Clark-Wolf, Research Scientist in Ecological Transformation, University of Colorado Boulder
imageThinking through scenarios allows land managers to prepare for many potential outcomes.Benjamin Slyngstad via USGS

In Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California, trees that have persisted through rain and shine for thousands of years are now facing multiple threats triggered by a changing climate.

Scientists and park managers once thought...

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Europeans are concerned that the US will withdraw support from NATO. They are right to worry − Americans should, too

  • Written by John Deni, Research Professor of Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Multinational Security Studies, US Army War College
imageAmerican soldiers join 3,000 troops from other NATO member countries in a four-week exercise in Hohenfels, Germany, in March 2025. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

The United States has long played a leadership role in NATO, the most successful military alliance in history.

The U.S. and 11 other countries in North America and Europe founded NATO in 1949,...

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Why some towns lose local news − and others don’t

  • Written by Abby Youran Qin, Ph.D. candidate at School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageFive elements determine which towns lose their papers and which ones beat the odds.Hans Henning Wenk/Getty Images

Why did your hometown newspaper vanish while the next town over kept theirs?

This isn’t bad luck − it’s a systemic pattern. Since 2005, the United States has lost over one-third of its local newspapers, creating...

Read more: Why some towns lose local news − and others don’t

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  4. 5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the protests that followed
  5. Supreme Court’s one-sentence order closes the door to Catholic charter school – but leaves it open for future challenges
  6. Can you upload a human mind into a computer? A neuroscientist ponders what’s possible
  7. Here’s how we figured the number of guns illegally trafficked from the US across the border to Mexico
  8. Gun trafficking from the US to Mexico: The drug connection
  9. US gun trafficking to Mexico: Independent gun shops supply the most dangerous weapons
  10. Split Supreme Court blocks Oklahoma’s Catholic charter school − but future cases could hinge on whether charters are, at their core, public or private
  11. US solar manufacturers lag skyrocketing market demand
  12. In 2025, Tornado Alley has become almost everything east of the Rockies − and it’s been a violent year
  13. How abortion laws focusing on fetal viability miss the mark on women’s experiences
  14. From furry friends to fish, turning up the heat helps animals fight germs − how Mother Nature’s cure offers humans a lesson on fever
  15. Like many populist leaders, Trump accuses judges of being illegitimate obstacles to safety and democracy
  16. Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed nationwide missile defense system
  17. Golden Dome: An aerospace engineer explains the proposed US-wide missile defense system
  18. Israelis have a skewed view on extent of Gaza’s hunger plight − driven by censorship and media that downplay humanitarian crisis
  19. NOAA’s 2025 hurricane forecast warns of a busy season – a storm scientist explains why and what meteorologists are watching
  20. WHO is finalizing a new treaty that prepares for the next pandemic − but the US isn’t signing
  21. Young food entrepreneurs are changing the face of rural America
  22. At Cannes, decency and dress codes clash with fashion’s red carpet revolution
  23. Empathy can take a toll – but 2 philosophers explain why we should see it as a strength
  24. Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobs
  25. Billions of cicadas are emerging, from Cape Cod to north Georgia – here’s how and why we map them
  26. A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade out from the world it envisions, a planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration
  27. Lifecycle of a research grant – behind the scenes of the system that funds science
  28. FDA will approve COVID-19 vaccine only for older adults and high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules
  29. What does it mean for Biden’s prostate cancer to be ‘aggressive’? A urologic surgeon explains
  30. Windows are the No. 1 human threat to birds – an ecologist shares some simple steps to reduce collisions
  31. Russia’s invasion united different parts of Ukraine against a common enemy – 3 years on, that unanimity still holds
  32. Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure
  33. Too much sitting increases risk of future health problems in chest pain patients – new research
  34. Why your electricity bill is so high and what Pennsylvania is doing about it
  35. Rethinking engineering education: Why focusing on learning preferences matters for diversity
  36. Israel has promised ‘basic amount’ of food into Gaza − but its policies have already created catastrophic starvation risk for millions
  37. 19th-century Catholic teachings, 21st-century tech: How concerns about AI guided Pope Leo’s choice of name
  38. Making eye contact and small talk with strangers is more than just being polite − the social benefits of psychological generosity
  39. Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic
  40. Biden is getting prostate cancer treatment, but that’s not the best choice for all men − a cancer researcher describes how she helped her father decide
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  42. Nonprofit news media leaders are struggling to stop leaning on the foundations that say they should branch out more
  43. The one-size-fits-all diversity training model is broken – here’s a better alternative
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  45. An 18th-century rebellion for liberty, equality and freedom − not in France or the United States, but Ireland
  46. Teens of any age who drink alcohol with their parents’ permission drink more as young adults, new research shows
  47. How 3D printing is personalizing health care
  48. Ancient pollen reveals stories about Earth’s history, from the asteroid strike that killed the dinosaurs to the Mayan collapse
  49. Governors are leading the fight against climate change and deforestation around the world, filling a void left by presidents
  50. Cutting HIV aid means undercutting US foreign and economic interests − Nigeria shows the human costs