Addressing the trauma of cancer with psychedelics

Military violence in Myanmar is worsening amid fierce resistance and international ambivalence

Tharaphi Than, Northern Illinois University

Since seizing power in a 2021 coup, Myanmar’s military has killed more than 3,000 civilians and pro-democracy activists. But the army has struggled to contain an armed resistance movement.

Yet another case of mishandling classified documents and alleged violations of the Espionage Act: 3 essential reads

Howard Manly, The Conversation

The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.

Defamation is at the heart of Dominion’s lawsuit against Fox News – but proving it is no small feat

Nicole Kraft, The Ohio State University

It’s far easier to throw around accusations of damage to one’s reputation than it is to actually prove it in court. A journalism scholar explains the criteria that must be met.

Epic snow from all those atmospheric rivers in the West is starting to melt, and the flood danger is rising

Chad Hecht, University of California, San Diego

This year’s Sierra snowpack is looking a lot like 1983’s, and that was a year of flooding and mudslide disasters. A meteorologist explains what’s ahead.

Will the Earth last forever?

Shichun Huang, University of Tennessee

The Earth isn’t permanent, but it was here for four billion years before humans arrived and should be here for several billion more.

Anti-mifepristone court decisions rely on medical misinformation about abortion and questionable legal reasoning

Jamie Rowen, UMass Amherst; Tami S. Rowen, University of California, San Francisco

If the ruling to reverse the use of mifepristone stands, it will not only severely restrict abortion access for women throughout the US – it will have far-reaching effects on health care.

As Second Chance Pell Grant program grows, more incarcerated people can get degrees – but there’s a difference between prison-run and college-run education behind bars

Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College

With the expansion of Second Chance Pell grants, more colleges and universities will soon offer degree programs to students in prison.

What is Discord? An internet researcher explains the social media platform at the center of Pentagon leak of top-secret intelligence

Brianna Dym, University of Maine

Discord was initially a service to let gamers voice and text chat while playing. Most of its current users build and maintain online communities, though not always very big ones.

The complex relationship between Black gamers and Hogwarts Legacy

Steven Dashiell, American University

Despite calls to boycott the game by trans activists, the game has proved wildly popular – particularly among Black gamers.

Plans for religious charter school, though rejected for now, are already pushing church-state debates into new territory

Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton

Using public funds to support students at private religious schools is one thing, but establishing faith-based institutions within public districts is another.

Why is Tax Day on April 18 this year? And how did early spring become tax season, anyhow?

What is ‘algospeak’? Inside the newest version of linguistic subterfuge

Black singles with college education embrace life without marriage