Why Kevin Warsh might still prove to be an independent Federal Reserve chair
Cristina Bodea, Michigan State University and Andrew Kerner, Michigan State University
Kevin Warsh is now likely to secure Senate...
How America’s independence from England revolutionized US philanthropy
Amanda Moniz, Smithsonian Institution
John Hancock did something revolutionary 250 years ago when the Massachusetts merchant signed the Declaration...
The missing link in America’s critical minerals push isn’t mining – it’s processing expertise
Hélène Nguemgaing, University of Maryland and Alan Collins, West Virginia University
The United States is spending billions of dollars...
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...
