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Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas

  • Written by Aaron Coy Moulton, Associate Professor of Latin American History, Stephen F. Austin State University
imageA woman walks past a banner that says 'against foreign intervention,' in Spanish, in Guatemala in 1954.Bettmann/Getty Images

In the aftermath of the U.S. military strike that seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, 2026, the Trump administration has emphasized its desire for unfettered access to Venezuela’s oil more than...

Read more: Before Venezuela’s oil, there were Guatemala’s bananas

Searching reporters’ homes, suing journalists and repressing citizen dissent are well-known steps toward autocracy

  • Written by Konstantin Zhukov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Indiana University; Institute for Humane Studies
imageNeither of these men -- US President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin -- likes being held accountable by the press.Contributor/Getty Images

The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan. 14, 2026, was a rare and intimidating move by an administration focused on repressing criticismand dissent.

In its story...

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Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each method’s risks

  • Written by Kelsey Roberts, Post-Doctoral Scholar in Marine Ecology, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth
imagePhytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.European Space Agency via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate...

Read more: Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – our new study examines each...

Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each method’s risks

  • Written by Kelsey Roberts, Post-Doctoral Scholar in Marine Ecology, Cornell University; UMass Dartmouth
imagePhytoplankton blooms, seen by satellite in the Baltic Sea, pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.European Space Agency via Flickr, CC BY-SA

Climate change is already fueling dangerous heat waves, raising sea levels and transforming the oceans. Even if countries meet their pledges to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving climate...

Read more: Climate engineering would alter the oceans, reshaping marine life – new study examines each...

Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use

  • Written by Layla Bouzoubaa, Doctoral Student in Information Science, Drexel University
imageOnly a small percentage of people with substance use disorder seek treatment, but millions of people discuss their experiences with drugs in online communities. vladans/iStock via Getty Images

When you think of tools for studying substance use and addiction, a social media site like Reddit, TikTok or YouTube probably isn’t the first thing...

Read more: Reddit and TikTok - with the help of AI - are reshaping how researchers understand substance use

Broncos say their new stadium will be ‘privately financed,’ but ‘private’ often still means hundreds of millions in public resources

  • Written by Geoffrey Propheter, Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado Denver
imageIn September 2025, the Denver Broncos announced their plan to build a new, privately financed stadium.Icon Sportswire/Getty Images

The Denver Broncos announced in early September 2025 their plan to build a privately financed football stadium. The proposal received a lot of attention and praise.

Across the five major sports leagues in the U.S....

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For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same

  • Written by Hana Green, Postdoctoral Fellow in Holocaust Studies, Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies, College of Charleston
imageA 1943 post office identification card for Annelies Herz, a German Jewish woman who managed to survive by posing as a Christian woman with the last name 'Stein.'From the Collection of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Gift of Annelies and Helmut Herz, 393.89.

Travel case in hand, dressed in fashionable...

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There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants

  • Written by Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
imageApproximately 58% of faculty interviewed in a national survey in 2024 reported self-censoring. PM Images/iStock/Getty Images

Texas A&M University told philosophy professor Martin Peterson in early January 2026 that he could not teach some of Greek philosopher Plato’s writings that touch on “race and gender ideology.”

The...

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Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Written by Jeremy David Engels, Liberal Arts Endowed Professor of Communication, Penn State
imageThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., left, appears at a Chicago news conference with Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh on May 31, 1966.AP Photo/Edward Kitch, File

Before Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, he asked several of his friends to continue his life’s work building what he called “beloved community.” One of the people he invited...

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US military has a long history in Greenland, from mining during WWII to a nuclear-powered Army base built into the ice

  • Written by Paul Bierman, Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Vermont
imageRusting fuel drums and vehicles remain at an abandoned U.S. World War II base in Greenland. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images

President Donald Trump’s insistence that the U.S. will acquire Greenland “whether they like it or not” is just the latest chapter in a co-dependent and often complicated relationship between America and the...

