Greenwashing is growing in these industries

Boeing workers secure big gains after strike, but the future for organized labor under Trump is uncertain

Jake Rosenfeld, Washington University in St. Louis

Restoring the defined-benefit pension plan the workers gave up in 2013 was a rallying cry. But the union didn’t get it back even though it did win a significant pay increase.

Trump voters said they were angry about the economy – many of them had a point

Don Leonard, The Ohio State University

If real, inflation-adjusted wages are up, then why are millions of Americans so down about their economic prospects?

Soaring inflation helped lead Trump to victory – here’s why some of his policies might drive prices higher again

Veronika Dolar, Pace University

Trump wants to jack up tariffs, deport millions of migrants and slash taxes. All three of these policies could fuel inflation.

Military veterans are disproportionately affected by suicide, but targeted prevention can help reverse the tide

Jordan Batchelor, Arizona State University; Charles Max Katz, Arizona State University; Taylor Cox, Arizona State University

Statistics show that veterans die by suicide from firearms – a particularly lethal means of suicide – at a higher rate than in the general population.

‘Inflation is radioactive’: Trump’s victory is part of a global populist wave of voters throwing out incumbents

James D. Long, University of Washington; Victor Menaldo, University of Washington

Inflation is politically radioactive, and voters have a very long memory for it, as Democrats found when Donald Trump won and Kamala Harris lost the presidential election.

What should journalists do when the facts don’t matter?

Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine

Historical examples abound of American news consumers being presented with verified facts about controversial figures or events, only to have the excellent journalism have little to no effect.

Voters in Arab American strongholds likely tipped Michigan in Trump’s favor

Michael Traugott, University of Michigan

The votes for Trump added up in Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Hamtramck.

Pennsylvania will keep its divided legislature thanks to split-ticket voters

Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University

Despite the country’s stark political divide, some Pennsylvania voters in deep-red counties still genuinely vote for the representative and not the party.

I’m a neuroscientist who taught rats to drive − their joy suggests how anticipating fun can enrich human life

Kelly Lambert, University of Richmond

Equipped with a rodent version of a Cybertruck, these driving rats reveal that positive experiences may sculpt the brain just as powerfully as stressful ones

Compassion amid chaos − how one of America’s greatest poets became a lifeline for wounded soldiers

Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

Lacking formal training in medicine or nursing, Walt Whitman nonetheless realized ‘the simple matter of personal presence, and emanating ordinary cheer and magnetism’ could go a long way.

Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?

Kelly R. MacGregor, Macalester College

It’s all about perspective: The higher you go, the more you can see the curve.

How the Taliban are seeking to reshape Afghanistan’s schools to push their ideology

Enayat Nasir, University at Albany, State University of New York

The Taliban are increasing religious education and removing lessons about the arts, culture and human rights – moves that will shape the future for millions of Afghan students

How updated Vatican rules on validating supernatural appearances of Mary will affect the famed pilgrimage site of Medjugorje

Lisa Bitel, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

The Vatican has said that the pilgrimage to Medjugorje, a small town in Bosnia-Herzegovina, can yield ‘spiritual benefits’ but refrained from calling the apparitions genuinely supernatural.

LGBTQ rights: Where Trump and Vance stand

Undoing the ‘deep state’ means Trump would undo over a century of progress in building a federal government for the people and not just for rich white men

10 states had abortion measures on the ballot – where they passed, where they failed, and what it all means