By Emma Fenske, Addiction Medicine Fellow and Internal Medicine Physician, Oregon Health & Science University
Addiction is one of the most common and consequential chronic medical conditions in the United States. Nationwide, more than 46 million people met the criteria for a substance abuse disorder as of 2021, the most recent data available.
Decades of evidence show that addiction is a chronic, relapsing disease…
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By Michael Paarlberg, Associate Professor, Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
As protest and military action raised the prospect of regime change in Iran and Venezuela, the voices of both countries’ diasporas were heard loud and clear through the media of their host nations.
Venezuelan exiles in the U.S. were, according to the popular narrative, broadly…
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By Tim Swift, Professor of Management, St. Joseph's University
For the past decade I have volunteered at St. Francis Inn, a soup kitchen in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Kensington, for those not from Philly, has long had a reputation for potent but affordable street drugs. Interstate 95 and the Market-Frankford elevated commuter train line provide easy access to the neighborhood for buyers and sellers, and abandoned…
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By Alcina Johnson Sudagar, Research Scientist in Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Cement is responsible for about 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and demand is growing as the population booms. Alternatives could help lower the impact.
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By Pawan Dhingra, Professor of U.S. Immigration Studies, Amherst College
Stephen Miller’s January 2026 announcement to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers – telling them that they have “immunity to perform your duties” and that no “illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist” can stop them – may seem like an extreme statement outside the political mainstream.
And when ICE agents use facial…
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By John J. Martin, Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill raises constitutional questions.
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By Eric Hengyu Hu, Research Scientist of Educational Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
Dyslexia laws are now nearly universal across the US. But the data shows that passing a law is not the same as improving how children learn to read.
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By Robert Huish, Associate Professor in International Development Studies, Dalhousie University
Cuba is on the brink of one of the worst social and economic catastrophes since the 1959 revolution. If the international community ignores Cuba today, a humanitarian nightmare will unfold soon.
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By Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel, Lecturer in Environment and Development, University of Manchester
The Tigray region in Ethiopia’s north has endured one of the world’s deadliest armed conflicts of the 21st century. Between 2020 and 2022, as many as 800,000 people were killed (out of a regional population of about 7 million). This rivals estimates from recent major conflicts, including those in Ukraine,…
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By Tendaiishe Berejena, Public Health Nutrition Researcher, University of South Africa
Florence Malongane, Senior lecturer, University of South Africa
Many African food groups significantly reduce oxidative stress linked to type 2 diabetes and lower the production of inflammatory markers.
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