What to do if someone you know in Philadelphia or elsewhere is detained by ICE
Jennifer J. Lee, Temple University
If someone you know is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, it can...
Thoreau the scientist – how environmental research informed ‘Walden’ and later works
Robert M. Thorson, University of Connecticut
The steam locomotive chugged its way toward Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Aug. 15, 1859....
Teens aren’t as disengaged as you may think: What adults get wrong about adolescents’...
Kimia Shirzad, Penn State and Jen Agans, Penn State
A teenager scrolls through their phone at the dinner table,...
Why a landmark Supreme Court ruling has failed to keep racial bias out of...
Austin Sarat, Amherst College
On April 30, 2026, Texas executed James Broadnax, a Black man who was sentenced to...
How Pennsylvania’s new paid leave bill leaves the sandwich generation behind
Kate Perepezko, Miami University
The number of family caregivers has grown from 53 million Americans in 2020 to 63...
Ted Turner didn’t just revolutionize television − he changed the way we see our world
Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Ted Turner, who died on April 6, 2026, was bright, shrewd and, most...
Conspiracy theorists are building AI interfaces to the Epstein files – and presenting their...
Matthew N. Hannah, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jeffrey Epstein’s death on Aug. 10, 2019, sparked a flurry of conspiracy theories,...
Canada is kicking its US booze habit as trade tensions persist
Andrew Muhammad, University of Tennessee
Almost a year and a half after President Donald Trump began slapping tariffs on...
