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Leaders in India, Hungary and the US are using appeals to nostalgia and nationalism to attack higher education

  • Written by Riyad A. Shahjahan, Professor of Higher, Adult and Life Long Education, Michigan State University
imageTwo scholars argue that nostalgia and resentment fuel government attacks on universities.Rick Friedman/AFP

Harvard University is under siege by the Trump administration – and the world is watching. But this case isn’t just an American issue.

It’s part of a global trend: universities cast as enemies and institutions in need of...

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Florida plan to deputize National Guard officers as immigration judges at Alligator Alcatraz would likely violate constitutional rights

  • Written by Raquel Aldana, Professor of Law, University of California, Davis
imagePresident Donald Trump visits Alligator Alcatraz in Ochopee, Florida on July 1, 2025.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Seeking to expand Florida’s role in federal immigration enforcement, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in May 2025 submitted the state’s Immigration Enforcement Operations Plan to the Trump administration.

The...

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About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies − new research

  • Written by Melissa Melough, Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science, University of Delaware
imageHigher vitamin D levels in a mother's blood during pregnancy have been linked to higher IQ scores in early childhood and reduced behavioral problems. gpointstudio/iStock via Getty Images

Children whose mothers had higher vitamin D levels during pregnancy scored better on tests of memory, attention and problem-solving skills at ages 7 to 12 compared...

Read more: About a third of pregnant women in the US lack sufficient vitamin D to support healthy pregnancies...

Can AI think – and should it? What it means to think, from Plato to ChatGPT

  • Written by Ryan Leack, Assistant Professor of Writing, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
imageAncient Greek concepts about intelligence can shed light on 21st-century tech they never knew.agsandrew/iStock via Getty Images Plus

In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on whether AI is intelligent: how well it can assess, analyze, evaluate and communicate information.

When I ask whether artificial intelligence can...

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Idi Amin made himself out to be the ‘liberator’ of an oppressed majority – a demagogic trick that endures today

  • Written by Derek R. Peterson, Ali Mazrui Professor of History & African Studies, University of Michigan
imageIdi Amin addresses the United Nations General Assembly in 1975.Bettmann/Getty Images

Fifty years ago, Ugandan President Idi Amin wrote to the governments of the British Commonwealth with a bold suggestion: Allow him to take over as head of the organization, replacing Queen Elizabeth II.

After all, Amin reasoned, a collapsing economy had made the...

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Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of journalism

  • Written by Allison Perlman, Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine
imageNathan Heffel and Grace Hood rehearse their Colorado Public Radio public affairs program in Centennial, Colo., in 2017. Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images

The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives approved by narrow margins on July 17 and 18, 2025, a law that claws back federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting....

Read more: Clawback of $1.1B for PBS and NPR puts rural stations at risk – and threatens a vital source of...

Why male corporate leaders and billionaires may need financial therapy more than anyone

  • Written by Prince Sarpong, Associate professor, University of the Free State

Corporate leaders and billionaires are often viewed as visionaries and wealth creators. But beneath the surface, many are trapped in an invisible financial “crisis” – one rooted not in market volatility or poor investments but in their psychological relationship with money.

As a finance professor and editor of the forthcoming book...

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Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI

  • Written by Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst
imageAre concerns about AI a bridge across the polarization divide?ZargonDesign/iStock via Getty Images

In the run-up to the vote in the U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, Republicans scrambled to revise the bill to win support of wavering GOP senators. A provision included in the original bill was a 10-year moratorium...

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When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent floods and other devastating losses

  • Written by Liza Barros-Lane, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Houston-Downtown
imageRain falls over a makeshift memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.AP Photo/Eric Gay

The July 4, 2025, floods in Kerr County, Texas, swept away children and entire families, leaving horror in their wake. Days later, flash floods struck Ruidoso, New Mexico, killing three people, including two young...

Read more: When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent...

