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Most of the 1 million Venezuelans in the United States arrived within the past decade

  • Written by Matt Brooks, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Florida State University
imageThe extraction of Nicolas Maduro was welcome news to many Venezuelans living in the United States.Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

In 2024, the most recent year for which we have data, an estimated 1 million immigrants from Venezuela lived in the United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, these...

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How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty

  • Written by Stephen Acabado, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles
imageFarmers during harvest season in Batad, Ifugao, Philippines.Paul Connor and the Ifugao Archaeological Project, CC BY

Indigenous communities have lived with changes to the climate for centuries. Their adaptations over those many years are based on their close observation of weather, water, soils and seasonal change, and they have been refined...

Read more: How mountain terraces have helped Indigenous peoples live with climate uncertainty

Supreme Court likely to reject limits on concealed carry but uphold bans on gun possession by drug users

  • Written by Morgan Marietta, Professor of American Civics, University of Tennessee
imageThe Supreme Court recognizes an individual right to self-defense with firearms in public spaces.wildpixel/Getty Images

The U.S. Supreme Court in early 2026 will hear oral arguments in two cases testing the limits of gun rights under the Constitution.

Can a state outlaw carrying a concealed weapon in businesses or restaurants unless the owners post...

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New Year’s resolutions usually fall by the wayside, but there is a better approach to making real changes

  • Written by Michele Patterson Ford, Lecturer in Psychology, Dickinson College
imageResolutions often rely on willpower to push through or follow through, but research shows they usually don't work. Guillermo Spelucin Runciman/iStock via Getty Images

How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If you’ve given up on them, you’re not alone.

Every January, people across the world seek a fresh start and set goals for...

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Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas

  • Written by Aaron Coy Moulton, Associate Professor of Latin American History, Stephen F. Austin State University
imageA woman walks past a banner that says 'against foreign intervention,' in Spanish, in Guatemala in 1954.Bettmann/Getty Images

In the aftermath of the U.S. military strike that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration has emphasized its desire for unfettered access to Venezuela’s oil more than...

Read more: Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas

Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy

  • Written by Konstantin Zhukov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Indiana University; Institute for Humane Studies
imageNeither of these men -- US President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- likes being held accountable by the press.Contributor/Getty Images

The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticismand dissent.

In its story...

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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks

  • Written by Kelsey Roberts, Post-Doctoral Scholar in Marine Ecology, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth
imagePhytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.European Space Agency via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate...

Read more: Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each...

Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method’s risks

  • Written by Kelsey Roberts, Post-Doctoral Scholar in Marine Ecology, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth
imagePhytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.European Space Agency via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate...

Read more: Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each...

Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use

  • Written by Layla Bouzoubaa, Doctoral Student in Information Science, Drexel University
imageOnly a small percentage of people with substance use disorder seek treatment, but millions of people discuss their experiences with drugs in online communities. vladans/iStock via Getty Images

When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site like Reddit, TikTok or YouTube probably isn’t the first thing...

Read more: Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use

Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources

  • Written by Geoffrey Propheter, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver
imageIn September 2025, the Denver Broncos announced their plan to build a new, privately financed stadium.Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

The Denver Broncos announced in early September 2025 their plan to build a privately financed football stadium. The proposal received a lot of attention and praise.

Across the five major sports leagues in the U.S....

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  2. There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
  3. Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh
  4. US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice
  5. Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
  6. From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
  7. The ‘drug threat’ that justified the US ouster of Maduro won’t be fixed by his arrest
  8. South Florida’s Brightline has highlighted an old problem – every year for the past decade, 900 pedestrians were killed by trains
  9. Iran’s protests have spread across provinces, despite skepticism and concern among ethnic groups
  10. Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won’t mean much for US energy prices
  11. Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income
  12. Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested in astronomy – telescopes in schools can help
  13. Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out
  14. From flammable neighborhoods to moral hazards, fire insurance maps capture early US cities and the landscape of discrimination
  15. Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how
  16. 3 ways US actions in Venezuela violated international law
  17. Nearly half of Detroit seniors spend at least 30% of their income on housing costs − even as real estate values fall
  18. Small businesses say they aren’t planning to hire many recent graduates for entry-level jobs – here’s why
  19. Wars without clear purpose erode presidential legacies, and Trump risks political consequences with further military action in Venezuela
  20. Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu – an emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard
  21. DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence – a central bank scholar explains what’s at stake
  22. How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest
  23. Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it back
  24. What is Christian Reconstructionism − and why it matters in US politics
  25. Eating less ultraprocessed food supports healthier aging, new research shows
  26. Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region
  27. Financial case for college remains strong, but universities need to add creative thinking to their curriculum
  28. What is below Earth, since space is present in every direction?
  29. Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press
  30. Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
  31. CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives
  32. NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
  33. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
  34. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty in latest move to dismantle America’s climate protections
  35. George Washington’s foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens
  36. Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy
  37. The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children
  38. Meth inflames and stimulates your brain through similar pathways – new research offers potential avenue to treat meth addiction
  39. ‘Shared decision-making’ for childhood vaccines sounds empowering – but it may mean less access for families already stretched thin
  40. Live healthier in 2026 by breathing cleaner air at home
  41. Americans have had their mail-in ballots counted after Election Day for generations − a Supreme Court ruling could end the practice
  42. The 17th-century Pueblo leader who fought for independence from colonial rule – long before the American Revolution
  43. Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper
  44. ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself
  45. New US dietary guidelines recommend more protein and whole milk, less ultraprocessed foods
  46. Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease
  47. Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue
  48. Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II
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  50. Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core