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A portrait taken in North Philly in the 1980s reconnects poet with cherished memories of her own beloved father

  • Written by Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon, Professor of Theater, Temple University
imageLocal residents sitting on the steps in the shade at 3106 N. Broad St. in North Philadelphia in 1986. Joseph V. Labolito/Philadelphia Collections

To celebrate Father’s Day, The Conversation U.S. asked Philadelphia anthropologist, playwright and poetic ethnographerKimmika Williams-Witherspoon to reflect on a poem she recently performed to...

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Family homesteads with tangled titles are contributing to rural America’s housing crisis

  • Written by Jennifer Pindyck, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Auburn University
imageRural Studio helps families build new housing on land with tangled titles, meaning there's no clear owner.Auburn University Rural Studio. Photo by Timothy Hursley, CC BY-SA

Imagine your parents leave you and your siblings a share of land that’s been in your family for generations. Several of your relatives already live on the land, and...

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How your air conditioner can help the power grid, rather than overloading it

  • Written by Johanna Mathieu, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of Michigan
imageCould this common home machinery help usher in more renewable energy?Holden Henry/iStock / Getty Images Plus

As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the U.S. But if you’re like me, you always feel a little guilty about that. Past generations managed without air conditioning – do I really need it? And how bad...

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Antagonism to transgender rights is tied to the authoritarian desire for social conformity – not just partisan affiliation

  • Written by Tatishe Nteta, Provost Professor of Political Science and Director of the UMass Amherst Poll, UMass Amherst
imagePresident Donald Trump signs an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls sporting events on Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington.AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Since becoming president, Donald Trump has aggressively sought to fulfill his campaign promise to reverse the Biden administration’s protection of...

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Politics based on grievance has a long and violent history in America

  • Written by Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageA statue of Christopher Columbus, toppled by protesters, is loaded onto a truck on the grounds of the state capitol on June 10, 2020, in St Paul, Minn.Stephen Maturen/Getty Images

Recently, President Donald Trump declared that he is “bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes.” He hopes to make up for the removal of commemorative statues...

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How was the wheel invented? Computer simulations reveal the unlikely birth of a world-changing technology nearly 6,000 years ago

  • Written by Kai James, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe assumption was that the wheel evolved from wooden rollers.Tetra Images via Getty Images

Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering tunnels.

You’ve resigned yourself to the grueling monotony of mining life. Then one afternoon, you...

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We surveyed 1,500 Florida kids about cellphones and their mental health – what we learned suggests school phone bans may have important but limited effects

  • Written by Justin D. Martin, Associate Professor of Digital Communication and Journalism, University of South Florida
imageThe debate over banning smartphones in schools rages as more students are bringing phones to schools.Thomas Barwick/DigitalVision via Getty Images

In Florida, a bill that bans cellphone use in elementary and middle schools, from bell to bell, recently sailed through the state Legislature.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed it into law on May 30, 2025. The...

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You’re probably richer than you think because of the safety net – but you’d have more of that hidden wealth if you lived in Norway

  • Written by Robert Manduca, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
imageYou may be wealthier than you realize.Deagreez/iStock via Getty Images Plus

How wealthy are you?

Like most people, you probably would do some math before answering this question. You would add up the money in your bank accounts, the value of your investments and any equity in a home you own, then subtract your debts, such as mortgages and car loans.

B...

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A field guide to ‘accelerationism’: White supremacist groups using violence to spur race war and create social chaos

  • Written by Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
imageDemonstrators clash with counterdemonstrators at the entrance to Lee Park in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. AP Photo/Steve Helber

A man named Regan Prater was charged with arson for the burning of Highlander Center in New Market, Tennessee, on May 7, 2025. The nonprofit has a long history of involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. The...

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World’s most powerful ex-New Yorker gets a DC military parade, not a ticker-tape celebration in Manhattan’s Canyon of Heroes

  • Written by Lincoln Mitchell, Lecturer, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
imageHeavy equipment and military vehicles arrive in Jessup, Md., for the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary parade on June 14, 2025, which coincides with President Donald Trump's 79th birthday. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Donald Trump’s plan for a military parade on June 14, 2025, officially to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army as...