Supreme Court news coverage has talked a lot more about politics ever since the 2016 death of Scalia and GOP blocking of Obama’s proposed nominee

  • Written by Joshua Boston, Associate Professor of Political Science, Bowling Green State University
imageReporters used to treat the Supreme Court as a nonpolitical institution, but not anymore.Tetra Images/Getty

The U.S. Supreme Court has always ruled on politically controversial issues. From elections to civil rights, from abortion to free speech, the justices frequently weigh in on the country’s most debated problems.

And because of the...

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  2. Research replication can determine how well science is working – but how do scientists replicate studies?
  3. Philly’s City Council turned down a new rental inspection program − studies show that might harm tenants’ health
  4. Data can show if government programs work or not, but the Trump administration is suppressing the necessary information
  5. College ‘general education’ requirements help prepare students for citizenship − but critics say it’s learning time taken away from useful studies
  6. Catholic clergy are speaking out on immigration − more than any other political issue except abortion
  7. Why drones and AI can’t quickly find missing flood victims, yet
  8. The golden oyster mushroom craze unleashed an invasive species – and a worrying new study shows it’s harming native fungi
  9. What is peer review? The role anonymous experts play in scrutinizing research before it gets published
  10. University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers
  11. Examining mushrooms under microscopes can help engineers design stronger materials
  12. What makes ‘great powers’ great? And how will they adapt to a multipolar world?
  13. California farmers identify a hot new cash crop: Solar power
  14. Angels, witches, crystals and black cats: How supernatural beliefs vary across different groups in the US
  15. China’s insertion into India-Pakistan waters dispute adds a further ripple in South Asia
  16. Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads
  17. Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees
  18. Rethinking the MBA: Character as the educational foundation for future business leaders
  19. Weird space weather seems to have influenced human behavior on Earth 41,000 years ago – our unusual scientific collaboration explores how
  20. Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form
  21. Many Texas communities are dangerously unprepared for floods − lack of funding plays a big role
  22. How universities can keep protests from turning violent: 3 lessons from the 2024 pro-Palestinian encampments
  23. Europe is stuck in a bystander role over Iran’s nuclear program after US, Israeli bombs establish facts on the ground
  24. How 17M Americans enrolled in Medicaid and ACA plans could lose their health insurance by 2034
  25. A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens
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  27. ABC’s and CBS’s settlements with Trump are a dangerous step toward the commander in chief becoming the editor-in-chief
  28. Is there any hope for the internet?
  29. 2026 FIFA World Cup expansion will have a big climate footprint, with matches from Mexico to Canada – here’s what fans can do
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  32. Listening to nonhumans: What music can teach about humanity’s relationships with nature and the divine
  33. Zohran Mamdani’s last name reflects centuries of intercontinental trade, migration and cultural exchange
  34. Trump’s Brazil tariffs point more to his enduring bond with far-right Bolsonaro than economic concerns
  35. Most Pennsylvania voters ignore judicial elections − a political scientist explains why they matter, especially in a battleground state
  36. Who was the first pirate?
  37. When disasters fall out of the public eye, survivors continue to suffer – a rehabilitation professional explains how sustained mental health support is critical to recovery
  38. FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared
  39. How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order
  40. Why it can be hard to warn people about dangers like floods – communication researchers explain the role of human behavior
  41. IRS says churches may endorse political candidates despite a decades-old federal statute barring them from doing that
  42. Why do so many American workers feel guilty about taking the vacation they’ve earned?
  43. Inequality has risen from 1970 to Trump − that has 3 hidden costs that undermine democracy
  44. Spacecraft equipped with a solar sail could deliver earlier warnings of space weather threats to Earth’s technologies
  45. AI in health care could save lives and money − but change won’t happen overnight
  46. Muscle weakness in cancer survivors may be caused by treatable weakness in blood vessels – new research
  47. Spotted lanternflies love grapevines, and that’s bad for Pennsylvania’s wine industry
  48. School smartphone bans reflect growing concern over youth mental health and academic performance
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  50. Justice Department efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans likely violate constitutional rights