By Anne Garland Mahler, Professor and Director of Latin American Studies Program, University of Virginia
The State Department views a 1960s-era internationalist movement based in Havana as a Cuban communist plot to destroy America. The truth was far more nuanced.
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By Erin Victor, Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability, University of Maine
Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state to state.
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By Jo Mackiewicz, Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication, Iowa State University
Jordan Smith, Assistant Professor of English, University of Northern Colorado
Terms that are direct analogs to sexual intercourse are widely used to describe connector ends, but the language is evolving away from those problematic words.
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By Matthew N. Hannah, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Politics and Culture, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ideas from QAnon’s conspiracy theory have appeared on government social media sites during Trump’s second term and continue to divide America amid social and economic crises.
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By K. Chad Clay, Director, Center for the Study of Global Issues (GLOBIS); Associate Professor of International Affairs, University of Georgia
New data from a global rights-tracking project shows the country had large declines in 2025 on 8 of the 9 civil and political rights it measures.
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By Heena Dave, PhD Candidate, Climate Change Education, University of Stirling
For too long, climate communication has relied on the belief that if we stick with the science and communicate the evidence, action will follow. Scientific knowledge gives us the foundations for understanding possible futures, while speculation allows us to explore them. But poetry can bring that speculation to life, giving us a language to express what living through…
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By Hilary Smith, Professor of History, University of Denver
The vast majority of people around the world are lactose intolerant. But American propaganda and scientific biases have made milk and dairy products a staple in global diets.
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By Graham Farrell, Professor of Crime Science, University of Leeds
Hayley J. Fowler, Professor of Climate Change Impacts, Newcastle University
Helena Gillespie, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Student Inclusion and Professor of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, University of East Anglia
Helen Roy, Ecological Entomologist, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology; University of Exeter
Jim Watson, Professor of Energy Policy and Director of the Institute of Sustainable Resources, UCL
Stephen Potter, Professor of Transport Strategy, The Open University
Toby Davies, Associate Professor in Criminal Justice Data Analytics, University of Leeds
In this fifth part in our series on how the UK has changed in the past 25 years, we look at crime, education, transport, energy and the environment.
Crime and policing
Graham Farrell, professor of crime science, University of Leeds
Toby Davies, associate professor in criminal justice data analytics, University of Leeds
Contrary to many media headlines, the story of crime over the last quarter century is positive.…
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By Rhiannon Packer, Senior Lecturer in Additional Learning Needs, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Adam Pierce, Research Associate, Cardiff School of Education and Social Policy, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Kieran Hodgkin, Senior Lecturer in Education, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Moving from primary to secondary school can evoke a range of emotions, from excitement and anticipation to uncertainty and anxiety. It is an important rite of passage: many children look forward to the new opportunities, experiences and greater independence that secondary school offers.
For some, it represents a chance to leave behind the familiarity of a smaller primary school setting and embrace new challenges as they broaden their horizons.
Alongside this excitement, feelings of apprehension may emerge as children contemplate the academic, social and organisational…
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By Ligin Joseph, PhD Candidate, Oceanography, University of Southampton
India is currently in the middle of its summer monsoon, but this year’s rainfall presents an interesting paradox. Much of the country has received less rain than usual so far, yet has still been hit by severe floods and landslides. In the southern state of Kerala, for example, devastating floods occurred despite the overall monsoon rainfall remaining well below average.
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