As an American, should you feel guilty about rooting against the US in the World Cup? Adam Kadlac, Wake Forest University

2 days ago

How 'monoculture' became a catchall for two opposing anxieties – that we no longer share enough, and that we all share too much -- Maria A. Rodas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2 days ago

TMZ descends on Washington in a test of whether tabloid tactics can serve the public interest -- Angelica Kalika, University of Colorado Boulder

4 days ago

Older Americans are often compelled to keep working – and then criticized for not stepping aside -- Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, University of North Dakota

10 days ago

As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest -- Matthew Jordan, Penn State

17 days ago

Taylor Swift trademarking her voice and likeness points to a new legal frontier in combating AI deepfakes -- Daryl Lim, Penn State

5 days ago

A rare bipartisan housing victory faces a bigger problem – Americans still can't afford housing -- Kirk McClure, University of Kansas and Alex Schwartz, The New School

9 days ago

Believe it or not, there was a time when the US government built beautiful homes for working-class Americans to deal with a housing shortage -- Eran Ben-Joseph, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

11 months ago

What if universal rental assistance were implemented to deal with the housing crisis? -- Alex Schwartz, The New School and Kirk McClure, University of Kansas

11 months ago

England's 'once in a generation' housing law takes effect as US housing legislation sits in congressional purgatory -- Allyson Gold, Wake Forest University

1 month ago

What the world can learn from Uruguay as the global housing crisis deepens -- Jennifer Duyne Barenstein, ETH Zurich and Daniela Sanjinés, ETH Zurich

6 days ago

As more athletes speak openly about depression, anxiety and suicide, a minority of fans are weaponizing it -- Scott Parrott, University of South Carolina

11 days ago

The 1994 World Cup helped rescue 'the beautiful game' from mediocrity. On its return to the US, expect more of that beauty -- Cesar R. Torres, Penn State

12 days ago

We tested the new World Cup ball – this is what you need to know about how it will fly, dip and swerve -- John Eric Goff, University of Puget Sound

25 days ago

'Right to race' laws and the battle over America's local racetracks -- Joshua Vadeboncoeur, Gardner-Webb University

1 month ago

¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! Speedy Gonzales set to make his triumphant return to the silver screen -- Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder

1 month ago

'Hamnet' is making audiences break down in tears – and upending beliefs about male grief -- Jeanette Tran, Drake University

2 months ago

As the Oscars approach, Hollywood grapples with AI's growing influence on filmmaking -- Holly Willis, University of Southern California

2 months ago

Do animals have a future on Hollywood sets? -- Cynthia Chris, City University of New York

3 months ago

How Dracula became a red-hot lover -- Stanley Stepanic, University of Virginia

3 months ago

AI-generated fantasies of US intervention reveal how desperation has narrowed Cuba's political horizons -- Michael J. Bustamante, University of Miami

20 days ago

Sora's downfall signals broader problems with AI's creative utility -- Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University

1 month ago

Michelangelo hated painting the Sistine Chapel – and never aspired to be a painter to begin with -- Anna Swartwood House, University of South Carolina

3 months ago

AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it's already happening -- Ahmed Elgammal, Rutgers University

4 months ago

Antonia Bembo fled Venice to escape her abusive husband – over three centuries later, her opera finally takes the stage -- Claire Fontijn, Wellesley College

19 days ago

After the execution of James G. Broadnax in Texas, questions persist over use of rap lyrics as evidence -- A.D. Carson, University of Virginia

1 month ago

Motown's Black women songwriters and producers were the invisible architects behind the pop music juggernaut -- Margena A. Christian, University of Illinois Chicago

1 month ago

Clergy protests against ICE turned to a classic – and powerful – American playlist -- David W. Stowe, Michigan State University

4 months ago

Bad Bunny says reggaeton is Puerto Rican, but it was born in Panama -- Brendan Frizzell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

3 months ago

Despite all the likes, literallys and dropped g's, English isn't decaying before our eyes -- Valerie M. Fridland, University of Nevada, Reno

1 month ago

Artemis II moonshot reflects a spacefaring vision present in Jules Verne's 19th-century novel -- Anastasia Klimchynskaya, Illinois Wesleyan University

1 month ago

Thousands of AI-written, edited or 'polished' books are being sold – an eerie echo of Orwell's 'novel-writing machines' -- Laura Beers, American University

1 month ago

If using ChatGPT is cheating, what about ghostwriting? The old debate behind a new panic -- Emily Hodgson Anderson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

2 months ago

With AI finishing your sentences, what will happen to your unique voice on the page? -- Gayle Rogers, University of Pittsburgh

