Raymond Gibney Jr., Penn State When people go on strike, their employers don’t pay them. That makes it hard for workers who have walked off the job to keep paying their bills. Union members have an advantage during strikes because they can…
Brooks D. Simpson, Arizona State University As Congress prepares to head into its August 2023 break, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican from Alabama, shows no signs of ending his five-month-long hold on…
Michael Blake, University of Washington The United States has finished destroying the last of its stock of chemical weapons, marking the end of a 26-year period during which it frequently condemned other…
Sanya Carley, University of Pennsylvania and David Konisky, Indiana University Millions of Americans have already been sweltering through heat waves this summer, and forecasters warn of hot months ahead. July 3 and…
Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation and Jusneel Mahal, The Conversation Of all the subjects taught in America’s public schools, few have become as contentious as U.S. history. At least 37 states have adopted…
William Chittenden, Texas State University The Supreme Court has struck down the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan. In Biden v. Nebraska, the court ruled 6-3 on June 30, 2023, that the…
Kenneth L. Shropshire, University of Pennsylvania In an anticipated but nonetheless stunning decision expected to have widespread implications on college campuses and workplaces across the country, the conservative majority of the U.S.…
Scott Smith, University of South Carolina The tragic news of the destruction of the Titan submersible has brought attention to the thrilling, dangerous and expensive world of extreme tourism. As a researcher…
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis Can the language someone uses be as unique as their fingerprints? As I describe in my forthcoming book, “Linguistic Fingerprints: How Language Creates and Reveals Identity,”…
Jason Davidson, University of Mary Washington When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped…
Mark Satta, Wayne State University The drag shows will go on. At least for now. On June 2, 2023, Judge Thomas Parker, a Trump-appointed federal district court judge in western Tennessee, ruled…