Lebanon’s political elites are using displacement and humanitarian crisis to delay elections again
Long-time Lebanese power broker and speaker of the parliament Nabih Berri speaks during a legislative session. AP Photo/Hussein MallaLebanon was meant to be preparing for key parliamentary elections i...
Jasmin Lilian Diab, Assistant Professor of Migration Studies; Director of the Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University
US and Iran: A brief history of how decades of mistrust and bad blood led to open warfare
An Iranian walks past an anti-U.S. mural in Tehran on April 5, 2025.Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty ImagesWith U.S. bombs raining down on Iran and Tehran’s leaders responding by hitting targets across...
Jeffrey Fields, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
What a US attorney general actually does – a law professor spells it out
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi answers questions from the media at the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2026.Matt McClain/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on April 2, 2026...
Jennifer Selin, Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
Toxic dust from California’s shrinking Salton Sea is harming children’s lung growth – our study trac…
The Salton Sea is shrinking and releasing toxic dust from its lake bed.Jennifer Davis/iStock/Getty I…
The two lives of Chuck Norris
Actor and martial artist Chuck Norris died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 86.Jean-Jacques Bernier/…
Supreme Court ruling on Colorado conversion therapy case is not a clear win for conservatives
The U.S. Supreme Court found a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for gay and transgender minor…
Why Americans give: New research finds 5 distinct profiles for generosity
About 82% of Americans said in response to a survey that they give to charity or to people in need.O…
The costume maker who convinced Hersheypark to embrace candy mascots and ‘chocolatize’ their old-tim…
The park, with its name originally two words, Hershey Park, opened in the early 1900s when Milton He…
Why the manosphere has an antisemitism problem
Fitness content is big in the 'manosphere,' but extreme ideologies make appearances, too.ljubaphoto/…