2 months ago

The two lives of Chuck Norris -- Ben Pettis, University of Richmond

2 months ago

As Jeff Bezos dismantles The Washington Post, 5 regional papers chart a course for survival -- Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University

3 months ago

The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children -- Rebekah Willett, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Amanda Levido, Southern Cross University, and Hyeon-Seon Jeong, Gyeongin National University of Education

4 months ago

CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives -- Beth Hoffman, University of Pittsburgh

4 months ago

Why are buttons and zippers on different sides of men's and women's clothes? -- JuYoung Lee, Mississippi State University and Caroline Kobia, Mississippi State University

12 days ago

As renaissance fairs become big business, can they retain their counterculture roots? -- Katrina Stack, University of Tennessee and Reagan Yessler, Pellissippi State Community College

1 month ago

The costume maker who convinced Hersheypark to embrace candy mascots and 'chocolatize' their old-timey theme park -- John Haddad, Penn State

2 months ago

The inspiring and tragic story of Mabel Stark, America's most famous female tiger trainer -- Alessandro Meregaglia, Boise State University

3 months ago

Valentine's Day cards too sugary sweet for you? Return to the 19th-century custom of the spicy 'vinegar valentine' -- Melissa Chim, Excelsior University

3 months ago

Looksmaxxing isn't just a TikTok trend – it often reflects severe body image issues in teen boys and young men -- Jordyn Tovey, University of Michigan

14 days ago

What 'gooning' reveals about intimacy in a world cordoned off by screens -- Jennifer Pollitt, Temple University

2 months ago

'My gender is like an empty lot' − the people who reject man, woman and any other gender label -- Canton Winer, Northern Illinois University

7 months ago

Why are women's shoes so pointy? A fashion expert on impractical but stylish footwear -- Michael Watson, University of South Carolina

7 months ago

Lower East Side street named for 'King of Comics' Jack Kirby, a nod to one of the countless kids of immigrants who shaped the genre -- Miriam Eve Mora, University of Michigan

27 days ago

In his efforts to remake federal architecture, Trump repudiates the 'republican ideals' that have long informed it -- Kevin D. Murphy, Vanderbilt University

1 month ago

5 reasons Stephen Colbert is one of the most important satirists in American history -- Sophia A. McClennen, Penn State

18 days ago

TikTok's popular microdramas shrink TV into bite-sized chunks -- Jessica Maddox, University of Georgia and Krysten Stein, University of Cincinnati

23 days ago

HBO's 'The Pitt' nails how hospital cyberattacks create chaos, endanger patients and disrupt critical care -- Jeffrey Tully, University of California, San Diego and Christian Dameff, University of California, San Diego

2 months ago

Why 'The West Wing' went from a bipartisan hit to a polarized streaming comfort watch over 2 decades, reflecting profound shifts in media and politics -- Karrin Vasby Anderson, Colorado State University and Nick Marx, Colorado State University

3 months ago

Life isn't all diamonds – money and fame don't shield the many 'Real Housewives' facing criminal charges -- C. Clare Strange, Drexel University

4 months ago

How tarot readers are using AI – and what it says about our growing reliance on chatbots for emotional support and advice -- Ziv Epstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Farnaz Jahanbakhsh, University of Michigan, and Vana Goblot, Goldsmiths, University of London

24 days ago

We studied what happened when financially struggling artists received $1,000 a month, no strings attached, for 18 months -- Joanna Woronkowicz, Indiana University and Doug Noonan, Indiana University Indianapolis

25 days ago

Denmark's 'hands-off' approach to parenting could offer a blueprint for raising more resilient, self-reliant kids -- Marie Helweg-Larsen, Dickinson College

1 month ago

What is black garlic? How heat and humidity turn a pungent ingredient mild and slightly sweet -- Mavra Javed, Michigan State University

1 month ago

Philadelphia was once a sweet spot for chocolatiers and other candymakers who made iconic treats for Valentine's Day and other holidays -- Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder

3 months ago

A culinary educator and local dining expert breaks down Michelin's debut Philly list − and gives zero stars to the inspectors -- Jonathan Deutsch, Drexel University

6 months ago

How Hershey's chocolate survived an attack from Mars − and adopted a business strategy alien to its founder -- John Haddad, Penn State

7 months ago

Records of Pompeii's survivors have been found – and archaeologists are starting to understand how they rebuilt their lives -- Steven L. Tuck, Miami University

7 days ago

Your phone screen doesn't have the same color range as the human eye – and AI widens the gap between digital images and the real thing -- Douglas Goodwin, University of California, Los Angeles; California Institute of the Arts

5 days ago