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Even small drops in vaccination rates for US children can lead to disease outbreaks

  • Written by David Higgins, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageXerius Jackson, age 7, gets an MMR vaccine during the Texas measles outbreak in March 2025.Jan Sonnenmair via Getty Images

More than three-quarters of U.S. counties and jurisdictions are experiencing declines in childhood vaccination rates, a trend that began in 2019, according to a September 2025 NBC News–Stanford University investigation....

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From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country

  • Written by Richard J. Callahan, Jr., Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University
imageHarlan County is the heart of eastern Kentucky's coal region.Scott Olson/Getty Images

In October 2025, Cecil Roberts will officially retire from his role as president of the United Mine Workers of America. A sixth-generation coal miner, he has led the union for 30 years. Only one man held the role longer: John L. Lewis, whom many consider one of...

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Tribal colleges and universities aren’t well known, but are a crucial steppingstone for Native students

  • Written by Cynthia Lindquist, Director of Tribal Initiatives & Collaborations, University of North Dakota
imageNavajo Technical University in Crownpoint, N.M., is the largest tribal university in the country. Blake Gumprecht/Flickr, CC BY

Most Native American high school students do not attend or graduate from college.

As a tribal member of Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota and the former president of Cankdeska Cikana Community College in Fort Totten, North...

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The Supreme Court is headed toward a radically new vision of unlimited presidential power

  • Written by Graham G. Dodds, Professor of Political Science, Concordia University
imageIn a series of cases over the past 15 years, the Supreme Court has moved in a pro-presidential direction.Geoff Livingston/Getty Images

President Donald Trump set the tone for his second term by issuing 26 executive orders, four proclamations and 12 memorandums on his first day back in office. The barrage of unilateral presidential actions has not...

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Wings, booze and heartbreak – what my research says about the hidden costs of sports fandom

  • Written by Aaron Mansfield, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Merrimack College
imageA Buffalo Bills fan who prefers ketchup over mustard on his hot dog.Brett Carlsen/Getty Images

Being from Buffalo means getting to eat some of the best wings in the world. It means scraping snow and ice off your car in frigid mornings. And it means making a lifelong vow to the city’s NFL franchise, the Bills – for better or worse, till...

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Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution – and added in later via the First Amendment

  • Written by Donald Nieman, Professor of History and Provost Emeritus, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageSupporters of free speech gather in September 2025 to protest the suspension of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!', across the street from the theater where the show is produced in Hollywood.Mario Tama/Getty Images

Bipartisan agreement is rare in these politically polarized days.

But that’s just what happened in response to ABC’s suspension of...

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More young adults are living with their parents than previous generations did

  • Written by Rohan Shah, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Mississippi; Institute for Humane Studies
imageWelcome back: The number of young adults living with their parents has risen by 1.5 million over the past decade.Maskot/DigitalVision via GettyImages

A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5...

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Health insurance subsidy standoff pits affordable care for millions against federal budget constraints

  • Written by Wendy Netter Epstein, Professor of Law, DePaul University
imageLawmakers limited Affordable Care Act subsidies to a few years, setting the stage for a fight over them in 2025.Ted Eytan/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

As the federal government entered a shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025, competing narratives quickly emerged about the cause.

Some Republican lawmakers objected to Democrats’ push to include an extension...

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How does your immune system stay balanced? A Nobel Prize-winning answer

  • Written by Aimee Pugh Bernard, Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageRegulatory T cells (red) interact with other immune cells (blue) and modulate immune responses.National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH via Flickr

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, defending you from thousands of pathogens that cause disease while sparing your body’s own healthy cells. This...

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What are solar storms and the solar wind? 3 astrophysicists explain how particles coming from the Sun interact with Earth

  • Written by Yeimy J. Rivera, Researcher in Astrophysics, Smithsonian Institution
imageThe Sun occasionally ejects large amounts of energy and particles that can smash into Earth.NASA/GSFC/SDO via WikimediaCommons

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  4. How to conduct post-atrocity research – key insights from practitioners in the field
  5. Hamas has run out of options – survival now rests on accepting Trump’s plan and political reform
  6. How the government shutdown is hitting the health care system – and what the battle over ACA subsidies means
  7. Commuters have bemoaned Philly’s public transit for decades − in 1967, a librarian got the city to listen
  8. What past education technology failures can teach us about the future of AI in schools
  9. As an OB-GYN, I see firsthand how misleading statements on acetaminophen leave expectant parents confused, fearful and lacking in options
  10. Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had thought – new research
  11. Virtual particles: How physicists’ clever bookkeeping trick could underlie reality
  12. Science costs money – research is guided by who funds it and why
  13. History is repeating itself at the FBI as agents resist a director’s political agenda
  14. Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat – a geographer explains how to restore them
  15. Cuba’s leaders see their options dim amid blackouts and a shrinking economy
  16. US economy is already on the edge – a prolonged government shutdown could send it tumbling over
  17. Supreme Court to decide if Colorado’s law banning conversion therapy violates free speech
  18. Supreme Court opens with cases on voting rights, tariffs, gender identity and campaign finance to test the limits of a constitutional revolution
  19. Moral panics intensify social divisions and can lead to political violence
  20. Shutdowns are as American as apple pie − in the UK and elsewhere, they just aren’t baked into the process
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  22. Breastfeeding is ideal for child and parent health but challenging for most families – a pediatrician explains how to find support
  23. Meet Irene Curie, the Nobel-winning atomic physicist who changed the course of modern cancer treatment
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  33. Conventional anti-corruption tools often fail to address root causes – but loss of US leadership could still spell trouble for efforts abroad
  34. Many US states are rethinking how students use cellphones − but digital tech still has a place in the classroom
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  37. Censorship campaigns can have a way of backfiring – look no further than the fate of America’s most prolific censor
  38. McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity
  39. ‘Whisper networks’ don’t work as well online as off − here’s why women are better able to look out for each other in person
  40. ‘Warrior ethos’ mistakes military might for true security − and ignores the wisdom of Eisenhower
  41. Arab American students and parents see US schools very differently − political tensions are widening the gap
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