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For the past 20 years, Yelp has been providing a platform for people to share their experiences at businesses ranging from bars to barbershops....
People sometimes feel pressured to choose one identity over another. Kamala Harris, who is multiracial – her mother is from India and her father is...
NASA plans to send crewed missions to Mars over the next decade – but the 140 million-mile (225 million-kilometer) journey to the red planet...
Citrus trees showing natural tolerance to citrus greening disease host bacteria that produce novel antimicrobials that can be used to fight off the...
Social service nonprofits had high rates of staff turnover and a hard time filling vacant positions in 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic was ending....
A dockworkers strike that froze operations at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports for 2½ days was paused on Oct. 3. The Conversation U.S. asked Anna...
The rapid pace of unfolding events between Israel and the Palestinians, and more broadly in the Middle East, can make people think change is...
There has been a lot of research on the types of people who believe conspiracy theories, and their reasons for doing so. But there’s a wrinkle:...
Israel and Iran are at war. In truth, the two sides have been fighting for decades, but the conflict has played out largely under the cover of...
A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the...
After Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president in early September 2024, posting a message to her 284 million fans on Instagram, some...
The United Auto Workers is taking steps toward holding strikes that could interfere with some of Stellantis’ operations in the United States....
The past eight years have clearly demonstrated that who sits on the federal courts matters. The country has watched the Supreme Court take a sharp...
Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of. Greenberg was the first baseman for the Detroit Tigers during the 1930s...
Each major election over the past two years has prompted the refrain: “Abortion is on the ballot.” That is certainly true of the upcoming...
Many Black leaders are swinging into action for the Harris-Walz campaign – and clergy are no exception. On Aug. 5, 2024, The Black Church PAC hosted...
Back in 1970, the economist Milton Friedman famously argued that businesses have a single responsibility: to increase profit. For decades, the so-...
A new filing by special counsel Jack Smith in the case he has brought against Donald Trump for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020...
Twenty years ago, the television show “The O.C.” invented the word “Chrismukkah.” Main character Seth Cohen, played by Adam Brody, described...
The ancient Maya believed that everything in the universe, from the natural world to everyday experiences, was part of a single, powerful spiritual...
Sometimes, superpowers have a hard time getting smaller allies to do what they want with the assistance they provide. Often, it is to the detriment...
The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has played out largely on land and in the air. It is a bitterly contested, grueling ground war,...
Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous Peoples Day. In the push to rename Columbus...
Homelessness is a rare issue in American politics that does not cut neatly along party or ideological lines. It can be hard to predict who will...
Hurricane Helene caused deadly and destructive flooding when it swept through the Southeast on Sept. 26-29, 2024. Across a broad swath of western...
Block parties – a beloved summer tradition in many Philadelphia neighborhoods – can lead to small increases in voter turnout among Philadelphia...
Early screening for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism is important to ensure children have the support they need to gain the essential...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Sociology, Science Fiction...
Polls of the 2020 presidential election were at their collective worst in 40 years. No misfire that year was more striking than CNN’s. Its final...
Over the summer of 2024, some 250 Russian children traveled to North Korea for a 10-day-long kids camp. Framed as cultural diplomacy, the event was...
Out of 225 people awarded the Nobel Prize in physics, only five have been women. This is a very small number, and certainly smaller than 50% –...
Getting any product to consumers, whether it’s a can of sardines or a screwdriver, requires that supply chains function well. The availability of...
In a recent speech, Donald Trump used the language of intelligence, or intellectual impairment, as a weapon against Kamala Harris. And he used...
Mindfulness, the meditation practice that brings one’s attention to present experiences, is gaining traction in the business world. Researchers...
The effects of bullying on teens’ mental health are well-documented. But could bullying also shape their future aspirations? Our latest research...
Abortion is a critical, if not the most important, issue for many voters – especially women, according to polls – ahead of the U.S....
A lament about the demise of AM radio has been rising in the halls of Congress. Several automakers, most notably Tesla and Ford, have decided to...
You can probably think of a time when you’ve used math to solve an everyday problem, such as calculating a tip at a restaurant or determining the...
Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people...
Neither Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance nor Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has the national stature of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President...
Hurricane Helene’s flooding has subsided, but health risks are growing in hard-hit regions of the North Carolina mountains, where many people...
Few people expected the campaign to elect the first woman president to spark a referendum on masculinity, but what it means to be a man has become...
Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel on Oct. 1, 2024, amplifying tensions in the Middle East that are increasingly marked by “...