By Nikki R Wooten, Associate Professor of Social Work, University of South Carolina
Over 1.4 million children had a parent or caregiver who served in the U.S. armed forces in 2024.
Among active-duty families, 2.4% of military children had both parents serving in the military. Another 4% lived in single-parent households.
More than 90% of these children attend U.S. public…
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By Rodney Coates, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University
College faculties have become more diverse since the 1970s, but college faculty of color still often find that they feel marginalized among their peers.
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By Brian C. Black, Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Penn State
A historian traces how Oil City brokers, then John D. Rockefeller, then futures exchanges decided what the world pays for crude – and why no one entity does today.
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By Sonia Suter, Professor of Law, George Washington University
Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law, University of Virginia
A custody battle over a newborn with a heart condition raised a question courts have rarely faced: Can anyone be forced to end a pregnancy?
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By Christopher Nichols, Professor of History, Hayes Chair National Security Studies, The Ohio State University
Kaveri Sarkar, PhD Candidate in Political Science, The Ohio State University
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By Christopher Davis, Professor of Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, UMass Amherst
An atmospheric scientist explains what’s been going on in the atmosphere, and how El Niño and the jet stream both play important roles.
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By Anthony Michael Butler, Professor of Political Studies, University of Cape Town
Evaluating national leaders is a difficult task. Citizens often judge presidents and prime ministers by simple measures like economic growth during their term, or personal character. However, these metrics are misleading and ignore the actual mechanics of political power.
I am a researcher in public policy and politics. My recent analysis offers a fresh four-dimensional framework to evaluate presidential leadership.…
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By Ed Turner, Reader in Politics, Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University
Carolyn Rowe, Reader in Politics and Co-Director, Aston Centre for Europe, Aston University, Aston University
Tobias Hofelich, Research Associate in the School of Law and Social Sciences, Aston University
The UK and Germany’s relationship is on an upward trajectory, with the EU remaining a focal point in these ties.
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By Sophie Gilmartin, Emeritus Reader in English, Royal Holloway, University of London
Jane Eyre may describe herself as “plain, and little”, but how do you make a little musical about a literary heroine who looms so large? That question lies at the heart of Jane Eyre: a Musical, currently on at London’s Southwark Playhouse.
Adapted by John Caird and Paul Gordon from Charlotte Brontë’s novel, the production has itself undergone a process of dramatic reduction, from a lavish 30-member cast in a large theatre in 1996 to this intimate “chamber” version.
Caird’s justification for…
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By M Waqas Haider, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Staffordshire
Within two months of it being signed, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan invoked the Mecca mutual defence pact in response to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebel forces.
The three countries agreed on October 5 to activate what Saudi defence minister Khalid bin Salman called collective deterrence measures against the Houthis. Islamabad and Ankara have undertaken to provide “agreed military forces and capabilities” and ensure their rapid deployment to the…
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