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| Apr 3, 2026 | Letters: Students need humanities education | |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Five Years After the Atlanta Spa Shootings, Historian Scott Kurashige Says the Story Is Still Being Misframed | Scott Kurashige, director of James and Grace Lee Boggs Foundation and author of American Peril
American Peril is published by the University of California Press and will be on sale April 7, 2026.
American Peril author reflects on how anti-A... |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Africa: Most AI Assistants Are Feminine - and It's Fuelling Dangerous Stereotypes and Abuse | In 2024, artificial intelligence (AI) voice assistants worldwide surpassed 8 billion, more than one per person on the planet. These assistants are helpful, polite - and almost always default to female.
Their names also carry gendered connot... |
| Jan 8, 2026 | Solar hydrogen can now be produced efficiently without the scarce metal platinum | Solar hydrogen can now be produced efficiently without the scarce metal platinum
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A green advance | A research breakthrough opens up for efficient hydrogen production from solar energy – withou... |
| Jul 6, 2025 | How politics seized on Boulder’s Pearl Street Mall attack | “The game of political football did not start at or after Boulder,” Rattiner said. “I firmly believe one of the reasons that the Boulder attack happened is because the Jewish community has been a political football for as long as I honestly... |
| May 23, 2025 | The Dual Faces of Knowledge: Open Access and Entrepreneurial Struggles | In the vast landscape of knowledge and innovation, two narratives emerge. One celebrates the democratization of information through open access publishing. The other reveals the harsh realities faced by young entrepreneurs in Ghana, caught ... |
| May 23, 2025 | American Council of Learned Societies Announces Finalists for 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards | Book covers of the finalists for the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
Twenty Books Advance to Final Round of $50,000 Prize for Open Access Titles in the Humanities
NEW YORK, May 23, 2025 /PRNewswir... |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Bridging the Gap: The Urgent Need for Specialized Care in Pregnancy-Related Nausea | Pregnancy is often painted as a beautiful journey. Yet, for many women, it’s a battleground. Morning sickness, a term that belies its severity, can morph into a relentless foe. Severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) and hyperemesis g... |
| Dec 22, 2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Anne Whitesell: Colorado now has liberal abortion laws, but measures to restrict access have a long history | By Anne Whitesell
With the passage of Amendment 79 in November 2024, Colorado voters enshrined the right to abortion in the state constitution. The amendment solidifies the state’s status as one of the most liberal in the country on the iss... |
| Nov 2, 2024 | Заметки на полях римской военной логистики | Играя в старый добрый Total War (я надеюсь, вы в него играете?) легионы можно спокойно перемещать по карте, забираясь в недры пустынь или маршируя в любую сторону, не глядя на дороги. В действительности же снабжение было тем хвостом, которы... |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Salvadoran-American Sociologist Stephanie L. Canizales Sheds Light on the Plight of Unaccompanied Migrants | "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles" by Dr. Stephanie L. Canizales
Dr. Stephanie L. Canizales
Canizales offers an unprecedented look into the lives of unaccompanied migrant youth and calls for urgent policy reforms to support them.
'Sin Padre... |
| Jun 20, 2024 | From girl bossing to girl mossing: The latest wellbeing trend rejecting hustle culture | Source: Adobe Stock article-article-body
On TikTok and Instagram, people are “Girl Mossing”: lying on a forest floor, staring up at a leafy canopy or caressing moss. The United States National Forest Foundation even borrowed the term to kic... |
| May 22, 2024 | Disabled Ecologies: A Radical Rethinking of the Role of Disability Within Environmental Movements | "Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert" by Sunaura Taylor
Sunaura Taylor
Sunaura Taylor argues disability's powerful role in reshaping our comprehension of ecology and activism in her latest book.
'Disabled Ecologies' ... |
| Apr 18, 2024 | This Bitcoin Halving Is Different. But Is It 'Priced In'? | This year’s halving — the quadrennial slashing of the amount of new bitcoin (BTC) entering into circulation — may be the most important since the first one around 12 years ago. And yet, despite intense interest in the event, its price impac... |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 386: Democratic Design For Online Spaces | One very important thing to understand in the conversation about online speech is that there are many different kinds of online communities, big and small, and they all have their own needs when it comes to rules and governance. This fact i... |
| Mar 26, 2024 | 'We've Seen Breakdowns of Trust': Nathan Schneider on How to Democratize the Web | To a large degree, crypto’s primary value proposition is that it gives users more control over their lives. Over their money, data and social connections. This is because crypto is a fundamental rewrite of how internet services are built: I... |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Entertainment | ‘Grandmothering While Black’ takes a deep dive into how parents’ parents are coping with raising the next generation | Darcel Rockett | Chicago Tribune (TNS)
LaShawnDa Pittman’s book begins with a table of women’s names — 74, to be exact — listing their first name, age, marital or dating status, and the number of children, grandchildren or great-grandchildr... |
| Jan 12, 2024 | Government Agencies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Destroy Their Paper Trail of Medical Abuse and Neglect | Last year, Anadith Reyes Alvarez, a medically vulnerable 8-year-old girl, died in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention after contract medical staff failed to review her medical records or consult with a physician and refused her em... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Why People Still Fall for Fake News About Climate Change | 7 Mins Read It was the hottest year in 125,000 years, yet #climatescam is taking off.
