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US national parks are crowded – and so are many national forests, wildlife refuges, battlefields and seashores

  • Written by Emily Wakild, Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Professor for the Environment and Public Lands, Boise State University
imageVisitors at Sliding Rock, a popular cascade in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest. Cecilio Ricardo, USFS/Flickr

Outdoor recreation is on track for another record-setting year. In 2022, U.S. national parks logged more than 300 million visits – and that means a lot more people on roads and trails.

While research shows that spending time...

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As Ukraine takes the fight to Russians, signs of unease in Moscow over war's progress

  • Written by Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
imageFacing harder questions at home.Contributor/Getty Images

Whether or not the Ukraine counteroffensive that began in early June 2023 succeeds in dislodging Russian troops from occupied territory, there are growing signs that the push has prompted anxiety back in Moscow.

Such unease was, I believe, detectable in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...

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AI could shore up democracy – here's one way

  • Written by Bruce Schneier, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
imageAI could help elected representatives raise up constituent voices.AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

It’s become fashionable to think of artificial intelligence as an inherently dehumanizing technology, a ruthless force of automation that has unleashed legions of virtual skilled laborers in faceless form. But what if AI turns out to be the one tool...

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Graffiti has undergone a massive shift in a few quick decades as street art gains social acceptance

  • Written by Stefano Bloch, Associate Professor of Geography, Development & Environment, University of Arizona
imageTagging, once considered vandalism, has gained cachet and economic value in the art world. Ashim D’Silva for Unsplash.com, CC BY-SA

Graffiti has become so mainstream in recent years that auction houses, museums and entire art shows cater to street art connoisseurs and collectors around the world. Images in the news of young vandals...

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On International Yoga Day, lessons from the first American yogi – Henry David Thoreau

  • Written by Jeremy David Engels, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences, Penn State
imageCelebrating International Yoga Day on the beach in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2022.Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

International Yoga Day, dedicated to celebrating yoga as part of the “intangible cultural heritage of humanity,” has proved controversial since its inception in 2015.

To celebrate the day on June 21, yoga gatherings are held...

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The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality

  • Written by Samuel L. Boyd, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
imageTree of life imagery appears in several sections of the Bible.Catherine MacBride/Moment via Getty Images

After weeks of wrenching testimony, jurors delivered a guilty verdict June 16, 2023, for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 – the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The next phase of the trial...

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Mr. Modi comes to Washington – The Indian prime minister's visit could strengthen ties with the US, but also raises some delicate issues

  • Written by Sumit Ganguly, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and the Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations, Indiana University
imagePresident Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2021 at the Oval Office. Sarahbeth Maney-Pool/Getty Images

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to attend his first state visit at the White House on June 22, 2023, marking a historic moment that could potentially influence relations between India and the United States for...

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Fascism lurks behind the dangerous conflation of the terms 'partisan' and 'political'

  • Written by Lawrence Torcello, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageSupporters, including one wearing a t-shirt bearing former President Donald Trump's photo that says "Political prisoner," watch as Trump departs the federal courthouse after arraignment, June 13, 2023, in Miami. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert

“The personal is political!” is a well-known rallying cry, originally used by left-leaning...

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Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender

  • Written by Andrew Gardner, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Baylor University, Baylor University
imageAttendees, or 'messengers,' hold up their ballots during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in 2022.AP Photo/Jae C. Hong

The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in the United States, overwhelmingly voted to expel two congregations with women pastors on June 14, 2023, during their annual convention.

SBC messengers,...

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Big money bought the PGA Tour, but can it make golf a popular sport in Saudi Arabia?

  • Written by Josh Woods, Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
imageThe kingdom hopes to have 135,000 kids playing golf in school by 2025 and plans to build 23 new courses by 2030.JulyVelchev/iStock via Getty Images

The recent merger between the PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi-funded LIV Golf – now being reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice over antitrust concerns – stunned the golf community.

A...

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  3. 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
  4. Juneteenth offers new ways to teach about slavery, Black perseverance and American history
  5. Cormac McCarthy's fearless approach to writing
  6. Abortion restrictions put hospital ethics committees in the spotlight – but what do they do?
  7. Southern Baptist Convention votes to expel two churches with female pastors – a religion scholar explains how far back these battles go
  8. The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine – a health physicist explains their military, health and environmental effects
  9. Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste
  10. 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
  11. The Global South is forging a new foreign policy in the face of war in Ukraine, China-US tensions: Active nonalignment
  12. Supreme Court affirms Congress's power over Indian affairs, upholds law protecting Native American children
  13. Generative AI is a minefield for copyright law
  14. Jewish denominations: A brief guide for the perplexed
  15. Russians are using age-old military tactic of flooding to combat Ukraine’s counteroffensive
  16. 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
  17. How the Unabomber's unique linguistic fingerprints led to his capture
  18. 96.4% of Americans had COVID-19 antibodies in their blood by fall 2022
  19. When homes flood, who retreats and to where? We mapped thousands of FEMA buyouts and found distance and race play a role
  20. EU files antitrust charges against Google – here's how the ad tech at the heart of the case works
  21. Why the Federal Reserve's epic fight against inflation might be over
  22. Seeing dead fruit flies is bad for the health of fruit flies – and neuroscientists have identified the exact brain cells responsible
  23. Silvio Berlusconi had a complex relationship with US presidents: Friend to one, shunned by another
  24. 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
  25. Linguists have identified a new English dialect that's emerging in South Florida
  26. If humans went extinct, what would the Earth look like one year later?
  27. Are you part robot? A linguistic anthropologist explains how humans are like ChatGPT – both recycle language
  28. '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
  29. Trump indictment unsealed – a criminal law scholar explains what the charges mean, and what prosecutors will now need to prove
  30. Trump charged under Espionage Act – which covers a lot more crimes than just spying
  31. 6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
  32. Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama and protects landmark Voting Rights Act
  33. The US has a child labor problem – recalling an embarrassing past that Americans may think they've left behind
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  35. Never mind Cleopatra – what about the forgotten queens of ancient Nubia?
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  38. El Niño is back – that's good news or bad news, depending on where you live
  39. Do federal or state prosecutors get to go first in trying Trump? A law professor untangles the conflict
  40. Pat Robertson's lasting influence on American politics: 3 essential reads
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  42. Why a federal judge found Tennessee’s anti-drag law unconstitutional
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  44. Title 42 didn't result in a surge of migration, after all – but border communities are still facing record-breaking migration
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  46. WHO's recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss leaves many questions unanswered
  47. Will faster federal reviews speed up the clean energy shift? Two legal scholars explain what the National Environmental Policy Act does and doesn't do
  48. Astrud Gilberto spread bossa nova to a welcoming world – but got little love back in Brazil
  49. What is incorruptibility? A scholar of Catholic worship explains
  50. Arrests of 3 members of an Atlanta charity's board in a SWAT-team raid is highly unusual and could be unconstitutional