By Karli Swenson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz
The obstetrics staff was surprised the first time it happened in June 2025. A pregnant woman who was dependent on methamphetamine arrived at the hospital in labor. She showed an image of graffiti spray-painted on a bridge in downtown Denver that read “Have your baby at Lutheran.” She was scared, and in pain, but wanted to be somewhere she felt safe asking for help.
Not long after, it happened again.
Another laboring woman with the same image on her phone. Apparently, word was getting around that this labor and delivery unit did things differently.
The women…
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By Carolyn Zola, Lecturer, Department of History, California State University, East Bay
Dina escaped from slavery and sold pepper pot stew on the streets of Philadelphia, while her enslaver tried to recapture her.
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By Michael Helbing, Adjunct Professor of Law, Penn State
Communities across the state are demanding to know how proposed data centers would affect their electric and water bills, landscapes and quality of life.
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By Michelle D. Paranzino, Director, Latin America Studies Group; Associate Professor of Strategy & Policy, US Naval War College
The nebulous nature of narco-terrorism has allowed presidents from Reagan to Trump to deploy the term when it serves broader political goals in Latin America.
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By Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh
Young people and those with trauma, such as veterans, are especially vulnerable to the difficulty of stopping cannabis use for sleep.
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By Aram Goudsouzian, Bizot Family Professor of History, University of Memphis
The modern rhetorical and political resistance to racial equality finds its roots in the conspiratorial segregationists of the civil rights era.
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By Maria Lohan, Chair in Social Sciences and Health and UNESCO Chair in Gender Equality, Queen's University Belfast
In a recent BBC documentary, former England men’s football manager Gareth Southgate explored the challenges facing young men in Britain, including low school attainment, declining employment opportunities, low self-esteem and poor mental health. The positive masculinity Southgate promotes focuses on ambition to achieve, emotional openness, resilience and learning from setbacks, advocating for the role of positive male role models.
But there is a part of boys’ lives where low expectations cause the most lasting damage and where the consequences fall hardest on girls and women as well…
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By Richard Bull, Deputy Dean, School of Architecture Design and the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University
Helen Carr, Professor in Law, University of Southampton
Stefania Fiorentino, Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Regeneration, University of Cambridge
Steve Millington, Professor of Place Management, Manchester Metropolitan University
After the mainstream parties suffered big losses in Britain’s local elections in May, they might be wondering how they can win back voters in left-behind parts of the country. Labour’s Pride in Place scheme – £5.8 billion to be shared between some of the UK’s most deprived communities – doesn’t seem to have won the government much support. From coastal towns to rural poverty, urban areas and post-industrial cities, we spoke to experts to find out what these communities need.
Tourism won’t fix…
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By Ronnie Das, Associate Professor in Data Science, Sports Analytics and AI, The University of Western Australia; Audencia
Wasim Ahmed, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Hull
In sport, fairness matters. But when it comes to buying tickets to watch the world’s biggest ever sporting event, money matters too.
Attending the men’s Fifa World Cup 2026 will be much more expensive than any previous World Cup. And that’s not what fans were promised.
In fact, when the US, Canada and Mexico set out their original bid to host the tournament, they said a seat at the final would cost a maximum of US$1,550…
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By Tania Prinsloo, Associate Professor in Applied Information Systems, University of Johannesburg
Foot and mouth disease is common in South Africa’s wildlife reserves. There are constant efforts to make sure it doesn’t spread to farmed animals. But since 2019 the country has seen repeated outbreaks on farms. In 2026 the country’s R80 billion (US$5 billion) beef…
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