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By Joshua F.J. Inwood, Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State; Derek H. Alderman, Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee When historian Carter Woodson created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became...

By Sian Mughan, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs, Arizona State University; and Akheil Singla, Assistant Professor at the School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University When city governments spend more money than they take in, officials often search for ways...

By Jessica Trisko Darden, Associate Professor of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University As the toll of the Israel-Hamas war continues to mount, Israeli military casualties are shedding new light on a topic that rarely gets international media attention,...

By Fangzhou Wang, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Texas at Arlington In the Netflix documentary “The Tinder Swindler,” victims exposed notorious con artist Simon Leviev, who posed as a wealthy diamond mogul on the popular dating...

By Claire Wofford, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston In a 57-page opinion issued on February 6, 2024, a federal appeals court ruled against former President Donald Trump, deciding that presidents are not immune from criminal prosecution...

By Danielle Tumminio Hansen, Assistant Professor of Practical Theology & Spiritual Care, Emory University Pope Francis made headlines on January 8, 2024, when he called for a global surrogacy ban, stating, “I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate...

By Paul Schofield, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Bates College Homelessness is a state of deprivation. Those who are homeless need shelter to be safe; they do not have it. They need a toilet for basic bodily functions; they do not have one. They need a shower to...

Being a Palestinian journalist has never been easy, but Israel’s escalation of violence against members of the press in Gaza is unprecedented, according to press freedom advocates. While global solidarity has offered some help to those documenting events in the field,...

By Ari Joskowicz, Associate Professor of History, Jewish Studies and European Studies, Vanderbilt University When the United Nations passed a resolution to designate January 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it did not define the Holocaust. The 2005...

By Kai Zhuang Shum, Assistant Professor of School Psychology, University of Tennessee Youth mental health has worsened significantly over the past decade, but new interventions that teach positive psychology concepts in school may help. American young people are...

By Michael Varnum, Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University; Ian Hohm, Graduate Student of Psychology, University of British Columbia What comes to mind when you think about winter? Snowflakes? Mittens? In much of the Northern Hemisphere, winter...

By Jacob O. Wobbrock, Professor of Information, University of Washington Technology innovation requires solving hard technical problems, right? Well, yes. And no. As the Apple Macintosh turns 40, what began as Apple prioritizing the squishy concept of “user...