Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive
Donald Trump claims the 2024 election gave him a mandate. Scholars who study the presidency are skeptical about the entire ...
Dogecoin is a joke − so what’s behind its rally?
Dogecoin’s rebound – after several years of devaluation and disrepute – reveals the extent to which community, attention and ...
US House passes measure that could punish nonprofits Treasury Department decides are ‘terrorist’
Organizations representing nonprofits have condemned this bill, which critics see as a threat to President-elect Donald Trump ...
AI harm is often behind the scenes and builds over time – a legal scholar explains how the law can adapt to respond
The damage AI algorithms cause is not easily remedied. Breaking algorithmic harms into four categories results in pieces that ...
Americans agree politics is broken − here are 5 ideas for fixing key problems
Surveys show Americans do not believe the political system is serving them. A mathematician of democracy highlights ...
Denmark’s uprooting of settled residents from ‘ghettos’ forms part of aggressive plan to assimilate nonwhite inhabitants
The Danish government wants to end so-called parallel societies. But residents of immigrant-majority areas say they’re ...
Activism on foot: When Indigenous activists walk the land to honor their past and reshape their future
Movements like the Journey of Nishiyuu walk the land to reclaim culture and push for Indigenous nations’ rights.
Researchers claim Tutankhamun’s burial mask may have originally been made for a woman – but there is reason to doubt
Tutankhamun’s resting place in the Valley of the Kings is relatively small. This has led to speculation that it was ...
To some ancient Romans, gladiators were the embodiment of tyranny
Politicians like Cicero saw gladiators as vain and self-indulgent, while the true warriors engaged in wars of words.
Awkwardness can hit in any social situation – here are a philosopher’s 5 strategies to navigate it with grace
Awkwardness is what happens in social interactions when you suddenly find yourself without a script to guide you through.
The peer review system no longer works to guarantee academic rigour - a different approach is needed
Peer review is often assumed to guarantee quality, but it doesn’t always work well in practice. Every academic has their own ...
The Prescott punch: what a 2001 brawl between a deputy prime minister and a voter tells us about the changing nature of British politics
On a visit to Rhyl in north Wales, Prescott was hit by an egg thrown by a local man and responded with a left hook. The ...