By Rachel Mural, Senior Research Associate in Environment and Natural Resources and Science, Technology, and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Local needs, political tensions and corporate power all get involved in the democratic processes by which Americans govern their communities.
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By Guy German, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Consumers in Europe and Asia have used sunscreen containing bemotrizinol for decades, and many say its approval in the US is long overdue.
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By David Michaels, Professor of Public Health, George Washington University
Robert Harrison, Senior Attending Physician in Occupational Health, University of California, San Francisco
Workers are facing a preventable and incurable lung disease from a material being used to renovate kitchens in millions of American homes.
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By Margaret Landis, Assistant Professor of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
The Artemis program’s timeline and architecture has changed over the past year, so Artemis III will not land on the lunar surface.
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By Stewart Edie, Research Geologist and Curator of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution
Torben Rick, Curator of North American Archaeology, Smithsonian Institution
State lines are one way to picture the US, but natural history provides another – one that shows the ancient and living connections running across the landscape.
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By Kelsey Norman, Fellow for the Middle East, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Nicholas R. Micinski, Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Cultural Relations, American University
The drop in funding has also led donors to prioritize the trend of using aid to control the movement of people – over their needs.
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By Eric Zillmer, Professor of Neuropsychology, Drexel University
Part of soccer’s beauty lies in its unpredictability.
Already in World Cup 2026, we have seen Morocco tie with five-time champion Brazil and Australia overturn the odds by beating Turkey. But few surprises will top a Cabo…
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By Charlie Hunt, Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
Every election cycle sees its share of controversial, scandal-plagued candidates running for office. But the 2026 midterm elections will feature two such candidates – one from each party – in two of the highest-profile U.S. Senate races.
In Texas, the state’s attorney general, Ken Paxton, recently secured the Republican Party’s nomination over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn.
Cornyn and others have insisted that Paxton’s substantial…
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By Tamar Carroll, Associate Professor of History, Rochester Institute of Technology
There was a time when you could be fired from your job for being gay. It took LGBTQ employees at companies like Kodak to challenge workplace discrimination and transform corporate culture.
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By Reza Hasmath, Professor in Political Science, University of Alberta
Journalism exists to describe the world as it is, not as the powerful would like. The Chinese regime apparently feels differently.
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