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Like today’s selfie-takers, Walt Whitman used photography to curate his image – but ended up more lost than found

  • Written by Trevin Corsiglia, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Thought, Washington University in St. Louis
imageThough Walt Whitman insisted to friends that the moth was real – and landed on his finger spontaneously – it was a cardboard prop.Library of Congress

When I read and study Walt Whitman’s poetry, I often imagine what he would’ve done if he had a smartphone and an Instagram account.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, the poet...

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The rise and fall – and rise again – of white-tailed deer

  • Written by Elic Weitzel, Peter Buck Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Smithsonian Institution
imageWhite-tailed deer in North America are back to their precolonial population levels.John Woodhouse Audubon/Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago. While they...

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What Peru’s Virgen de la Puerta represents about unity and inclusion

  • Written by Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch, Researcher in Marianist Studies, University of Dayton
imageLa Virgen de la Puerta behind a glass window at the pinnacle of the church.Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch

Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States, is also claimed by the Peruvian people whom he served for over two decades as one of their own.

Then known as Robert Francis Prevost, he lived and worked in the cities of Trujillo and Chiclayo in...

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Weaponized storytelling: How AI is helping researchers sniff out disinformation campaigns

  • Written by Mark Finlayson, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Florida International University
imageThe human proclivity for storytelling makes disinformation difficult to combat.Westend61 via Getty Images

It is not often that cold, hard facts determine what people care most about and what they believe. Instead, it is the power and familiarity of a well-told story that reigns supreme. Whether it’s a heartfelt anecdote, a personal testimony...

Read more: Weaponized storytelling: How AI is helping researchers sniff out disinformation campaigns

There’s no evidence work requirements for Medicaid recipients will boost employment, but they are a key piece of Republican spending bill

  • Written by Colin Gordon, Professor of History, University of Iowa
imageWork requirements for receiving government benefits have a long history.FatCamera/E+ via Getty Images

Republicans in the U.S. Senate are sparring over their version of the multitrillion-dollar budget and immigration bill the House of Representatives passed on May 22, 2025.

Some GOP senators are insisting on shrinking the budget deficit, which the...

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How trafficked American guns fuel Mexico’s cartel violence – podcast

  • Written by Gemma Ware, Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation

More than two thirds of guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes originate in the U.S. For decades, Mexico has struggled with staggering levels of gun violence fueled in large part by weapons trafficked across its northern border.

Now an investigation published by The Conversation has arrived at a new estimate of the scale of this illicit gun trade...

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More Colorado workplaces are becoming safe places for employees in recovery

  • Written by Liliana Tenney, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageCliff and Cara Blauvelt, owners of Odie B's sandwich shops in Denver, have created a recovery-friendly workplace thanks in part to a program from the Colorado School of Public Health.Courtesy of BehindTheApronMedia

At Odie B’s, a sandwich shop in Denver, recovery from drug and alcohol use is part of daily operations.

“Seventy percent...

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RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance

  • Written by Libby Richards, Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
imageUntil now, the CDC has recommended that everyone ages 6 months and older get a yearly COVID-19 vaccine.Asiaselects via Getty Images

On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer include the COVID-19 vaccine on the list of immunizations it...

Read more: RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a...

3 things to watch as South Koreans head toward the polls following turbulent political period

  • Written by Jong Eun Lee, Assistant Professor, North Greenville University
imageSouth Koreans weigh their options at the end of a momentous election season. Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

On June 3, 2025, South Koreans will head to the polls to vote for a new president.

The election caps a particularly turbulent several months in the country’s politics that began with right-wing President Yoon Suk...

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Guns bought in the US and trafficked to Mexican drug cartels fuel violence in Mexico and the migration crisis

  • Written by Sean Campbell, Investigative Journalist, The Conversation

The Mexican security forces tracking Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – the leader of a deadly drug cartel that has been a top driver of violence in Mexico and narcotic addiction in America – thought they finally had him cornered on May 1, 2015.

Four helicopters carrying an arrest team whirled over the mountains near Mexico’s...

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