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  1. Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads
  2. From a new flagship space telescope to lunar exploration, global cooperation – and competition – will make 2026 an exciting year for space
  3. The ‘drug threat’ that justified the US ouster of Maduro won’t be fixed by his arrest
  4. South Florida’s Brightline has highlighted an old problem – every year for the past decade, 900 pedestrians were killed by trains
  5. Iran’s protests have spread across provinces, despite skepticism and concern among ethnic groups
  6. Why unlocking Venezuelan oil won’t mean much for US energy prices
  7. Martin Luther King Jr. was ahead of his time in pushing for universal basic income
  8. Rural areas have darker skies but fewer resources for students interested in astronomy – telescopes in schools can help
  9. Research institutions tout the value of scholarship that crosses disciplines – but academia pushes interdisciplinary researchers out
  10. From flammable neighborhoods to moral hazards, fire insurance maps capture early US cities and the landscape of discrimination
  11. Viruses aren’t all bad: In the ocean, some help fuel the food web – a new study shows how
  12. 3 ways US actions in Venezuela violated international law
  13. Nearly half of Detroit seniors spend at least 30% of their income on housing costs − even as real estate values fall
  14. Small businesses say they aren’t planning to hire many recent graduates for entry-level jobs – here’s why
  15. Wars without clear purpose erode presidential legacies, and Trump risks political consequences with further military action in Venezuela
  16. Colorado ranks among the highest states in the country for flu – an emergency room physician describes why the 2025-26 flu season is hitting hard
  17. DOJ criminal probe highlights risk of Fed losing independence – a central bank scholar explains what’s at stake
  18. How social media is channeling popular discontent in Iran during ongoing period of domestic unrest
  19. Ukraine is under pressure to trade land for peace − if it does, history shows it might not ever get it back
  20. What is Christian Reconstructionism − and why it matters in US politics
  21. Eating less ultraprocessed food supports healthier aging, new research shows
  22. Saudi-UAE bust-up over Yemen was only a matter of time − and reflects wider rift over vision for the region
  23. Financial case for college remains strong, but universities need to add creative thinking to their curriculum
  24. What is below Earth, since space is present in every direction?
  25. Trump lawsuits seek to muzzle media, posing serious threat to free press
  26. Venezuela’s oil industry has flailed under government control – Mexico and Brazil have had more success with nationalizing
  27. CPR on TV is often inaccurate – but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives
  28. NASA’s Pandora telescope will study stars in detail to learn about the exoplanets orbiting them
  29. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections
  30. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty in latest move to dismantle America’s climate protections
  31. George Washington’s foreign policy was built on respect for other nations and patient consideration of future burdens
  32. Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy
  33. The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children
  34. Meth inflames and stimulates your brain through similar pathways – new research offers potential avenue to treat meth addiction
  35. ‘Shared decision-making’ for childhood vaccines sounds empowering – but it may mean less access for families already stretched thin
  36. Live healthier in 2026 by breathing cleaner air at home
  37. Americans have had their mail-in ballots counted after Election Day for generations − a Supreme Court ruling could end the practice
  38. The 17th-century Pueblo leader who fought for independence from colonial rule – long before the American Revolution
  39. Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper
  40. ICE killing of driver in Minneapolis involved tactics many police departments warn against − but not ICE itself
  41. New US dietary guidelines recommend more protein and whole milk, less ultraprocessed foods
  42. Illness is more than just biological – medical sociology shows how social factors get under the skin and cause disease
  43. Seeking honor is a double-edged sword – from ancient Greece to samurai Japan, thinkers have wrestled with whether it’s the way to virtue
  44. Racial profiling by ICE agents mirrors the targeting of Japanese Americans during World War II
  45. The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have been making it worse
  46. Taming the moral menace at capitalism’s core
  47. Grok produces sexualized photos of women and minors for users on X – a legal scholar explains why it’s happening and what can be done
  48. Cuba’s leaders just lost an ally in Maduro − if starved of Venezuelan oil, they may also lose what remains of their public support
  49. Congress takes up health care again − and impatient voters shouldn’t hold their breath for a cure
  50. Risks young chimps take as they swing through the trees underscore role of protective parenting in humans