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Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies Trump’s heritage politics

  • Written by R. Grant Gilmore III, Director, Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program, College of Charleston
imageDemolition in process on the East Wing of the White House, Oct. 23, 2025. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and associated stories to project power, control memory and shape national identity. As 17th-century French statesman Jean-Baptiste Colbert observed:

“In the absence of...

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You’ve just stolen a priceless artifact – what happens next?

  • Written by Leila Amineddoleh, Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University
imageThe tiara of Empress Eugénie was one of eight priceless pieces of jewelry stolen from the Louvre in Paris on Oct. 19, 2025.Zhang Mingming/VCG via Getty Images

The high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct 19, 2025, played out like a scene from a Hollywood movie: a gang of thieves steal an assortment of dazzling royal jewels on display...

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2 iconic coral species are now functionally extinct off Florida, study finds – we witnessed the reef’s bleaching and devastation

  • Written by Carly D. Kenkel, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageHealthy staghorn coral were crucial builders of Florida's coral reef. Today, few survive there.Maya Gomez

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our experiments. The corals’ classic orange-brown...

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Japan’s sumo association turns 100 – but the sport’s rituals have a much older role shaping ideas about the country

  • Written by Jessamyn R. Abel, Professor of Asian Studies and History, Penn State
imageSumo wrestlers Daieisho and Roga compete in a Grand Sumo Tournament bout at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 19, 2025.AP Photo/Frank Augstein

A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony.

Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing little more than...

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Surrealism is better known for its strangeness than the radical politics and revolutionary ambitions of its creators

  • Written by Tom McDonough, Professor of Art History, Binghamton University, State University of New York
imageA visitor looks at 'Magnetic Mountain' by Kurt Seligmann at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Sandrine Marty/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

A large-scale exhibition of surrealism that first opened in Paris in 2024 will have its sole American iteration, “Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100,” at the Philadelphia Art Museum from Nov. 8, 2025,...

Read more: Surrealism is better known for its strangeness than the radical politics and revolutionary...

Building a stable ‘abode of thought’: Kant’s rules for virtuous thinking

  • Written by Alexander T. Englert, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Richmond
imageVirtuous thinking, Kant wrote, is like good carpentry: It builds strong ideas in harmony with one another. Jackyenjoyphotography/Moment via Getty Images

What makes a life virtuous? The answer might seem simple: virtuous actions – actions that align with morality.

But life is more than doing. Frequently, we just think. We observe and spectate;...

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Why your late teens and early 20s are crucial times for lifelong heart health

  • Written by Jewel Scott, Assistant Professor of Nursing Science, University of South Carolina
imageMany young adults don't realize that high cholesterol, obesity, high blood pressure and lack of physical activity are early heart disease risk factors.Kmatta/Moment via Getty Images

Emerging adulthood – the life stage that unfolds around ages 18-25 – is full of major transitions, such as starting college or learning a trade, making new...

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Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were furloughed

  • Written by Ruohao Zhang, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Penn State
imageCoal-fired power plants emit both smoke and steam.Paul Souders/Stone via Getty Images

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring and inspecting industrial sites for pollution, and stopped...

Read more: Coal plants emitted more pollution during the last government shutdown, while regulators were...

James Comey’s lawyers face an uphill battle to prove selective or vindictive prosecution in his high-profile case

  • Written by Peter A. Joy, Professor of law, Washington University in St. Louis
imagePatrice Failor, wife of former FBI Director James Comey, departs the courthouse following Comey's arraignment hearing in Alexandria, Va., on Oct. 8, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynold/AFP via Getty Images

Soon after President Donald Trump demanded in a social media post that the Department of Justice prosecute his perceived enemy, former FBI director...

Read more: James Comey’s lawyers face an uphill battle to prove selective or vindictive prosecution in his...

1 in 3 US nonprofits that serve communities lost government funding in early 2025

  • Written by Lewis Faulk, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, American University
imageThe Trump administration's spending cuts have hit many nonprofits hard. michaelquirk/iStock via Getty Images Plus

About one-third of U.S. nonprofit service providers experienced a disruption in their government funding in the first half of 2025.

That’s what we found when we teamed up with Urban Institute researchers to collect nationally...

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