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White patients are more likely than Black patients to be given opioid medication for pain in US emergency departments

Trevor Thompson, University of Greenwich; Sofia Stathi, University of Greenwich

Undertreated pain can result in unnecessary suffering and a greater likelihood of long-term chronic pain.

Louisiana’s ‘In God We Trust’ law tests limits of religion in public schools

Frank S. Ravitch, Michigan State University

Does Louisiana’s requirement for public schools to post ‘In God We Trust’ in all classrooms violate the doctrine of separation of church and state? A legal scholar weighs in.

Why Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most ‘authentic’ social media platform

Michael Serazio, Boston College

With identity the most lucrative commodity social media platforms trade in, their fetishization of authenticity remains ironclad.

AIs could soon run businesses – it’s an opportunity to ensure these ‘artificial persons’ follow the law

Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt University; John Nay, Stanford University

If a business is run by an AI and it causes you harm, could you sue the AI?

Asteroids in the solar system could contain undiscovered, superheavy elements

Johann Rafelski, University of Arizona

Scientists have been searching Earth’s surface for superheavy elements too difficult to make in the lab, but now, many are looking to the skies instead.

‘I see no happy ending’ − a former national security leader on the Gaza hostage situation

Gregory F. Treverton, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

No government wants to have to deal with a hostage crisis. A former US national security official explains that there is no winning without losing in such situations.

A Halloween party in Boston turned ugly when a gang hurled antisemitic slurs and attacked Jewish teenagers

Andrew Sperling, American University

Shortly after World War II, European Jews immigrated to American cities like Boston and were often met with violent antisemitism.

I studied 1 million home sales in metro Atlanta and found that Black families are being squeezed out of homeownership by corporate investors

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

Being humble about what you know is just one part of what makes you a good thinker