By Kate Yoder
In 1995, a leading group of scientists convened by the United Nations declared that they had detected a “human influence” on global temperat... |
| Jul 7, 2023 | New dating app Weaver launches in Tampa Bay | Gather 'round, Tampa Bay singles. Another dating app hit the market last month, leaving just enough time to cozy up to someone ahead of cuffing season — which typically starts in the fall.
Driving the news: Weaver launched last month exclus... |
| Jun 24, 2023 | OB-GYNs could have solidified abortion as health care after Roe. They missed their chance | Reflecting on this first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs to overturn Roe v. Wade, I think first about the unconscionable health risks faced by pregnant people in states where abortions are now banned, when their pregnan... |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Mobile home parks offer refuge from California’s housing squeeze. Who’s watching them? | In choosing which parks to inspect, the state housing department told the auditor it prioritized parks “based on the number and severity of complaints the parks receive and the time since the last park inspection.” Parks without any recorde... |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Gender Equality Is Achievable In Our Lifetime: New Book Reveals How Laws Directly Impact Equality And The Global Economy | Equality Within Our Lifetimes University of California Press |
| Mar 10, 2023 | The president’s budget and the battle ahead | For several decades the president’s budget has been described as “dead on arrival” in Congress, with both budget watchers and members of Congress alike describing it as such since at least the mid-1980s. This week, President Biden released ... |
| Feb 26, 2023 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Greta Uehling: There are no words for the wartime trauma being experienced in Ukraine | By Greta Uehling
As the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches, one thing is clear: The destruction the war has wreaked upon Ukrainians over the last 12 months is so catastrophic that the country will be dealing wit... |
| Dec 2, 2022 | How British colonialism killed 100 million Indians in 40 years | Recent years have seen a resurgence in nostalgia for the British empire. High-profile books such as Niall Ferguson’s Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, and Bruce Gilley’s The Last Imperialist, have claimed that British colonialism b... |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Guthrie Ramsey’s 25 years of Black musicqology in, "Who Hears Here? On Black Music, Pasts and Present" | Who Hears Here? On Black Music, Pasts and Present
Guthrie P. Ramsey, Jr.
"Who Hears Here? On Black Music, Pasts and Present," is an essay collection that traverses Black musical expression from art, music, and jazz to hip hop.
Dr.... |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Why Marvel’s Mossad superheroine Sabra is all kinds of wrong | Over a period of two days just outside Beirut in September 1982, Israeli-backed Lebanese militiamen slaughtered up to 3,500 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians in what became known as the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Pregnant women w... |
| Jul 30, 2022 | Commentary
Commentary | Guest opinion: Zachary Lamb: Debunking stereotypes about mobile homes could make them a new face of affordable housing | By Zachary Lamb, Jason Spicer, and Linda Shi
When you hear the words “trailer park” or “mobile home park,” what comes to mind? Crime? Poverty? Vulnerability to natural disasters? These negative images reflect the stigma, reinforced by popul... |
| Jun 20, 2022 | Hold science to higher standards on racism | Shortly before an 18-year-old white supremacist entered a supermarket in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, N.Y., and shot 13 shoppers and employees with an assault rifle bearing a racist epithet, he posted an online diatribe. Other white nat... |
| Jun 15, 2022 | It’s Time To Take Teacher Burnout Seriously. Here’s How. | As educators, mental health professionals, and authors of a new book on helping students cut through stress and pave the way to purpose, we’ve spent our careers supporting students to manage their mental health and reach their potential. We... |
| Jun 3, 2022 | Be kind, rewind: How VHS shaped the way we watch movies | One of my earliest memories, from when I was four or five years old, is seeing a cardboard display case decked out with pristine copies of Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman movie, complete with the iconic bat symbol logo and striking yellow plastic ... |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Store Credit Cards Generate Corporate Profits And Disgruntled Workers | A smiling woman hands a dress to a clothing store cashier. Tom Werner/Getty Images |
| Feb 19, 2022 | Revisiting Russian Literature In The Ukraine Crisis | 'Eugene Onegin and Vladimir Lensky's Duel.' Watercolor, white lead and India ink on paper. ... [+] Dimensions: height: 29.3 cm (11.5 in); width: 39.3 cm (15.4 in). Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts |
| Jan 30, 2022 | Germany’s White Supremacist Problem—and What It Means for the United States | Editor’s Note: As the United States wrestles with the threat of white supremacist violence, observers often look to Germany for lessons on how to deal with a racist past. The University of Nottingham’s Anna Meier argues that this is a mista... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | The Chatter Podcast: 9/11 Memorialization with Marita Sturken | In this bonus episode of Chatter, David Priess talks with professor and author Martia Sturken about 9/11-related memorials, museums, and architecture. Her research and writings have examined everything from visual culture to the connection ... |
