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Why does your doctor seem so rushed and dismissive? That bedside manner may be the result of the health care system

Behind hurried moments are care teams that are working within a health care system that is often stretched too thin. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty...

Allen Iverson’s 2001 Sixers embodied Philly’s brash, gritty soul − and changed basketball culture forever

In Philadelphia in 2001, there was only one AI everybody was talking about. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images by Jared Bahir Browsh, University of Colorado Boulder It’s unusual for...

Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation

ICE’s surveillance gaze is likely to sweep across millions of people’s social media posts. Westend61/Westend61 via Getty Images by Nicole M. Bennett, Indiana University When most...

What to know as hundreds of flights are grounded across the US – an air travel expert explains

Passengers walk through the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Nov. 7, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images by Laurie A. Garrow, Georgia Institute of Technology Major airports...

How Zohran Mamdani’s ‘talent for listening’ spurred him to victory in the New York mayoral election

The new mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, waves to a crowd in the Brooklyn borough of New York on November 4. Sarah Yenesel...

Democratic election wins send Trump – and Republicans – a message: Americans blame them for government shutdown

SARAH YENESEL/EPA by Bruce Wolpe, University of Sydney One year and a day after Donald Trump won a second term as president – and on the...

Zohran Mamdani’s transformative child care plan builds on a history of NYC social innovations

Assembly member Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference on universal child care at Columbus Park Playground on Nov. 19, 2024, in New York City....

How a ‘sewer socialism’ revival could see Zohran Mamdani become New York’s next mayor

Andres Kudacki/Getty Images by Garritt C. Van Dyk, University of Waikato Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani looks increasingly like the one...

‘Night of the Living Dead’ helped me process the Tree of Life massacre and other real-world horrors

Horror teaches us that we are the zombies. Pictorial Parade via Getty Images by Adam Lowenstein, University of Pittsburgh The Halloween season has always been special...

How the explosion of prop betting threatens the integrity of pro sports

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier was one of 34 people arrested as part of a wide-ranging investigation into illegal gambling. Scott Taetsch/Getty Images by John...

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