By Anna Walker, Senior Arts + Culture Editor, The Conversation
When I saw the Brazilian film The Blue Trail at the Leeds Film Festival earlier this year, it felt like a breath of fresh air.
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By Beth Gazley, Professor of Nonprofit Management and Policy, Indiana University
It’s unusual for federal authorities to take this kind of action when federal funding is not involved. And the SPLC does not accept government grants.
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By Caroline Wagner, Professor of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University
Scientific innovation has been driving US economic growth for decades. Losing that edge means losing access to the technologies and brainpower that come with it.
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By Selena E. Ortiz, Associate professor of Health Policy and Administration and Demography, Penn State
For a quarter of its residents, Pittsburgh isn’t an affordable place to live. A contested housing policy is at the center of efforts to change that.
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By Brian Jay Tang, Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
Kang G. Shin, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, University of Michigan
People who interacted with different AI chatbots in a study didn’t realize the bots were including veiled advertising in their replies
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By Mavra Javed, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University
You may have seen black garlic appear more frequently in grocery stores, restaurants and online recipes over the past few years. Many chefs and food writers describe it as a unique and deeply flavored ingredient. So what is black garlic, and how is it made?
I noticed a growing curiosity about black garlic firsthand while presenting my food science research at a showcase at Michigan State University.…
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By Tanya D. Marsh, Professor of Law, Wake Forest University
A new study suggests that the decades-long march toward cremation may not last forever – particularly if Gen Z’s preferences pan out.
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By Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, Professor of Critical Cultural & International Studies, Colorado State University
As recently as October 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump was heaping praise on Giorgia Meloni, telling the Italian prime minister how “beautiful” she was.
But what once looked like a political romance based on equal parts ideological alignment and strategic convenience is now reading like a classic breakup story.
In…
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By Valerie Morkevicius, Associate Professor, Political Science, Colgate University
Since the beginning of the Iran war, Pope Leo XIV has frequently called for peace, cautioning that the “delusion of omnipotence” makes military force seem preferable to diplomacy. Although U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic, criticized some of the pope’s comments, a growing choir of Catholic voices has criticized the conflict by invoking the…
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By Thomas Tweed, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, University of Notre Dame
On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by stagecoach and horseback to every colony, where officials posted it and newspapers circulated it.
But the declaration was also meant to be read aloud. Thomas…
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