| Jan 23, 2022 | How hustle culture got America addicted to work | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| Sep 29, 2021 | Meet The MacArthur Fellows For 2021 | The MacArthur Fellows for 2021 have been announced.getty |
| Aug 25, 2021 | CarpeDM is launching its dating app for Black women this fall | For CarpeDM cofounders Sali Hama and Naza Shelley, the knowledge that Black women have a harder time on dating apps is not new information. But it was finding specific research that showed how strong relationships can ultimately provide eco... |
| Jan 23, 2021 | Cashierless tech could detect shoplifting, but bias concerns abound | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
As the pandemic continues to rage around the world, it’s becoming clear that COVID-19 will endure longer than some health experts initi... |
| Jan 23, 2021 | Cashierless tech could detect shoplifting, but bias concerns abound | As the pandemic continues to rage around the world, it’s becoming clear that COVID-19 will endure longer than some health experts initially predicted. Owing in part to slow vaccine rollouts, rapidly spreading new strains, and politically ch... |
| Dec 31, 2020 | Food Books To Feed The Soul | Take five: Books that explore food and food cultureCourtesy of publishers; collage: LBortolot |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Homophobia Is Not an Asian Value. It's Time for the East to Reconnect to Its Own Traditions of Tolerance | Tan Seng Kee, a 62-year-old retired doctor and LGBTQ+ activist, recently filed a motion in Singapore’s High Court, asking it to order the city-state’s cabinet to revoke a colonial-era law that could imprison men for up to two years for enga... |
| Dec 12, 2020 | What underground abortions could look like if Roe v. Wade is overturned | A demonstrator holds up an abortion flag outside of the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear a major abortion case on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors, on Capitol Hill in Washing... |
| Mar 27, 2020 | The National Commission on Public Service Is Right to Endorse Women’s Draft Registration | On March 25, the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service published its final report advising Congress, the president and the American people on how to foster an ethos of national service. As part of this mission, the i... |
| Dec 23, 2019 | Four Books That Made Me Smarter This Year | Travels + people = good wine book recommendations |
| Dec 6, 2019 | Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: How breaking school lunch free from ‘trap of cheapness’ can bolster business | In The Labor of Lunch, Gaddis takes a deep dive into the development and evolution of the National School Lunch Program in the US, which is expected to operate as a financially self-sustaining ‘business,’ unlike other aspects of public sch... |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Presidential hopefuls for the 2020 election need to establish their health care reform plans now | The announcements this week by California Sen. Kamala Harris and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg that they are seeking their party’s nomination for president in the 2020 election brings the number of Democratic candidates — so far — ... |
| Sep 5, 2017 | Why wind energy has hit a lull in California | Which way is the wind blowing in California?
In some respects, wind energy in the state has never been better, but by other measurements growth has hit a lull for the past four years.
The U.S. Department of Energy released its annual report... |
| Aug 28, 2017 | Wind energy in California: The good news and bad news | Which way is the wind blowing in California?
In some respects, wind energy in the state has never been better but by other measurements growth has flat-lined for the past four years.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) r... |
| ‘There is no retirement when you do gig work,’ says ‘Side Hustle Safety Net’ author. How that affects workers | The sociologist Alexandrea Ravenelle studies the decline of the one-job era, and the rise of the gig economy.
It’s not good news for workers, she says. |
| Climate change is radicalizing young people — here’s what that means and how to combat despair | Environmental studies professor Sarah Ray wrote “A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety: How to Keep Your Cool on a Warming Planet.”
Ray hopes it will better equip people with the morphing and sharpening fears her Humboldt State students brought ... |
| The ‘homeless hero’ trope won’t save us | Of all the popular culture tropes used to describe people experiencing homelessness, one of the most fascinating — and misleading — is “the homeless hero.”
In North American culture, the homeless hero is a vigilante who lives on the streets... |
| Wildfire smoke hits New York again: ‘We are truly the first generation to feel the real effects of climate change,’ Gov. Hochul says | Smoke from the wildfires burning in Canada is blowing south and causing dangerous air quality in New York state for the second time in a month.
“This is not something that we’re talking about future generations dealing with,” New York Gov. ... |
| Judge Brown Jackson and America’s moment of racial reckoning | Today, the United States is experiencing a new moment of racial reckoning. A rapidly diversifying population is demanding systemic equity and meaningful access to constitutional freedoms.
This transformation for the better is neither comple... |
| Don't move just yet. Soon there will be brand-new cities built around work from home — with cheaper housing, better schools, and smarter government. | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
For decades, how Americans worked dictated where Americans lived. While everyone had their own conception of the "good life," our... |
