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How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections

  • Written by Gibbs Knotts, Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson crossed the bridge in a...

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The parallels between Kash Patel and William J. Burns, a scandal-mongering 1920s FBI director — an FBI historian explains

  • Written by Douglas M. Charles, Professor of History, Penn State
imageFBI Director Kash Patel speaks at his confirmation hearing on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

After winning the 2024 election, President Donald Trump said on Nov. 30 that his new FBI director would be Kash Patel, a controversial lawyer and former Trump aide known for backing right-wing conspiracies.

Patel officially...

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Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders

  • Written by Rebecca Lester, Professor of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis
imageChanges in identity in midlife can increase the risk of developing an eating disorder.muratseyit/E+ via Getty Images

“No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That’s for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me.”

Alexa, a 44-year-old real estate agent, was telling me about her struggle...

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Arrest of ex-president Duterte will shake up dynastic politics in the Philippines – and hand initiative to rival Marcos family

  • Written by Lisandro Claudio, Associate Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
imageA supporter holds a portrait of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte at a campaign rally in Hong Kong Southorn Stadium on March 9, 2025.Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

The ex-president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, could soon become the first Asian former head of state to be tried at The Hague.

The populist politician was arrested on Mar....

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US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple

  • Written by Scott L. Montgomery, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
imageA dragline excavator mines rare earth materials in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine on Feb. 25, 2025.Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

Ukraine’s mineral wealth has been a key factor in its negotiations with the U.S. as the two countries work out details for a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

After a rocky start to...

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The world regulated sulfur in ship fuels − and the lightning stopped

  • Written by Chris Wright, Fellow in Atmospheric Science, Program on Climate Change, University of Washington
imageLightning strikes the Mediterranean Sea.Matko Begovic/PIXSELL via Xinhua, via Getty Images

If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you’ll notice an odd streak of intense lightning activity right over the busiest shipping lane in the world. As it turns out, the lightning really is responding to the ships, or rather the...

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5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

  • Written by Katherine A. Foss, Professor of Media Studies, Middle Tennessee State University
imageAs the pandemic accelerated in 2020, U.S. hospitals -- including this one in New York City -- set up tents to diagnose patients with COVID-19.Misha Friedman via Getty Images

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a...

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What is a SLAPP suit? Legal experts explain how these lawsuits suppress free speech

  • Written by Jennifer Safstrom, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University
imageGreenpeace activists at a pipeline resistance training camp in Washington state, Aug. 26, 2017.Tim Exton/AFP via Getty Images

Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP suits, are civil claims brought against people or organizations who voice opinions publicly. These lawsuits are intended to intimidate opponents and suppress advocacy...

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How Trump’s foreign aid and diplomatic cuts will make it harder for the US to wield soft power to maintain its friendships and win new ones

  • Written by Matthew Clary, Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Auburn University
imageSoft power is lower-risk and lower-cost than hard power strategies.A Mokhtari/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images

The Trump administration has proposed shuttering USAID and cutting some of the State Department’s critical diplomatic programs; it has also announced tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. As scholar Borja Santos...

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Mission possible − parastronaut programs can make space travel more inclusive and attainable for all

  • Written by Jesse Rhoades, Professor of Education, Heath & Behavior, University of North Dakota
imageThe European Space Agency's astronaut cohort includes a parastronaut, as part of a feasability project. AP Photo/Francois Mori

Humans will likely set foot on the Moon again in the coming decade. While many stories in this new chapter of lunar exploration will be reminiscent of the Apollo missions 50 years ago, others may look quite different.

For...

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  2. End-of-life planning can be hampered by misconceptions − but the process is easier than you might think
  3. Trump’s DOGE campaign accelerates 50-year trend of government privatization
  4. What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
  5. The sun is setting on government transparency in Florida – and secrecy creep is affecting the rest of the US, too
  6. How the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green
  7. George Washington, a real estate investor and successful entrepreneur, knew the difference between running a business and running the government
  8. Taking a leap of faith into imaginary numbers opens new doors in the real world through complex analysis
  9. DEI initiatives removed from federal agencies that fund science, but scientific research continues
  10. The dark parallels between 1920s America and today’s political climate
  11. The fear of deportation hangs over unauthorized workers trying to fight exploitation, but all workers in the US have rights
  12. The FACE Act was enacted to protect reproductive health clinics − here’s why its history matters today
  13. Ann Arbor’s sustainable energy utility aims to build the electric power grid of the future − alongside the old one
  14. 5 ways schools have shifted in 5 years since COVID-19
  15. Is ranch dressing a liquid or a solid? A physicist explains
  16. America is becoming a nation of homebodies
  17. 5 reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts
  18. Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions in lost productivity and health care expenses
  19. How Trump’s $2B court battle over foreign aid could reshape executive authority
  20. Pause in aid has introduced uncertainty into Ukraine’s military planning − forever changing its war calculus
  21. NIH funding cuts will hit red states, rural areas and underserved communities the hardest
  22. ‘Pac-Man with a ponytail’ proteins regulate everything from night vision to heartbeats – studying what GRKs look like could improve an array of drugs
  23. What Amazon MGM’s creative control over the James Bond film franchise means for the future of 007
  24. Exhausted by the news? Here are 6 strategies to stay informed without getting overwhelmed − or misled by misinformation
  25. The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed
  26. Beyond AI regulation: How government and industry can team up to make the technology safer without hindering innovation
  27. Knocking down abandoned buildings has a lot of benefits for Detroit − but it’s costly for cities
  28. Why getting the numbers right isn’t enough for pollsters to be credible in today’s polarized climate
  29. Butterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US – there are ways you can help save them
  30. How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters
  31. Anger is a flow of emotion like water through a hose − at work, it helps to know when to turn it up or down and how to direct it
  32. DOGE threat: How government data would give an AI company extraordinary power
  33. As tuberculosis cases rise in the US and worldwide, health officials puzzle over the resurgence of a disease once in decline
  34. What’s that microplastic? Advances in machine learning are making identifying plastics in the environment more reliable
  35. Why Muslim American nonprofits are taking steps to build trust with donors during Ramadan
  36. Death by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history
  37. Philly’s street fentanyl contains an industrial chemical called BTMPS that’s an ingredient in plastic
  38. The US energy market has its troubles, though it may not be a ‘national emergency’
  39. Carolina wildfires followed months of weather whiplash, from drought to hurricane-fueled floods and back to drought
  40. The child boss in ‘Severance’ reveals a devastating truth about work and child-rearing in the 21st century
  41. Supreme Court sides with San Francisco, requiring EPA to set specific targets in water pollution permits
  42. COVID-19 is the latest epidemic to show biomedical breakthroughs aren’t enough to eliminate a disease
  43. Learning ethics − one Marvel movie at a time
  44. USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded
  45. Influencers have trouble figuring out their tax obligations − and with good reason
  46. Trump is the kinglike president many feared when arguing over the US Constitution in 1789 – and his address to Congress showed it
  47. A potential $110B economic hit: How Trump’s tariffs could mean rising costs for families, strain for states
  48. Extreme heat silently accelerates aging on a molecular level − new research
  49. Gifts from top 50 US philanthropists rebounded to $16B in 2024 − Mike Bloomberg; Reed Hastings and Patty Quillin; and Michael and Susan Dell lead the list of biggest givers
  50. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs advises the president on use of America’s military power