
First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare
Hollywood screenwriter Samuel Ornitz speaks before the House Un-American Activities Committee in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 29, 1947. UPI/Bettmann Archive via Getty ImagesAs the United States faces inc...
Jodie Childers, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia

Farmers – long Trump backers – bear the costs of new tariffs, restricted immigration and slashed renewable energy subsidies
U.S. farmers, including those who grow soybeans, are under pressure from various Trump administration policies.Jan Sonnenmair/Getty ImagesFew political alliances in recent American history have seemed...
Kee Hyun Park, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy, Nanyang Technological University; Institute for Humane Studies

AI is providing emotional support for employees – but is it a valuable tool or privacy threat?
Does AI that monitors and supports worker emotions improve or degrade the workplace?Marta Sher/iStock via Getty ImagesAs artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT become an increasingly popular avenu...
Nelson Phillips, Distinguished Professor of Technology Management, University of California, Santa Barbara

‘Jeffrey Epstein is not unique’: What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking…
Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during the press conference on the Epstein Files…

College students are now slightly less likely to experience severe depression, research shows – but …
Some schools have started experimenting with preventive strategies to promote the mental health of t…

50 years after Franco’s death, giving a voice to Spanish dictator’s imprisoned mothers
A protester holds a banner with pictures of people who went missing during the Spanish dictatorship …

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell game – donors have counted fossil f…
Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disas…

Beyond the habitable zone: Exoplanet atmospheres are the next clue to finding life on planets orbiti…
Some exoplanets, like the one shown in this illustration, may have atmospheres that could make them …

The Dayton Peace Accords at 30: An ugly peace that has prevented a return to war over Bosnia
World leaders clap as, from left, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, Croat President Franjo Tudjm…

Orthodox Judaism is making space for women’s religious leadership – even without traditional ordinat…
Orthodox Jewish women attend an event celebrating the completion of the 7 1/2-year cycle of daily st…

