By Matthew N. Hannah, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cringe can generate enthusiasm among conservative voters by trolling the left while reducing serious policy debates to the level of online memes.
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By Erin Kay Lockwood, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Polling is looking grim for Republicans ahead of the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3, 2026, due in large part to deep pessimism among the public about the economy.
At first glance, this might seem surprising. With the exception…
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By Bridget Joyce, Director of Programming at Education Rights Institute, University of Virginia
Kimberly Robinson, Professor of Law, Education and Public Policy, University of Virginia
A reorganization of civil rights investigations in education likely means many complaints will never be investigated and others will take years to solve.
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By Yjan Gordon, Instructor of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
A researcher just won a Nobel Prize for detecting tiny particles from space. Scientists now want to get better at figuring out where in the cosmos they come from.
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By Katrine L. Wallace, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
Most parents of young children today haven’t experienced the devastating childhood diseases that used to be common before vaccines were developed.
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By Stacy Keltner, Chair of the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies and Professor of Philosophy, Kennesaw State University
There is an irony in Anne Carson’s Nobel win: The highest award in literature has gone to a writer who has spent her career exploring the emptiness of a desire fulfilled.
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By Elizabeth Jane Beckett-Camarata, Professor of Public Administration, Penn State
A court has ordered Allegheny County’s first full reassessment since 2012. A finance scholar explains how assessed values and millage rates add up to your tax bill.
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By Ten-Herng Lai, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Stirling
Alfred Archer, Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University
You finally started an online conversation with a stranger you find attractive, yet you don’t really know what to say. They seem happy to talk, but you struggle to find the correct responses. You worry that their patience is growing thin. You pray for some guidance. Luckily, the solution could be just a few clicks away.
After all, you have the power of AI at your fingertips. Why not use it to come up with something fun and interesting to say?
Yet many of us might hesitate in this…
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By Jonathan Este, Senior International Affairs Editor, Associate Editor, The Conversation
Tens of thousands of Israeli expats flew home to vote in Tuesday’s election – most of them, according to media reports, hoping for a result which would end Benjamin Netanyahu’s prime ministership.
It looks as if they will be disappointed. We’ll know more when all votes are counted and seats allocated. But an apparent deadlock in the new Israeli Knesset is likely to mean that Netanyahu stays on as caretaker prime minister – for the time being at least.
At 77.7%, according to Israel’s Central Elections Committee, it was the highest turnout in the country’s history and the…
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By Natalie Wall, PhD Candidate in English Literature, University of Liverpool
Wicker is an unorthodox love story from husband-and-wife filmmaking team Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson. Based on Ursula Wills-Jones’s short story, The Wicker Husband, it blends satirical folk fable with elements of the modern rom-com.
The film, set vaguely in the middle ages, follows a lonely fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions a husband made from wicker (Alexander Skarsgård). Ultimately she falls in love with her handmade companion.
Colman’s fisherwoman is pitied for her unmarried…
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