Tribal colleges face uncertainty after federal cuts and historic shutdown, in photos

Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the ...

Miss the Leonid meteor shower over Connecticut Sunday night? You may be still be able to see it.

Didn't catch the Leonid meteor shower Sunday night? The peak of the shower may be visible into early morning Tuesday.

Tribal college leaders are uneasy about US financial commitments despite a funding increase

Tribal citizens are among communities navigating the impacts of massive cuts in federal spending and the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. A funding increase for ...
Opinion

Renewable energy is cheaper and healthier – so why isn’t it replacing fossil fuels faster?

As their technologies have matured, solar power and wind power have become cheaper than coal and natural gas for utility-scale electricity generation in most areas, in large part because the fuel is ...

Más personas están quedando rezagadas en el pago de sus facturas bajo Trump

Más personas están quedando rezagadas en el pago de sus facturas para mantener la luz y calentar sus hogares, según un nuevo ...
Opinion

Florida’s new open carry law combines with ‘stand your ground’ to create new freedoms – and new dangers

Stand your ground laws effectively expand the boundaries of the castle doctrine to the wider world, removing the duty to retreat and allowing people to use lethal force anywhere they have a legal ...
Opinion

Slavery’s brutal reality shocked Northerners before the Civil War − and is being whitewashed today by the White House

“Until the pictures of the slave’s sufferings were drawn up and held up to public gaze, no Northerner had any idea of the cruelty of the system,” abolitionist Angelina Grimké wrote in her famous “ ...
Opinion

Most colleges score low on helping students of all faiths – or none – develop a sense of belonging. Faculty can help change that

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If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now? An anthropologist explains that humans actually are still evolving

Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by evolution. We have not stopped evolving, but we are evolving right now in ...
Opinion

Student cheating dominates talk of generative AI in higher ed, but universities and tech companies face ethical issues too

(THE CONVERSATION) Debates about generative artificial intelligence on college campuses have largely centered on student cheating. But focusing on cheating overlooks a larger set of ethical concerns ...

Why people trust influencers more than brands – and what that means for the future of marketing

This perceived intimacy helps explain why consumers often trust influencers more than brands. Though the parasocial relationship isn’t mutual, it feels real. That emotional closeness cultivates trust, ...
Opinion

White nationalism fuels tolerance for political violence nationwide

The fact that white nationalism is gaining prominence in the U.S., combined with the association between holding white nationalist views and supporting political violence found in our study, indicates ...