Trump’s justifications for the latest travel ban aren’t supported by the data on immigration and terrorism
Taliban fighters guard the former U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 5, 2025.AP Photo/Ebrahim NorooziThe Trump administration on June 4, 2025, announced travel restrictions targeting 19 count...
Charles Kurzman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
President Donald Trump holds up an executive order promoting coal production, with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, left, and the secretaries of Interior and Energy behind him...
H. Christopher Frey, Glenn E. Futrell Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University
Detroit voters have an opportunity to pick a mayor who will ease zoning, improve transit and protect long-term residents
Five of Detroit's mayoral candidates discuss their ideas for the future of the city.Detroit PBSFive of the nine candidates in Detroit’s mayoral contest debated on May 29, 2025, during the annual...
Brian J. Connolly, Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Michigan
Game theory explains why reasonable parents make vaccine choices that fuel outbreaks
Vaccination is an example of how people make decisions in an interconnected system.MichelleLWilson v…
Ukraine’s Operation Spider Web destroyed more than aircraft – it tore apart the old idea that bases …
A sitting duck? A Russian Tu-160 strategic bomber on the ground on Feb. 22, 2024.Alexander KazakovAF…
100 years ago, the Supreme Court made a landmark ruling on parents’ rights in education – today, ano…
A selection of books that are part of the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor are pictured on April…
Stop the ‘good’ vs ‘bad’ snap judgments and watch your world become more interesting
Sticking to just thumbs-up or thumbs-down limits how you engage with the world.PM Images/Photodisc v…
Cuts to school lunch and food bank funding mean less fresh produce for children and families
For many American children, school lunches are their most nutritious meal of the day.SDI Productions…
How illicit markets fueled by data breaches sell your personal information to criminals
Criminals often buy illicit information with cryptocurrencies.Boris Zhitkov via Getty ImagesEvery ye…
Reproducibility may be the key idea students need to balance trust in evidence with healthy skeptici…
Reproducing results can increase trust in scientific studies.Huntstock via Getty ImagesMany people h…