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Demolishing the White House East Wing to build a ballroom embodies...

R. Grant Gilmore III, College of Charleston From ancient Egypt to Washington, D.C., rulers have long used architecture and...

When it comes to Ukraine peace negotiations, it’s all over the map

Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech Donald Trump is reportedly “sick” of seeing maps of the front line in Ukraine. Indeed,...

San Francisco and other cities, following a Supreme Court ruling, are...

Stephen Przybylinski, Michigan State University Homelessness is on the rise in the United States, and in some places, it...

Why government support for religion doesn’t necessarily make people more religious

Brendan Szendro, McGill University The IRS will offer religious congregations more freedom to endorse political candidates without jeopardizing their...

Harvard fights to keep enrolling international students – 4 essential reads...

Corey Mitchell, The Conversation A federal judge in Boston on May 23, 2025, temporarily blocked a Trump administration order...

Making English the official US language can’t erase the fact that...

Daniel J. Olson, Purdue University English should be the official language of the United States, says a new executive...

President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated − but...

Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino The portrait of President Andrew Jackson has recently made a comeback in the Oval...

The weaponization of the federal government has a long history

Ken Hughes, University of Virginia Now that House Republicans have created a “Select Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal...

EXPLORING NATURE

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

Shelley Mitchell, Oklahoma State University Pecans, America’s only native major nut, have a storied history in the United States....
A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

Can the world quit coal?