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Leaders attend the 45th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Kuwait City, Kuwait on Dec.01, 2024. Amiri Diwan of Kuwait/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

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Gulf state cooperation has long been shaped by the threat of Iran − but shows of unity belie division

Staff Writer - May 4, 2026

Barbed wire surrounds the GEO Group ICE detention facility in Adelanto, Calif. on July 10, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

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When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases

Gas prices were well over $4 a gallon on April 28, 2026, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

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What’s in the price of a gallon of gas?

The U.K. Parliament passed legislation in an effort to control spiraling rental costs and reverse rising homelessness rates. Matt Cardy/Getty Image

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England’s ‘once in a generation’ housing law takes effect as US housing legislation sits in congressional purgatory

The Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz has largely brought oil traffic to a halt, hitting petroleum-exporting countries hard. Asghar Besharati / Getty Images

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The US has long used economic coercion to achieve foreign policy goals — the war in Iran shows how that power has declined

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives for inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, January 20, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Trump’s executive orders can make change – but are limited and...

Staff Writer - January 20, 2025

To entice workers back to the office, create one they’d like to spend time in. Cavan Images via Getty Images

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How do you create a workplace that people want to work...

Staff Writer - January 19, 2025

Maverick County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sgt. Aaron Horta, EMT operators and Border Patrol officers carry a body out of a canal on June 28, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images

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Texas is already policing the Mexican border − and will play...

Staff Writer - January 18, 2025

Biden began his presidency in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

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Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the...

Staff Writer - January 18, 2025

Lynch, the director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ died in January 2024 at the age of 78. Hector Mata/AFP via Getty Images

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David Lynch exposed the rot at the heart of American culture

Staff Writer - January 17, 2025

When it comes to slowing down China’s tech rise, tariffs won’t do the trick. Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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China tech shrugged off Trump’s ‘trade war’ − there’s no reason...

Staff Writer - January 17, 2025

Could removing Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism alleviate the plight of the impoverished nation? Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

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Biden’s move to remove Cuba from terror list continues ‘yo-yo’ policy...

Staff Writer - January 16, 2025

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv call on the Israeli government to secure the release of the hostages during a Jan. 15, 2025, protest. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

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Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal: Why now and what next?

Staff Writer - January 16, 2025

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A striking 51.7% of Gen Z respondents ranked casket burial as their first choice, compared with just 27.1% of baby boomers. Ashley Cooper/The Image Bank via Getty Images

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Boom in cremation hides surprising truths about what Americans really want...

Staff Writer - April 24, 2026

Tanya D. Marsh, Wake Forest University Nearly two-thirds of Americans now opt for cremation – a figure that has...

Seagrass has made an unexpected return to Mosquito Lagoon. Captain William B. Wolfson, Grassroots Guide Service, New Smyrna Beach, FL

Hurricanes devastated Florida’s East Coast – then seagrass made an unexpected comeback

April 22, 2026

A German security guard checks for radiation after the Chernobyl accident in April 1986. Patrick Piel/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Chernobyl at 40: Secret Stasi files reveal extent of Soviet misinformation...

April 22, 2026

A long-running experiment is testing tree mixes to develop the healthiest forests. Mickey Pullen/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

Don’t just plant trees, plant forests to restore biodiversity for the future

April 21, 2026

People tend to be offended when they get a personal note written by AI – if they know. Ekaterina Buravleva/iStock via Getty Images

Most people do not realize when a personal message they receive...

April 20, 2026