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  2. LGBTQ+ patients stay up-to-date on preventive care when their doctors are supportive, saving money and lives throughout society
  3. Where is the center of the universe?
  4. Do you know how to prepare for your digital life after death? CU Boulder’s student-run clinic has some advice
  5. How the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ positions US energy to be more costly for consumers and the climate
  6. For Trump’s ‘no taxes on tips,’ the devil is in the details
  7. 100 years ago, the Social Gospel movement pushed to improve workers’ lives – but also to promote its vision of Christian America
  8. Trump–Xi call boosts Chinese president’s tough man image — and may have handed him the upper hand in future talks
  9. Binge drinking brake found in mouse brains, offering future path to treating alcohol abuse – new research
  10. Dismal ticket sales, grumblings from fans and clubs – is FIFA’s latest attempt to establish a global club game doomed before it starts?
  11. Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity
  12. Trump orders Marines to Los Angeles as protests escalate over immigration raids, demonstrating the president’s power to deploy troops on US soil
  13. ‘Who controls the present controls the past’: What Orwell’s ‘1984’ explains about the twisting of history to control the public
  14. Americans still have faith in local news − but few are willing to pay for it
  15. How school choice policies evolved from supporting Black students to subsidizing middle-class families
  16. Your brain learns from rejection − here’s how it becomes your compass for connection
  17. NCAA will pay its current and former athletes in an agreement that will transform college sports
  18. Lafayette helped Americans turn the tide in their fight for independence – and 50 years later, he helped forge the growing nation’s sense of identity
  19. If people stopped having babies, how long would it be before humans were all gone?
  20. From Kent State to Los Angeles, using armed forces to police civilians is a high-risk strategy
  21. Coral reefs face an uncertain recovery from the 4th global mass bleaching event – can climate refuges help?
  22. Was the Boulder attack terrorism or a hate crime? 2 experts unpack the complexities
  23. Beyond de-extinction and dire wolves, gene editing can help today’s endangered species
  24. ‘The Eternal Queen of Asian Pop’ sings one last encore from beyond the grave
  25. US health care is rife with high costs and deep inequities, and that’s no accident – a public health historian explains how the system was shaped to serve profit and politicians
  26. Debates over presidential power to suspend habeas corpus resurface in Trump administration
  27. Early visions of Mars: Meet the 19th-century astronomer who used science fiction to imagine the red planet
  28. Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump’s missile defense threatens to make the US less safe
  29. Why Kissinger would have been a Fortnite champ − and other foreign policy lessons from the gaming world
  30. AmeriCorps is on the chopping block – despite research showing that the national service agency is making a difference in local communities
  31. 4 creative ways to engage children in STEM over the summer: Tips to foster curiosity and problem-solving at home
  32. Trump’s justifications for the latest travel ban aren’t supported by the data on immigration and terrorism
  33. How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
  34. Detroit voters have an opportunity to pick a mayor who will ease zoning, improve transit and protect long-term residents
  35. Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks
  36. Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web destroyed more than aircraft – it tore apart the old idea that bases far behind the front lines are safe
  37. 100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, another case raises new questions
  38. Stop the ‘good’ vs ‘bad’ snap judgments and watch your world become more interesting
  39. How illicit markets fueled by data breaches sell your personal information to criminals
  40. Cuts to school lunch and food bank funding mean less fresh produce for children and families
  41. Reproducibility may be the key idea students need to balance trust in evidence with healthy skepticism
  42. In pardoning reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, Trump taps into a sense of persecution felt by his conservative Christian base
  43. How your electric bill may be paying for big data centers’ energy use
  44. Your left and right brain hear language differently − a neuroscientist explains how
  45. Memories of the good parts of using drugs can keep people hooked − altering the neurons that store them could help treat addiction
  46. ‘Loyal to the oil’ – how religion and striking it rich shape Canada’s hockey fandom
  47. What a sunny van Gogh painting of ‘The Sower’ tells us about Pope Leo’s message of hope
  48. 1 in 4 children suffers from chronic pain − school nurses could be key to helping them manage it
  49. What is vibe coding? A computer scientist explains what it means to have AI write computer code − and what risks that can entail
  50. Extreme weather’s true damage cost is often a mystery – that’s a problem for understanding storm risk, but it can be fixed