The 'stealth' variant sweeping the world

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s path to Supreme Court nomination was paved by trailblazing Black women judges

Sharon D. Wright Austin, University of Florida

A handful of Black women have worn the black robes of a judge in the past, but none has ever been nominated to the US Supreme Court. Until now.

Economic sanctions may make Russians’ lives worse – without stopping Putin’s assault on Ukraine

Joseph Wright, Penn State; Abel Escribà-Folch, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Personalist dictators tend to shield the elites who support them from the economic pain of sanctions by pushing costs onto regular people.

Biden’s plain speaking on Ukraine inspires support without sparking a wider war – an echo of the Truman Doctrine, 75 years ago

Denise M. Bostdorff, The College of Wooster

The way two presidents used language to ask Americans to support intervening in a foreign conflict shows the power of a leader who uses plain speaking – and sets limits on intervention.

Putin’s control over Ukraine war news is not total - it’s challenged by online news and risk-taking journalists

Sarah Oates, University of Maryland

Russia is cracking down on freedom of speech and media. But other factors, like outside online information, could make it difficult to control war propaganda - and block out other information.

Food pantries that give away stuff people can’t or won’t cook have an ‘acorn squash problem’

Diana Cuy Castellanos, University of Dayton; John C. Jones, Virginia Commonwealth University

Efforts to make donated food as healthy as possible backfire if the recipients throw it out.

Colleges routinely fail to ask about new hires’ history of sexual harassment

Susan Fortney, Texas A&M University; Theresa Morris

Colleges do a poor job of screening applicants for prior history of sexual misconduct in the workplace. A sociologist and a law professor explain how that can change.

Why the future of the world’s largest religion is female – and African

Gina Zurlo, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

Women’s contributions to global Christianity are immense, but scholars’ understanding is hampered by limited data.

In ‘Licorice Pizza’ a 15-year-old and 25-year-old fall for each other – here’s what’s known about these types of relationships

Jeni Loftus, University of Memphis

Teen boys who date adult women tend to experience their relationships differently than girls who date older men.

Maps show – and hide – key information about Ukraine war

A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and the internet – an electrical engineer explains how

Fewer Americans are hunting, and that raises hard questions about funding conservation through gun sales