By F. Chris Curran, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
Florida’s school safety data dashboard is one of the most comprehensive in the US. A school safety researcher explains how schools and parents can use it.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The new strategy sees gas as crucial to the new Future Made in Australia policy, which includes support for manufacturing and refining critical minerals.
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By Matthew Wynn Sivils, Professor of American Literature, Iowa State University
Board games are booming: In 2023 alone, the industry topped US$16.8 billion and is projected to reach $40.1 billion by 2032.
Classics like “Scrabble” are being refreshed and transformed, while newer inventions such as “Pandemic”…
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By Lindsay DiCuirci, Associate Professor of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Spiritualists believed that after shedding the body in death, the spirit would continue on a celestial journey and help those on Earth create a more just world.
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By Paul Lushenko, Assistant Professor and Director of Special Operations, US Army War College
Keith L. Carter, Associate Professor of Political Science, US Naval War College
The use of drone strikes raises a host of ethical issues. US military chaplains − the armed forces’ moral conscience − have questions.
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By Dakotah Tyler, Ph.D. Candidate in Astrophysics, University of California, Los Angeles
Research on one exoplanet that’s rapidly losing its atmosphere is hinting to scientists why exoplanets tend to look a certain way.
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By Cara Wall-Scheffler, Professor and Chair of Biology at Seattle Pacific University and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington
Some anthropologists question how much rare activities like big-game hunting could have affected how our species evolved. Instead they’re looking at daily activities like carrying water or firewood.
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By Kevin J. McMahon, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science, Trinity College
When it comes to the Supreme Court, progressives are now in the position where conservatives found themselves for many years. They’re on the outside looking in.
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By Daniel Martinez HoSang, Professor of Ethnicity, Race & Migration, Yale University
Micah English, PhD Candidate, Political Science, Yale University
Former President Donald Trump has made some inroads with voters of color by appealing to law and order, conservative social values and mistrust of government.
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By Swapna Reddy, Clinical Associate Professor in Health Policy, Arizona State University
Mary Saxon, Law Degree Candidate, Arizona State University
The implications of restrictive laws or near-total bans go well beyond abortions, reducing overall access to prenatal care, birthing services, routine reproductive health care and more.
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