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‘We want you arrested because we said so’ – how ICE’s...

John E. Jones III, Dickinson College As Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents continued to use aggressive and...

Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes...

Mireille Rebeiz, Dickinson College and Josiane Yazbeck, Université La Sagesse More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended...
When generative AI was left to its own devices, its outputs landed on a set of generic images – what researchers called ‘visual elevator music.’ Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images

AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening

Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University Generative AI was trained on centuries of art and writing produced by humans.

The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization

Laurel Elder, Hartwick College; Jeff Gulati, Bentley University; Mary-Kate Lizotte, Augusta University, and Steven Greene, North Carolina State University
Using multiple digital devices at once can be highly distracting and overstimulating. Riska/E+ via Getty Images

Why ‘unwinding’ with screens may be making us more stressed –...

Robin Pickering, Gonzaga University As Americans increasingly report feeling overwhelmed by daily life, many are using self-care to cope....

Trump’s stated reasons for taking Greenland are wrong – but the...

Steven Lamy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences In 2019, during his first term, U.S. President Donald...

Opera is not dying – but it needs a second act...

Christos Makridis, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies Every few years, you’ll hear a familiar refrain: “Opera is...

For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House...

Robert A. Strong, University of Virginia Now that the 2026 midterm elections are less than a year away, public...

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Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...

Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison