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If you’ve decided to look for coffee that’s better for the earth or the people making it, you might need some help translating all the industry lingo.
The ‘most divided’ Supreme Court ever may have been in 1941, when seven of the nine justices were New Deal supporters appointed by the same president, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The jokes, memes and skits came thick and fast – but behind the humor were serious points.
As fashion norms change, what people wear in public becomes ground zero for hashing out new ideas of race, class and gender.
ChatGPT and its ilk give propagandists and intelligence agents a powerful new tool for interfering in politics. The clock is ticking on learning to spot this disinformation before the 2024 election.
Since 2020, Alabama lawmakers have failed to draw political districts that give Black voters an equal chance of selecting political candidates that represent their interests.
During the civil rights era, Black teachers were valued members of the community and often taught generations of family members.
Before a revolution can take place, the oppressed first have to recognize that they actually do not have many rights.
Studios say the number is unrealistic − that it amounts to actors not assuming any financial risk for content that flops. But actors simply want to adapt existing payout models to changing technology.
Despite their scarcity, science fiction books are highly sought after by elementary school students.
For students to learn in a safe, healthy environment, school administrators must deal with a myriad of potential environmental contaminants, from allergens to cockroaches.
Catholicism, ‘Frenchness’ and secularism are often conflated in French culture, a scholar writes, while non-Christian traditions are viewed with suspicion.
The Nobel Prize categories were set up more than a century ago. Since then, science has grown and evolved in unpredictable ways.
With the US government seemingly heading toward a potentially painful federal shutdown, a scholar explains why such events never occur in the UK.
What does it say about the online media ecosystem when the end of a 146-day strike is buried under headlines and posts about Swift’s budding romance with NFL star Travis Kelce?
While a single shutdown is unlikely to push a government worker to quit, the cumulative effect of multiple shutdowns can lead to low worker morale and employee retention problems.
A new study reveals how the geography of global climates influences the rich patterns of species diversity in an ever-changing world.
Educating mock jurors about what kinds of statements are appropriate − or not − led to more critical assessments of forensic testimony and improved the quality of their decisions.
Sea glass, while an eye-catching treasure and a multimillion-dollar industry, exists because of decades of improper waste management.
With the help of the microbes that once played an essential role in keeping you alive, the building blocks of your body go on to become a part of other living things.
Reduction in physical activity over the last few decades is one of the main culprits in rising obesity rates.
Year after year, public schools have come up short on STEM teachers. An education policy scholar pushes for a novel solution.
Politicians and scholars debate whether China’s economic investments in Africa benefit or exploit local populations. But what does the public think?
A scholar of national service programs points out that the government hasn’t spelled out what this one will cost, what its participants will earn or how it will operate.