By William Trollinger, Professor of History, University of Dayton
Susan L Trollinger, Professor of English, University of Dayton
The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s ongoing culture war.
Charles Darwin’s “Origin of Species,” published in 1859, and subsequent scientific research made the case that humans…
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By Charles J. Russo, Joseph Panzer Chair in Education and Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton
SCOTUS decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, one of its blockbuster cases from 2025, largely rested on two parental rights cases from 1925 and 1972.
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By Valerie M. Fridland, Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno
An expert in American dialects explains how a ‘health drink’ from the early 1800s spawned so many names and variations.
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By Kassem Fawaz, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jack West, PhD Student in Computer Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Many of the apps and social media platforms you use every day may not charge you money, but often there is a price to pay – your privacy.
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By Anna Erickson, Professor of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Iran has a long history of enriching uranium in an effort to develop nuclear weapons. It’s not clear how far the US attack set back Iran’s production of bomb-grade uranium.
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By Julie Leininger Pycior, Professor of History Emeritus, Manhattan University
A scholar who worked with him for decades observes that what mattered to Moyers was not how close you were to power, but how close you got to reality.
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By Edward D. Vargas, Associate Professor, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University
Jason L. Morín, Professor of Political Science, California State University, Northridge
Loren Collingwood, Associate Professor of political science, University of New Mexico
White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving Mexican flags – and even US flags – during protests.
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By Lindsey Breitwieser, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women's Studies, Hollins University
Adriana Smith’s body was kept on life support for 16 weeks so her fetus could gestate. Abortion politics don’t capture the ethical complexities of such situations.
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By Edward Doddridge, Senior Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania
New research explores the wide-ranging consequences of record low summer sea ice in Antarctica. From more ocean warming to extra icebergs, it’s bad news we must hear.
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
In November 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter peered through a small hole into the sealed tomb of King Tutankhamun. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: “Yes, wonderful things.” Within months, however, Carter’s financial backer Lord Carnarvon was dead from a mysterious illness. Over the following years, several other members of the excavation team would meet…
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