By Caroline Levander, Vice President Global Strategy & Carlson Professor in the Humanities, Rice University
The cost of college is on the rise – but college grads still earn more than those without a degree.
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By Moul Dey, Professor of Nutrition Science, South Dakota State University
Older adults whose diets consisted of only 15% ultraprocessed foods – rather than the usual 50% – had lower weight, insulin and cholesterol.
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By Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Fellow for the Middle East at the Baker Institute, Rice University
Initially, the two gulf states were in alignment over Yemen’s civil war. But the Arab coalition’s unity has long since gone.
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By Peter Harris, Associate Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
Asked in December 2025 what the biggest sticking point was in negotiating peace in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump got straight to the point: land. “Some of that land has been taken. Some of that land is maybe up for grabs,” he added.
From the very beginning of the full-scale war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled…
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By Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
Christian Reconstructionism, a little-known movement to rebuild society on biblical law, can often shape US debates over religion, politics and education.
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By Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Assistant Professor, Harvard University
The film suggests that building a library is not merely about a building or books; it is about dialogue and citizenship.
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By Iwa Salami, Professor of Law, University of East London
A notification popped up on my LinkedIn the other day. Africans were doing a traditional celebratory dance at the Africa Stablecoin summit in Johannesburg.
The picture gave me a sinking feeling.
Why? While stablecoins can advance financial inclusion in Africa, could this celebration mark the potential transfer of monetary sovereignty from African economies to the economy issuing the most coveted currency-denominated stablecoin?
Stablecoins are crypto-assets or digital currencies designed to maintain…
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By Themba Titus Sigudu, Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand
In a small mining town in South Africa’s Limpopo province, young people are showing worrying signs of diseases that were once thought to affect only older adults.
These include type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and insulin resistance. This is not unique to Limpopo or South Africa. It reflects a global trend, where young adults in many low- and middle-income countries are increasingly experiencing early-onset metabolic diseases due to rapid urbanisation, lifestyle changes,…
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By Chinomnso Onwubiko, Consultant, University of Cape Coast
Rivers State on Nigeria’s coastline has some of Africa’s largest mangrove ecosystems. The Niger Delta itself contains the third-largest mangrove forest in the world. These trees support fisheries, biodiversity and the livelihoods of thousands of people.
The Niger Delta region is also the heart of the country’s oil and gas industry. Decades of oil exploration and production have altered its landscape. Pipeline construction, dredging (when sand is…
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By Nieves Fernández Rodríguez, Profesora y coordinadora de la Cátedra de Migraciones y Derechos Humanos, Universidad Nebrija
Over the last quarter of a century, it has been hard to look at Venezuela objectively. Politically, it is often interpreted more as a symbol than as a society: for the right, a recurring argument to discredit left-wing politics, and for the left, an uncomfortable topic that is best avoided.
But both of these perspectives overlook the country’s authoritarian drift and its human consequences, making it hard to understand why much of the Venezuelan diaspora greeted the US intervention on Jan 3 with relief, and even happiness.
Geopolitical precedents
From an international…
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