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  • kermitArts & Entertainment

    The saga of the billion-dollar sock: The Muppets’ 50th birthday marks a long and profitable run

    By Jared Bahir Browsh and The Conversation
  • ICECybersecurity

    Only 4 democracies have created paramilitary police squads since 1960—if you include ICE

    By Erica De Bruin and The Conversation
  • boardroomWorkplace Culture

    Diversity on Fortune 50 boards: white men haven’t been a majority for 3 years in a row

    By Richie Zweigenhaft and The Conversation
  • trumpPolitics

    Trump’s erratic, chaotic shifts in strategy follow a long tradition. Here’s what to know about the ‘Madman Theory’ of politics

    By Andrew Latham and The Conversation
  • trumpPersonal Finance

    Trump changed the law to get your tax refund to you early. Too bad it leaves the 6 million ‘unbanked’ behind

    By Beverly Moran and The Conversation
  • cowboyEnvironment

    Climate change’s role in the monster winter storm of January 2026: warmer oceans, more moisture and a dislocated ‘polar vortex’

    By Mathew Barlow, Judah Cohen, and others
  • anxietyFuture of Work

    AI anxiety is so widespread that veteran Microsoft researchers are having panic attacks because they’re making themselves obsolete

    By Patrick Barry and The Conversation
  • ICEPolitics

    Former Bush-appointed federal judge: Why the ICE memo allowing officers into your home without a warrant is unconstitutional

    By John E. Jones, III and The Conversation
  • maduroCybersecurity

    America hacked Venezuela’s grid to literally turn off the lights on Jan. 3. It could happen here, too

    By Saman Zonouz and The Conversation
  • swedenPersonal Finance

    Sweden abolished its wealth tax 20 years ago. Then it became a ‘paradise for the super-rich’

    By Miranda Sheild Johansson and The Conversation
  • AIAI

    ‘Visual elevator music’: Why generative AI, trained on centuries of human genius, produces intellectual Muzak

    By Ahmed Elgammal and The Conversation
  • greenlandEurope

    Denmark offered to trade Greenland to the U.S. in 1910—and America thought it was crazy

    By Steven Lamy and The Conversation
  • valentinoSuccess

    Valentino, one of the first Italian designers to succeed in France, defined the iconic female with bold reds and silhouettes—sometimes problematically

    By Jye Marshall and The Conversation
  • swiftArts & Entertainment

    Taylor Swift’s political polarization Rorschach Test: why young women love her and young men really don’t

    By Laurel Elder, Jeff Gulati, and others
  • trumpPolitics

    History says there’s a 90% chance that Trump’s party will lose seats in the midterm elections. It also says there’s a 100% chance

    By Robert A. Strong and The Conversation