By Sarah Webber, Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
Kaitlin Newkirk, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Xavier University
When an AI a business is using makes a mistake, the business tends to be on the hook, not the AI toolmaker.
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By Emily J. C. Wong, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
Four words that parents in the classroom group chat dread to read: ‘My kid has lice.’
Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) are parasites that primarily infest children in childcare, preschool or elementary school. Having lice doesn’t indicate poor hygiene, despite a longstanding misconception driven by stigma, and lice don’t spread other diseases. But children with lice are often shamed and unnecessarily excluded from attending school.
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By Dana R. Fisher, Director of the Center for Environment, Community & Equity and Professor in the School of International Service, American University
In communities across America, people recovering from floods, storms and wildfires have been left waiting much longer for federal aid – if it arrives at all.
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By Sohini Sarah Pillai, Assistant Professor of Religion, Kalamazoo College
There is no single way to tell the story of the ‘Ramayana.’ People from different religious traditions and cultural backgrounds have reimagined the epic in countless ways.
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By Suzanne Eckes, Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Preston Green III, Professor of Urban Education, University of Connecticut
St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy is one of many cases in which religious schools have challenged the wall between church and state.
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By Maurizio Valsania, Professor of American History, Università di Torino
The conflict over the wisdom of Nidal Hasan’s public execution is not a new one. Americans at the republic’s founding debated – and doubted – whether watching someone die would teach a useful lesson.
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By Paul M. Collins Jr., Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
If Republicans attempt to confirm a nominee, they will trigger a historic fight and hand Democrats the justification needed to reshape the high court.
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By Heather LaMarre, Associate Professor of Media and Communication, Temple University
Less than 30 days ahead of the 2026 midterms and almost nobody I talk to in Philadelphia is excited. Not my neighbors. Not my students or colleagues at Temple University, where I research and teach political communication and public opinion. Not even my politically engaged friends.
This mirrors the national mood in recent years: In a Pew Research Center survey, just 4%…
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By James Kintu, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Governance and Sustainability, UMass Boston
Women in Uganda’s sugarcane-growing Busoga region must feed their families but have little control over land or income. Fairer contracts could help change this.
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By Abeeb Babatunde Omotoso, Senior Lecturer at Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, Nigeria and Extraordinary Senior Lecturer at Indigenous Knowledge Systems Centre, North-West University, Mafikeng, South Africa, North-West University
Abiodun Olusola Omotayo, Ass. Professor, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; North-West University
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, Professor, North-West University
Olaniyi Fawole, Full Professor, SARChI Research Chair and Director of Postharvest and Agroprocessing Research Centre, University of Johannesburg
Agriculture in the global south remains under pressure to produce more food while responding to climate change and resource constraints. Policy responses have focused on increasing production. But what about post-harvest losses? Globally, about one-third…
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