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Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict

  • Written by Christine Leuenberger, Senior Lecturer, Cornell University
imageA lot has changed since the publication of this 1750 map of Palestine.Ken Welsh/Design Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Image

Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and name territories and boundaries, others show different voting blocs in elections, and GPS...

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Why does Trump want to abolish the Education Department? An anthropologist who studies MAGA explains 4 reasons

  • Written by Alex Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
imageA pedestrian walks past the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington. Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images

“And one other thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education.”

President Donald Trump made this promise in a Sept....

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How AI can help in the creative design process

  • Written by Tilanka Chandrasekera, Professor of Interior Design, Oklahoma State University
imageA student works on a design in a fashion merchandising lab.Fashion Merchandising Labs at Oklahoma State University, CC BY-ND

Generative artificial intelligence tools can help design students by making hard tasks easier, cutting down on stress, and allowing the students more time to explore innovative ideas, according to new research I published...

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Why Americans need well-informed national security decisions – not politicized intelligence analysis

  • Written by Mark S. Chandler, Professor of Practice and Director, Government Relations - Intelligence and Security Studies Department, Coastal Carolina University
imageU.S. intelligence workers gather information from around the world to help guide leaders' decisions.da-kuk/E+ via Getty Images

The United States’ security depends on leaders who make well-informed decisions, including matters ranging from diplomatic relations around the world to economic relations, threats to the U.S., up to the deployment of...

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The illusion of equal opportunity for minority NFL coaches

  • Written by Joseph N. Cooper, Endowed Chair of Sport Leadership and Administration, UMass Boston

On the day after the New England Patriots ended their NFL season with a miserable 4-13 record, team owner Robert Kraft fired Jerod Mayo, the team’s first Black head coach. In a press conference following his decision, Kraft explained that he put Mayo in “an untenable situation” by hiring him to lead an underperforming team.

Kraft&...

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California wildfires force students to think about the connections between STEM and society

  • Written by Erika Dyson, Professor of Religous Studies, Harvey Mudd College
imageSatellite imagery shows the front line of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 11, 2025.Maxar Technologies/Contributor

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“STEM & Social Impact: Climate Change”

What prompted the idea for the course?...

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Is DOGE a cybersecurity threat? A security expert explains the dangers of violating protocols and regulations that protect government computer systems

  • Written by Richard Forno, Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Assistant Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
imagePeople protest DOGE's access to sensitive personal data.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), President Donald Trump’s special commission tasked with slashing federal spending, continues to disrupt Washington and the federal bureaucracy. According to published reports, its teams are dropping into federal...

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Kendrick Lamar’s big Super Bowl moment

  • Written by Christina L. Myers, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
imageLamar's Super Bowl appearance marks a political reckoning for the NFL.Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images

In the September 2024 NFL ad announcing Kendrick Lamar as the halftime performer at Super Bowl 59, the 37-year-old rapper stands before a colossal American flag, feeding footballs into a machine that launches the balls to wide receivers.

“Will...

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Anti-LGBTQ+ policies harm the health of not only LGBTQ+ people, but all Americans

  • Written by Nathaniel Tran, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Administration, University of Illinois Chicago
imageCourts across the nation are debating whether LGBTQ+ people should be protected from discrimination.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

In 2024, state legislatures introduced an all-time record of 533 bills targeting LGBTQ+ populations. These policies create a patchwork of legal landscapes that vary widely between and within states, affecting aspects of...

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How populist leaders like Trump use ‘common sense’ as an ideological weapon to undermine facts

  • Written by Dannagal G. Young, Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Delaware
imageSecretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, left, is part of a 'revolution of common sense' led by President Donald Trump.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

It’s “the revolution of common sense,” President Donald Trump announced in his second inaugural address.

And so it is. The latest installment of that assertion came in his Jan. 30, 2025,...

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  3. Trump’s offshore wind energy freeze: What states lose if the executive order remains in place
  4. What Los Angeles-area schools can learn from other districts devastated by natural disasters
  5. 5 Super Bowl commercials that deserve places in the advertising hall of shame
  6. The Eagles and Chiefs have already made Philadelphia and Kansas City economic winners
  7. Religious freedom is routinely curbed in Central Asia – but you won’t often see it making international news
  8. Palestinians have long resisted resettlement – Trump’s plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza won’t change that
  9. After he reached the Super Bowl, Colin Kaepernick’s racial justice protests helped expose US views toward sports activism
  10. This Valentine’s Day, try loving-kindness meditation
  11. Friendship, a covenant, romance – no matter what you call it, David’s love for Jonathan is one of the Bible’s most beautiful
  12. Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space
  13. Why Trump’s rage defies historical and literary comparisons, according to a classics expert
  14. Trump’s administration seems chaotic, but he’s drawing directly from Project 2025 playbook
  15. Reverence for the sacred waters of the Ganga and belief in its power to wash away sins bring millions to India’s Maha Kumbh festival
  16. Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse
  17. As Trump tries to slash US foreign aid, here are 3 common myths many Americans mistakenly believe about it
  18. Trump’s opening tariff salvo will hurt US consumers − following through on Canada, Mexico threats will increase the price pain
  19. Trump’s tariff gambit: As allies prepare to strike back, a costly trade war looms
  20. Who are immigrants to the US, where do they come from and where do they live?
  21. What the ‘moral distress’ of doctors tells us about eroding trust in health care
  22. Some viruses prefer mosquitoes to humans, but people get sick anyway − a virologist and entomologist explain why
  23. Smart brands rein in ad spending when a rival faces a setback − here’s why
  24. Hunger rises as food aid falls – and those living under autocratic systems bear the brunt
  25. Why are rubies red and emeralds green? Their colors come from the same metal in their atomic structure
  26. I’m a sports psychologist and diehard Eagles fan – here’s the behavioral science behind a Super Bowl LIX win
  27. I’m a sports psychologist and diehard Eagles fan - here’s the behavioral science behind a Super Bowl LIX win
  28. Musk’s inauguration salute is not the only apparent fascist signal from Trump’s administration
  29. President Trump may think he is President Jackson reincarnated − but there are lessons in Old Hickory’s resistance to sycophants
  30. 3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future
  31. 3 ways the Trump administration could reinvest in rural America’s future, starting with health care
  32. Trump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to 20th century progressive reform
  33. Trump’s tariff threats fit a growing global phenomenon: hardball migration diplomacy
  34. Drought can hit almost anywhere: How 5 cities that nearly ran dry got water use under control
  35. Fossil shark teeth are abundant and can date the past in a unique way
  36. Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad
  37. Your environment affects how well your medications work − identifying exactly how could make medicine better
  38. Where does black fall on the color spectrum? A color scientist explains
  39. The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
  40. Bogus scientific papers are enriching fraudsters and slowing lifesaving medical research
  41. Property and sovereignty in space − as countries and companies take to the stars, they could run into disputes
  42. Can a charter school be religious? The Supreme Court decision about St. Isidore, a Catholic school in Oklahoma, could redraw lines around church and state in education
  43. AI gives nonprogrammers a boost in writing computer code
  44. Teens on social media: Red, blue and purple states are all passing laws to restrict and protect adolescents
  45. Nonprofits that provide shelter for homeless people, disaster recovery help, and food for low-income Americans rely heavily on federal funding – they would be reeling if Trump froze that money
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  47. How nonprofits abroad can fill gaps when the US government cuts off foreign aid
  48. Biden targeted the online right-wing terrorism threat − now it’s up to Trump
  49. A federal policy expert weighs in on Trump’s efforts to stifle gender-affirming care for Americans under 19
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