The use of federal troops to quell Los Angeles protests recalls militarized law enforcement...
Justin Randolph, Texas A&M University
President Donald Trump activated 4,000 National Guard troops on June 10, 2025, to quell...
Conflicted, disillusioned, disengaged: The unsettled center of Jewish student opinion after Oct. 7
Jonathan Krasner, Brandeis University
As commencement season comes to a close, many campuses remain riven by the Israel-Hamas war....
Sleep loss rewires the brain for cravings and weight gain – a neurologist explains...
Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh
You stayed up too late scrolling through your phone, answering emails or watching just...
RFK Jr’s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific integrity of health...
Santosh Kumar Gautam, University of Notre Dame
On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a...
Protecting the vulnerable, or automating harm? AI’s double-edged role in spotting abuse
Aislinn Conrad, University of Iowa
Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people...
What does Israel’s strike mean for US policy on Iran and prospects for a...
Javed Ali, University of Michigan
Israel’s strike on Iranian nuclear and military facilities has pushed the Middle East one...
Forcible removal of US Sen. Alex Padilla signals a dangerous shift in American democracy
Charlie Hunt, Boise State University
Democratic leaders and a lone Republican senator, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, quickly decried the treatment...
Colorado’s fentanyl criminalization bill won’t solve the opioid epidemic, say the people most affected
Katherine LeMasters, University of Colorado Boulder
Colorado passed the Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Bill in May 2022. The legislation...
