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ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US-Mexico border operations move north

  • Written by Kelsey Norman, Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
imageFederal agents deploy tear gas as residents protest a federal agent-involved shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 14, 2026.Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images

Over the past year, images of masked, heavily armed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting men, women and children –...

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‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right, according to a former federal judge

  • Written by John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
imageTeyana Gibson Brown, wife of Liberian immigrant Garrison Gibson, reacts after a federal immigration officer arrested her husband in a warrantless raid in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 2026, in what a judge later ruled was a violation of Gibson's Fourth Amendment rights. AP Photo/John Locher

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents continued...

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Dogs can need more than kibble, walks and love − consider the escalating expenses of their medical care before you adopt

  • Written by David L. Weimer, Professor of Political Economy Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison
imageA man holds his 17½-year-old Chihuahua mix, which is receiving end-of-life hospice care. Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group via Long Beach Press-Telegram and Getty Images

Many Americans struggle to pay for health care for themselves and other members of their families, even if they have insurance coverage.

Some very big bills arise when the...

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Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health

  • Written by Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
imageResearch shows that the brain can be exercised, much like our muscles.RapidEye/E+ via Getty Images

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger.

Of course, muscles only grow when the challenge increases over time. Continually lifting the same weight the...

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Rheumatoid arthritis has no cure – but researchers are homing in on preventing it

  • Written by Kevin Deane, Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
imageGentle massaging can help ease the joint pain and swelling from rheumatoid arthritis.Toa55/iStock via Getty Images Plus

More than 18 million people worldwide suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, including nearly 1.5 million Americans.

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune, inflammatory form of arthritis, meaning a person’s immune system attacks...

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Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You’re not alone

  • Written by Patrick Barry, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Digital Academic Initiatives, University of Michigan
imageMany workers feel helpless – and anticipate widespread economic displacement – as companies scramble to incorporate AI into their business models.imagedepotpro/iStock via Getty Images

Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a computer scientist. He doesn’t work at Google, Apple or...

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Is being virtuous good for you – or just people around you? A study suggests traits like compassion may support your own well-being

  • Written by Michael Prinzing, Research and Assessment Scholar, Wake Forest University
imageOpportunities to show compassion often feel difficult, but exercising virtue seems to help people cope.FG Trade/E+ via Getty Images

Virtues such as compassion, patience and self-control may be beneficial not only for others but also for oneself, according to new research my team and I published in the Journal of Personality in December 2025.

Philosop...

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Doing things alone is on the rise, and businesses should pay more attention to that – even on Valentine’s Day

  • Written by Peter McGraw, Professor of Marketing and Psychology, University of Colorado Boulder

Every February, Valentine’s Day amplifies what single people already know – that public life is built for two. Restaurants roll out prix fixe menus for couples. Hotels promote “romantic getaway” packages designed for double occupancy. A table for one still invites the question, “Just you?”

Yet there’s irony...

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Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here’s how psychology says you can shift the dynamic

  • Written by Jessica A. Stern, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pomona College
imageA heated exchange may stem from something deeper than the issue at hand.skynesher/E+ via Getty Images

Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point, each of us is faced with a clingy child, a dramatic friend, a partner who recoils at the first...

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The rise of Reza Pahlavi: Iranian opposition leader or opportunist?

  • Written by Eric Lob, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
imageReza Pahlavi, Iranian opposition leader and son of the last shah of Iran.Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

During the protests that ripped through Iran in January, one person who gained attention was Reza Pahlavi. Pahlavi, who lives in a suburb of Washington, D.C., is the son of the late shah of Iran, who ruthlessly ruled the country before being...

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  1. AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening
  2. ‘Expertise’ shouldn’t be a bad word – expert consensus guides science and society
  3. Trump’s insistence on personal loyalty from ambassadors could crimp US foreign policy
  4. Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon
  5. Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questions
  6. Companies are already using agentic AI to make decisions, but governance is lagging behind
  7. US turns its back on global efforts for women and children terrorized by violence and conflict
  8. A government can choose to investigate the killing of a protester − or choose to blame the victim and pin it all on ‘domestic terrorism’
  9. When it comes to developing policies on AI in K-12, schools are largely on their own
  10. Bearing witness after the witnesses are gone: How to bring Holocaust education home for a new generation
  11. From ancient Rome to today, war-makers have talked constantly about peace
  12. Antibiotic resistance could undo a century of medical progress – but four advances are changing the story
  13. Filming ICE is legal but exposes you to digital tracking – here’s how to minimize the risk
  14. Federal immigration enforcement near schools disrupts attendance, traumatizes students and damages their academic performance
  15. America’s next big clean energy resource could come from coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it
  16. Despite its steep environmental costs, AI might also help save the planet
  17. Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed – here’s what to try instead
  18. America’s next big critical minerals source could be coal mine pollution – if we can agree on who owns it
  19. The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization
  20. Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the tactics fit with the plan to limit China’s economic interests
  21. The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means
  22. AI cannot automate science – a philosopher explains the uniquely human aspects of doing research
  23. What ‘hope’ has represented in Christian history – and what it might mean now
  24. Some hard-earned lessons from Detroit on how to protect the safety net for community partners in research
  25. Iran’s universities have long been a battleground, where protests happen and students fight for the future
  26. Why Philly has so many sinkholes
  27. What air pollution does to the human body
  28. What triumphalist narratives about Brazil’s high court and Bolsonaro imprisonment leave out
  29. What a bear attack in a remote valley in Nepal tells us about the problem of aging rural communities
  30. Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act for the streaming era
  31. Trump’s Greenland ambitions could wreck 20th-century alliances that helped build the modern world order
  32. Are there thunderstorms on Mars? A planetary scientist explains the red planet’s dry, dusty storms
  33. An ultrathin coating for electronics looked like a miracle insulator − but a hidden leak fooled researchers for over a decade
  34. For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear
  35. Chavismo has adapted before – but can Venezuela’s leftist ideology become US friendly and survive?
  36. Supreme Court is set to rule on constitutionality of Trump tariffs – but not their wisdom
  37. 12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year
  38. Thecla, the beast fighter: The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts
  39. American farmers, who once fed the world, face a volatile global market with diminishing federal backing
  40. Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
  41. Iran’s latest internet blackout extends to phones and Starlink
  42. New variant of the flu virus is driving surge of cases across the US and Canada
  43. International aid groups are dealing with the pain of slashed USAID funding by cutting staff, localizing and coordinating better
  44. Colorado ranchers and consumers can team up to make beef supply chains more sustainable
  45. Raccoons break into liquor stores, scale skyscrapers and pick locks – studying their clever brains can clarify human intelligence, too
  46. Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point
  47. The Insurrection Act is one of at least 26 legal loopholes in the law banning the use of the US military domestically
  48. Global power struggles over the ocean’s finite resources call for creative diplomacy
  49. China’s new condom tax will prove no effective barrier to country’s declining fertility rate
  50. Refugee families are more likely to become self-reliant if provided with support outside of camp settings