Is there any hope for the internet?
Hate and mental illness fester online because love and healing seem to be incompatible with profits.Ihor Lukianenko/iStock via Getty ImagesIn 2001, social theorist bell hooks warned about the dangers ...
Aarushi Bhandari, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Davidson College
2026 FIFA World Cup expansion will have a big climate footprint, with matches from Mexico to Canada – here’s what fans can do
Lionel Messi celebrates with fans after Argentina won the FIFA World Cup championship in 2022 in Qatar.Michael Regan-FIFA/FIFA via Getty ImagesWhen the FIFA World Cup hits North America in June 2026, ...
Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Michigan
Listening to nonhumans: What music can teach about humanity’s relationships with nature and the divine
Members of the Alevi Muslim community perform a ritual semah dance during celebrations for Norooz, or the Persian New Year, in Berlin.Adam Berry/Getty ImagesAs someone who teaches and researches music...
Jeffers Engelhardt, Professor of Music, Amherst College
Zohran Mamdani’s last name reflects centuries of intercontinental trade, migration and cultural exch…
Zohran Mamdani takes photos with union members during a campaign rally at the Hotel and Gaming Trade…
Most Pennsylvania voters ignore judicial elections − a political scientist explains why they matter…
Three of the seven judges on PA's state supreme court are up for retention votes in November 2025.AP…
Trump’s Brazil tariffs point more to his enduring bond with far-right Bolsonaro than economic concer…
U.S. President Donald Trump and then-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attend a joint news conferen…
Who was the first pirate?
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert…
When disasters fall out of the public eye, survivors continue to suffer – a rehabilitation professio…
In Kerrville, Texas, Leighton Sterling watches the rushing floodwaters along the Guadalupe River on …
FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared
A deadly flash flood on July 4, 2025, swept through Nancy Callery's childhood home in Hunt, Texas.Br…
How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright …
Protesters support birthright citizenship on May 15, 2025, outside of the Supreme Court in Washingto…