How Biden’s request for more education funding would shift more power to the federal...
Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University
The president has called on Congress to make a “historic investment” in the Title I...
In ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life
Jenny Adams, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the closing sequence of “The Queen’s Gambit,” the chess-playing heroine, Beth Harmon, defeats her archrival Vasily Borgov at...
Women need friends, men need family: UK study confirms importance of social networks
By Charis Palmer, The Conversation
Having a wide circle of friends is important to psychological wellbeing, but a network of relatives is more important for...
More than 1.5 million Americans lost Medicaid coverage in the spring of 2023 due...
Maithreyi Gopalan, Penn State
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At least 1.5 million Americans lost Medicaid coverage in...
Why it’s important to see women as capable … of terrible atrocities
Jessica Trisko Darden, American University School of International Service and Izabela Steflja, Tulane University
Born in 1593, Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi was the first woman...
How scorpion venom could yield new cancer treatment
By Benjamin Burke, University of Hull
In the development of new drugs, taking something from nature and modifying it has been a successful tactic employed...
How Facebook – the Wal-Mart of the internet – dismantled online subcultures
Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania
Before the internet, people interested in body modification – not just tattoo and piercing enthusiasts, but those drawn...
Could a lack of humility be at the root of what ails America?
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College
There are a lot of reasons behind the political polarization of the country and the deterioration of civic discourse.
I wonder...
