By John Haddad, Professor of American Studies, Penn State
Walk into any grocery store to stock up for Halloween and you will discover that, for chocolate treats, you have two basic choices:
Will it be Mars or Hershey?
I often buy both, but that is beside the point. The point is that the two giants compete for market share, but both enjoy robust…
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By Greta Massetti, Professor of Population Health Sciences, Georgia State University
Preventable injuries and deaths kill more Americans in the first half of life than any other cause, including cancer. Yet the programs aimed at addressing them have been gutted by CDC layoffs.
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By Ben Belton, Professor of International Development, Michigan State University
Leo Baldiga, Ph.D. Student in Geography, Environment and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University
Just a few years ago, agricultural drones were expensive, small and difficult to use, limiting their appeal to farmers. No longer.
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By Ethan Murray, Postdoctoral Researcher, NOAA Hurricane Research Division, University of Colorado Boulder
Tropical storms are guided by many different wind patterns: big, like the Bermuda high, and small. A hurricane researcher explains their role in why so many storms veered off into the Atlantic in 2025.
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By Ann M. Murphy, Professor of Law, Gonzaga University
Two groups of clergy challenged a Washington state law meant to help fight child abuse – but which could have required clergy to break the seal of confession.
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By Andrew Latham, Professor of Political Science, Macalester College
The term refers to a power whose military capabilities are approaching that of the dominant power. But for the US, seeing China this way comes with big risks.
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By Jeffrey Fields, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
President Trump OK’d a naval buildup in the Caribbean, strikes on boats in international waters and covert operations in Venezuela. A military analyst can’t see a coherent strategy or objective.
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By Félice Lê-Scherban, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Drexel University
Starting Nov. 1, 2025, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will stop being distributed in Pennsylvania due to the federal government shutdown, which began Oct. 1.
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By Joanna Gilmore, Adjunct Professor in Museum Studies and Bioarchaeology, College of Charleston
The movement to protect the long-obscured sites allows communities to reckon with painful histories through healing, remembrance and ancestral connection.
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By Robert Applebaum, Senior Research Scholar, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University
Florida relies on marketplace plans far more heavily than any other state. If subsidies are eliminated, health insurance will be unaffordable for many Floridians.
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