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Funding for refugees has long been politicized − punitive action against UNRWA and Palestinians fits that pattern

Nicholas R. Micinski, University of Maine; Kelsey Norman, Rice University

The US is among more than a dozen countries to freeze funding to UN agency providing aid to displaced Gazans over allegations of complicity in the Oct. 7 attack.

With the economy looking bright enough, the Federal Reserve seems content to play the waiting game

Christopher Decker, University of Nebraska Omaha

The central bank is ‘really in risk management mode,‘ its chairman said.

Super Bowl ads: It’s getting harder for commercials to score with consumers

Linda Ferrell, Auburn University; O.C. Ferrell, Auburn University

Marketers are increasingly focused on reaching narrow audiences – but when it comes to mass appeal, the Super Bowl doesn’t miss.

AI can help − and hurt − student creativity

Sabrina Habib, University of South Carolina

A study in which students brainstormed all the uses of a paper clip shows that AI can both enhance and harm the creative process.

Republicans and Democrats consider each other immoral – even when treated fairly and kindly by the opposition

Phillip McGarry, University of Tennessee

With growing polarization, political attitudes have begun to coincide with moral convictions. Partisans increasingly view each other as immoral. New research reveals the depth of that conviction.

Supreme Court word-count limits for lawyers, explained in 1,026 words

Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson, University of Colorado Boulder

Lawyers submitting briefs to the Supreme Court in the Trump Colorado ballot case must file a ‘certificate of word count.’ Why? As one judge put it, lawyers’ briefs are ‘too long, too long, too long.’

Why treason is a key topic in Trump’s 14th Amendment appeal to the Supreme Court

Mark A. Graber, University of Maryland

US law has long held that those who support rebels and insurrectionists are just as guilty of treason as those who support foreign enemies.

The last days of Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Doherty, Brandeis University

On the 100th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson’s death, a presidential historian looks at how he was able to stay in power despite his illnesses.

Suicide has reached epidemic proportions in the US − yet medical students still don’t receive adequate training to treat suicidal patients

Rodolfo Bonnin, Florida International University; Leonard M. Gralnik, Florida International University; Nathaly Shoua-Desmarais, Florida International University

Close to half of those who die by suicide saw a primary care doctor within a month of their death.

Norman Jewison’s ‘Rollerball’ depicted a world in which corporations controlled all information – is this dystopian vision becoming reality?

Matthew Jordan, Penn State

As the journalism industry continues to crater, wealthy plutocrats are consolidating their control over information systems.

Rogue taxonomists, competing lists and accusations of anarchy: The complicated journey toward a list of all life on Earth

Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Stephen Garnett takes us inside a scientific spat about how to govern the naming of new species. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.

For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate monuments really stood for

Your body already has a built-in weight loss system that works like Wegovy, Ozempic and Mounjaro – food and your gut microbiome

Inside the black box of Amazon returns