How to empower kids to make safer choices

Unintentional injuries kill 20 U.S. children every day. Building a family culture of safety can help them learn to make wise ...

Data center fights pit social values, democracy and capitalism against each other

In part, that’s because a variety of different groups have competing interests – some in favor of them, some opposed and others with no direct view on data centers themselves, but with concerns that ...

Banning transgender girls from school sports affects all children – why allowing strangers to scrutinize children’s bodies may put all girls at risk of harassment

In 2022, a high school athlete in Utah was secretly investigated after she defeated other children in a sports competition. Parents of the second- and third-place finishers raised ...
Opinion

How health insurers get a free pass to deny coverage from a 52-year-old law meant to protect worker pensions

Despite the recommendation, her health insurer determined that it would only cover partial-day at-home nursing care. While a nurse was off duty, her fetus went into distress and died. Corcoran sued ...

Everyone experiences loss and grief – but that doesn’t make it any easier to talk with kids about it

Still, many families and educators do not always know how to talk about grief and loss, especially with children. Younger children are particularly vulnerable to having their grief overlooked, ignored ...

Supreme Court soon to hear a religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide

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Here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant 250 years later

The issues that most disturbed the Revolution’s leaders in 1776: a partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials not being responsible to their constituents.

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George ...
Opinion

Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which the Trump administration seeks to limit

My research shows what can be gained – by policymakers and the broader public – from detailed environmental data and highlights what is lost when it’s not collected. After five decades the venue is ...

Political parties can now spend unlimited money supporting candidates, after Supreme Court overturns decades of precedent

A decades-old law limiting how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates was struck down by the Supreme Court on June 30, 2026. Citing First Amendment principles, the ...

Transformation of Corporate Software Development: Daniil Khudenko’s Experience in Building QA Infrastructure From the Ground Up

QA expert Daniil Khudenko explains how structured quality systems improve release stability, risk management, and scalability ...
Opinion

As key trade talks start, the US-Mexico relationship will likely limp along – but at a cost

Most Americans understand that their avocado toast and Super Bowl guacamole depend on a green fruit imported from Mexico. But few realize that Mexico is the United States’ top trading partner, both as ...