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How pardoning extremists undermines the rule of law

  • Written by Michael H. Becker, Doctoral Student, Department of Justice, Law, and Criminology, American University
imageFormer President Donald Trump has said he may pardon recently convicted leaders of the Proud Boys. Here, Proud Boys members protest in Salem, Ore., on Jan. 8, 2022.Mathieu Lewis-Rolland / AFP via Getty Images

In the past 10 years, there has been an increase in far-right political violence in the United States. While scholars have pointed to several...

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How will AI affect workers? Tech waves of the past show how unpredictable the path can be

  • Written by Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
imagePersonal computers started an information technology revolution. Will AI bring similarly dramatic changes? Bettmann via Getty Images

The explosion of interest in artificial intelligence has drawn attention not only to the astonishing capacity of algorithms to mimic humans but to the reality that these algorithms could displace many humans in their...

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Ocean heat is off the charts – here's what that means for humans and ecosystems around the world

  • Written by Annalisa Bracco, Professor of Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageThe Indian Ocean's heat is having effects on land, too.NOAA Coral Reef Watch

Ocean temperatures have been off the charts since mid-March 2023, with the highest average levels in 40 years of satellite monitoring, and the impact is breaking through in disruptive ways around the world.

The sea of Japan is more than 7 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees...

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Islam's call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities -- affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America

  • Written by Leila Tarakji, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
imageMinneapolis allows call to prayer to be publicly broadcast five times per day.Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images

Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim call to prayer, to be broadcast from mosques five times a day.

In April 2023, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a change to...

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China and the US are locked in struggle -- and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a start to improving relations

  • Written by Krista Wiegand, Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee
imageUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins government officials from the U.S. and China during a meeting with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023. Leah Millis/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

In the weeks building up to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China on June 18-19, 2023,...

Read more: China and the US are locked in struggle -- and the visit by Secretary of State Blinken is only a...

Why no living people appear on US postage stamps

  • Written by Richard Handler, Professor of Anthropology, University of Virginia
imageThe practice of putting images of only deceased or allegorical people on U.S. stamps dates back to 1847.Schulte Productions/iStock via Getty Images Plus

With the ascension of King Charles III to the British throne, some commentators have made much of the fact that the new stamp bearing his image features the king without a crown.

This is a major...

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Announcing The Conversation's new investigative unit – we're looking for collaborators in academia

  • Written by Beth Daley, Executive Editor and General Manager
imageKurt Eichenwald, left, The Conversation's investigative editor, and Georgia State professor David Maimon working.The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Today we published our first story from The Conversation’s investigative unit, a significant expansion of our mission to ensure expert knowledge reaches the widest public audience possible.

Our incredible...

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Heists Worth Billions: An investigation found criminal gangs using sham bank accounts and secret online marketplaces to steal from almost anyone – and little being done to combat the fraud

  • Written by David Maimon, Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University

In January 2020, Debi Gamber studied a computer screen filled with information on scores of check deposits. As a manager for eight years at a TD Bank branch in the Baltimore suburb of Essex, she had reviewed a flurry of account activity as a security measure. These transactions, though, from the ATM of a tiny TD location nestled in a nearby mall, s...

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Behind the scenes of the investigation: Heists Worth Billions

  • Written by David Maimon, Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia State University
imageDavid Maimon's cybersecurity research group noticed a flood of checks in underground markets, which opened a window into much broader criminal activity.Collage by Kimberly Patch

Professor David Maimon is director of the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group at Georgia State University.

He and his group are well familiar with what happens on...

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Hurricanes push heat deeper into the ocean than scientists realized, boosting long-term ocean warming, new research shows

  • Written by Noel Gutiérrez Brizuela, Ph.D. Candidate in Physical Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
imageSatellite data illustrates the heat signature of Hurricane Maria above warm surface water in 2017.NASA

When a hurricane hits land, the destruction can be visible for years or even decades. Less obvious, but also powerful, is the effect hurricanes have on the oceans.

In a new study, we show through real-time measurements that hurricanes don’t...

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  3. Saving lives from extreme heat: Lessons from the deadly 2021 Pacific Northwest heat wave
  4. Passengers whose flights are canceled or delayed may soon get better treatment in the US -- where airlines have long set their own rules
  5. US national parks are crowded – and so are many national forests, wildlife refuges, battlefields and seashores
  6. As Ukraine takes the fight to Russians, signs of unease in Moscow over war's progress
  7. AI could shore up democracy – here's one way
  8. Graffiti has undergone a massive shift in a few quick decades as street art gains social acceptance
  9. On International Yoga Day, lessons from the first American yogi – Henry David Thoreau
  10. The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality
  11. Mr. Modi comes to Washington – The Indian prime minister's visit could strengthen ties with the US, but also raises some delicate issues
  12. Fascism lurks behind the dangerous conflation of the terms 'partisan' and 'political'
  13. Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender
  14. Big money bought the PGA Tour, but can it make golf a popular sport in Saudi Arabia?
  15. How do spices get their flavor?
  16. Watered-down LGBTQ 'understanding' bill shows how far Japan's parliament is out of step with its society – and history
  17. Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons for Texas lawmakers trying to erase history from the classroom
  18. Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
  19. Cormac McCarthy's fearless approach to writing
  20. Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?
  21. Southern Baptist Convention votes to expel two churches with female pastors – a religion scholar explains how far back these battles go
  22. The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine – a health physicist explains their military, health and environmental effects
  23. Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste
  24. George Soros hands control over his family's philanthropy to son Alex, after giving away billions and enduring years of antisemitic attacks and conspiracy theories
  25. The Global South is forging a new foreign policy in the face of war in Ukraine, China-US tensions: Active nonalignment
  26. Supreme Court affirms Congress's power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children
  27. Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law
  28. Jewish denominations: A brief guide for the perplexed
  29. Russians are using age-old military tactic of flooding to combat Ukraine’s counteroffensive
  30. Despite threats of violence, Trump's federal indictment happened with little fanfare -- but that doesn't mean the far-right movement is fading, an extremism scholar explains
  31. How the Unabomber's unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture
  32. 96.4% of Americans had COVID-19 antibodies in their blood by fall 2022
  33. When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of FEMA buyouts and found distance and race play a role
  34. EU files antitrust charges against Google – here's how the ad tech at the heart of the case works
  35. Why the Federal Reserve's epic fight against inflation might be over
  36. Seeing dead fruit flies is bad for the health of fruit flies – and neuroscientists have identified the exact brain cells responsible
  37. Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another
  38. In the year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ruled states should decide the legality of abortion, voters at the state level have been doing just that: 4 essential reads
  39. Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
  40. If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later?
  41. Are you part robot? A linguistic anthropologist explains how humans are like ChatGPT – both recycle language
  42. 'If you want to die in jail, keep talking' – two national security law experts discuss the special treatment for Trump and offer him some advice
  43. Trump indictment unsealed – a criminal law scholar explains what the charges mean, and what prosecutors will now need to prove
  44. Trump charged under Espionage Act – which covers a lot more crimes than just spying
  45. 6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
  46. Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama and protects landmark Voting Rights Act
  47. The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they've left behind
  48. 'From Magic Mushrooms to Big Pharma' – a college course explores nature's medicine cabinet and different ways of healing
  49. Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
  50. Drawing, making music and writing poetry can support healing and bring more humanity to health care in US hospitals