By Brad Greenwood, Professor of Business, George Mason University
Gordon Burtch, Professor of Information Systems, Boston University
Michaela R. Anderson, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
A new study found that, on average, infant deaths increased by more than 7% in states with laws that limited abortions.
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By Paul J. Becker, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
In October 2023, a group calling itself Return to the Land established its first “Whites only community” in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. They followed that with a second enclave nearby in 2025.
The group, which describes itself as a “private membership association” that helps groups form “European heritage communities,” plans…
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By John E. Jones III, President, Dickinson College
You’re probably hearing references in the news to “Article 1,” “Article 2” and “Article 3.” Why are phrases usually associated with discussions of constitutional law now cropping up in politics?
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By Thomas Caygill, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University
Angela Rayner has resigned as the UK’s deputy prime minister after a report found she had breached the ministerial code by not paying enough stamp duty on her second home.
In her resignation letter she said she deeply regretted what she maintained was an error, and the report from the prime minister’s ethics adviser said she had “acted with integrity” despite the breach. However, it was still enough to force Rayner, who was also housing secretary, to step down, prompting a cabinet reshuffle.
We asked Thomas Caygill, senior lecturer in politics at Nottingham…
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By Ben Mayfield, Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
The debate over former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner’s tax arrangements demonstrated that there are few topics more complex than the law of trusts. It was politically awkward, to say the least, when a deputy PM and housing secretary had to admit getting it wrong, and underpaying £40,000 in stamp duty.
Rayner has resigned after being found to have breached the ministerial code…
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By Adam Simpson, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University; Senior Lecturer, International Studies, University of South Australia
In a surprise move, a progressive party threw its support behind the conservative Anutin Charnvirakul in exchange for promises of reform.
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By Pedro Mir, Profesor de la Facultad de Económicas y Director Académico de ISEM Fashion Business School, Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Giorgio Armani’s passing at the age of 91 has closed a golden age in high fashion, and consolidated the legacy of a visionary who forever redefined the codes of contemporary style. The designer’s death marks a crucial moment for an empire that generates annual revenues of €2.3 billion euros.
Armani transformed fashion with unstructured silhouettes that challenged decades of sartorial…
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By Mehmet Sebih Oruc, PhD Researcher in digital media and philosophy, Newcastle University
It feels like there are so many things constantly vying for our attention: the sharp buzz of the phone, the low hum of social media, the unrelenting flood of emails, the endless carousel of content.
It’s a familiar and almost universal ailment in our digital age. Our lives are punctuated by constant stimulation, and moments of real stillness – the kind where the mind wanders without a destination – have become rare.
Digital technologies permeate work, education, and intimacy. Not participating feels to many like nonexistence. But we tell ourselves that’s OK because platforms…
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By Will Shüler, Vice-Dean of Education and Senior Lecturer, School of Performing and Digital Arts, Royal Holloway University of London
Currently playing to enthusiastic reviews at London’s Wyndham Theatre, Born With Teeth imagines a historic moment in playwriting in which Liz Duffy Adams illuminates how history can be presented from a queer perspective, while revealing precisely how a play actually functions.
Starring Edward Bluemel as the Bard and Ncuti Gatwa as his contemporary Christopher “Kit” Marlowe, Adams’ play imagines the process of the two co-authoring Henry VI Parts 1, 2 and 3 – which historically have always been attributed…
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By Jordan Miller, Teaching Professor of Public Health, Arizona State University
The CDC’s current crisis has been building since Trump’s first week in office and boiled over after Kennedy fired the agency’s newly appointed director.
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