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Hurricane Katrina: 3 painful lessons for emergency management are increasingly important 20 years later

  • Written by Eric Kevin Stern, Professor of Political Science, Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, University at Albany, State University of New York
imageNational Guard trucks carry rescued residents through floodwaters to the Superdome on Aug. 30, 2005, a day after Hurricane Katrina hit in New Orleans.AP Photo/Eric Gay

Hurricane Katrina looms large in the history of American emergency management, both for what went wrong as the disaster unfolded and for the policy changes it triggered.

As the nation...

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Orwell’s opposition to totalitarianism was rooted in his support for freeing workers from poverty and exploitation

  • Written by Mark Satta, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Law, Wayne State University
imageIn writing he did before his most famous novels, Orwell focused primarily on other themes including work, poverty, anti-imperialism and democratic socialism.zoom-zoom, iStock/Getty Images Plus

George Orwell’s dystopian novels “Animal Farm” and “1984” have remained popular in the U.S. ever since their initial...

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Why is the object of golf to play as little golf as possible?

  • Written by Patrick Tutka, Clinical Associate Professor of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University
imageBrooke M. Henderson hits a bunker shot during a tournament in Grand Rapids, Mich., on June 12, 2025.Michael Miller/ISI Photos via Getty Images

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Rural women are at a higher risk of violence − and less likely to get help

  • Written by Walter S. DeKeseredy, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
imageRural areas have higher rates of violence against women than suburban and urban places.pocketlight/E+ via Getty Images

I have been teaching a course on rural criminology since 2014, and most of my students are surprised by the information on violence against women presented to them.

Due to the lack of media attention to rural areas, my students come...

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Forget the warm fuzzies of finding common ground – to beat polarization, try changing your expectations

  • Written by Sarah Pessin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Denver
imageAmericans are increasingly polarized in their political views.John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images

More than 70% of voters in Colorado’s Douglas County, conservative and progressive alike, voted “no” on home rule in June 2025. The ballot measure would have granted the county increased control over certain local matters such as...

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From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved over centuries

  • Written by Timothy Gabrielli, Gudorf Chair in Catholic Intellectual Traditions, University of Dayton
imageA priest blesses a person giving confession in Aguililla, Mexico, on Oct. 29, 2021.AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo

The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film “I Confess,” based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He’s innocent, and has even heard the murderer’s confession – but cannot clear his own name.

The...

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Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

  • Written by Pintu Kumar Mahla, Research Associate at the Water Resources Research Institute, University of Arizona
imageRescuers search for survivors on Aug. 18, 2025, after a flash flood submerged homes, killing at least 18 people in a village near Swabi, Pakistan.Hussain Ali/Anadolu via Getty Images

Farmers in South Asia rely on the summer monsoon’s rainfall, but extreme monsoon rains in recent years have been destructive and deadly.

Since July, flooding...

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How federal officials talk about health is shifting in troubling ways – and that change makes me worried for my autistic child

  • Written by Megan Donelson, Lecturer in Health Rhetorics, University of Dayton
imageBlaming poor health outcomes on lifestyle choices can obscure public health issues.Anadolu via Getty Images

The Make America Healthy Again movement has generated a lot of discussion about public health. But the language MAHA proponents use to describe health and disease has also raised concerns among the disability and chronic illness communities.

I...

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Netanyahu remains unmoved by Israel’s lurch toward pariah status − but at home and abroad, Israelis are suffering the consequences

  • Written by Asher Kaufman, Professor of History and Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame

Israel’s conduct in Gaza increasingly risks turning the state into a pariah.

Whereas world leaders initially rallied around Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas militants, the resulting destruction inside the Palestinian enclave has seen the country ever more isolated on the international stage.

In recent weeks, even long-standing...

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Misunderstood Malthus: The English thinker whose name is synonymous with doom and gloom has lessons for today

  • Written by Roy Scranton, Associate Professor of English, University of Notre Dame
imageA portrait of Thomas Malthus by John Linnell.Wellcome Collection via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

No one uses “Malthusian” as a compliment. Since 1798, when the economist and cleric Thomas Malthus first published “An Essay on the Principles of Population,” the “Malthusian” position – the idea that humans are...

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  5. A Detroit street is named in honor of Vincent Chin – his death mobilized Asian American activists nationwide
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  7. Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why
  8. By ‘focusing on the family,’ James Dobson helped propel US evangelicals back into politics – making the Religious Right into the cultural force it is today
  9. Parenting strategies are shifting as neuroscience brings the developing brain into clearer focus
  10. ‘These people do it naturally’: President Trump’s views on immigrant farmworkers reflect a long history of how farming has been idealized and practiced in America
  11. Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads
  12. Why America still needs public schools
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  14. State Department layoffs could hurt US companies’ ability to compete globally – an economist explains why
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  16. Pediatricians’ association recommends COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers and some older children, breaking with CDC guidance
  17. The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
  18. Most air cleaning devices have not been tested on people − and little is known about their potential harms, new study finds
  19. AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test − and it’s changing our relationship with art
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  21. Before celebrating big gifts, charities must watch out for fake donors
  22. Trump administration has proven no friend to organized labor, from attacking federal unions to paralyzing the National Labor Relations Board
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  24. Even if Trump succeeds in bringing Putin and Zelenskyy together, don’t expect wonders − their only previous face-to-face encounter ended in failure
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