'Buy to rent' affects Black homebuyers more

New House Speaker Mike Johnson leads a GOP majority weakened by decades of declining party authority

Matthew Green, Catholic University of America

The problems faced by the House GOP in choosing a new speaker aren’t particular to Republicans. They’re a reflection of larger problems that have afflicted both parties in Congress.

UN warns that Gaza desperately needs more aid − an emergency relief expert explains why it is especially tough working in Gaza

Paul Spiegel, Johns Hopkins University

Government sanctions against Hamas, which the US and the European Union consider a terrorist group, mean that aid groups are not able to directly work with Hamas.

Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents

Jerald Podair, Lawrence University

With control over the Virginia Legislature at stake in the Nov. 7 election, the historic battle over what is taught in public schools remains a priority for both Democrats and Republicans.

FDA advisory panel’s conclusion that oral phenylephrine is ineffective means consumers need to think twice when buying cold and flu meds

Lucas Berenbrok, University of Pittsburgh; Colleen Culley, University of Pittsburgh; Karen Steinmetz Pater, University of Pittsburgh

If phenylephrine works no better than a placebo, then what else might help with colds and flu?

Turkey faces competing pressures from Russia and the West to end its ‘middleman strategy’ and pick a side on the war in Ukraine

Ozgur Ozkan, Tufts University

Turkey walks a fine line between NATO commitments and Western alliances and its dependence on Russia for financial resources and trade.

Public schools and faith-based chaplains: Texas’ new combination is testing the First Amendment

Charles J. Russo, University of Dayton

Recent Supreme Court decisions have signaled a shift in how the country’s highest court interprets the limits on religion in schools.

To better understand addiction, students in this course take a close look at liquor in literature

Debra J. Rosenthal, John Carroll University

This course beckons students to examine how alcoholic beverages are portrayed in books by American authors.

How often do you lie? Deception researchers investigate how the recipient and the medium affect telling the truth

Christian B. Miller, Wake Forest University

Researchers are interested in whether who you’re communicating with and how you’re interacting affect how likely you are to lie.

Antisemitism has moved from the right to the left in the US − and falls back on long-standing stereotypes

The Rio Grande isn’t just a border – it’s a river in crisis

Israeli invasion of Gaza likely to resemble past difficult battles in Iraq and Syria