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  • trumpMiddle East

    Top diplomat on Middle Eastern regime change as a losing game: ‘U.S. history in that area of the world is not good with this’

    By Donald Heflin and The Conversation
  • trumpMiddle East

    Former Trump security advisor sees no off-ramp this time around for Iran, Israel and America

    By Javed Ali and The Conversation
  • shapiroAI

    Why Pennsylvania sits at the center of the big data-center power problem

    By Shixiang (Woody) Zhu and The Conversation
  • baftaHealth

    The BAFTA Tourette racial slur controversy, explained, by a sociologist with Tourette’s who studies social stigma

    By Rena Zito and The Conversation
  • gen zAI

    We studied chatbots and language and saw a huge problem: They mean 80% when they say ‘likely’ but humans hear 65%

    By Mayank Kejriwal and The Conversation
  • epsteinLaw

    How Jeffrey Epstein exploited colleges’ ‘tremendous drive to acquire money’

    By Brian Herman and The Conversation
  • putinEurope

    Russia’s violation of NATO airspace surged 200% in 2025, a warning of what may be coming

    By Frederic Lemieux and The Conversation
  • jacksonArts & Entertainment

    Jesse Jackson turned down a pro baseball contract that paid 6x less than a white player. Here’s how segregation shaped him

    By Gibbs Knotts, Christopher A. Cooper, and others
  • ICECommentary

    We looked at 40 years of government data and found the U.S. at a ‘medium level’ of atrocity. Iran is ‘high level’

    By David Cingranelli, Skip Mark, and others
  • greenlandNorth America

    Why America may not have won World War II without its secret weapon: Greenland

    By Thomas Robertson and The Conversation
  • vinegar valentineArts & Entertainment

    Victorian-era ‘vinegar valentines’ show that trolling existed long before social media or the internet

    By Melissa Chan and The Conversation
  • trumpNorth America

    Trump is making foreign tourism great again. How much will he hurt the World Cup?

    By Frédéric Dimanche, Kelley A. McClinchey, and others
  • dogCommentary

    You love your dog too much. Blame the broken American Dream and loss of purpose since the pandemic

    By Margret Grebowicz and The Conversation
  • washingtonLaw

    How Trump erased the story of George Washington’s slave, Ona Judge, who fled from Philadelphia to freedom

    By Timothy Welbeck and The Conversation
  • droughtEnvironment

    Rural America’s $23.6 billion wipeout: the drought that wouldn’t quit

    By Joel Lisonbee, William Baule, and others