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Data can show if government programs work or not, but the Trump administration is suppressing the necessary information
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Sarah James, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Gonzaga University Do government programs work? It’s impossible to find out with no data. Andranik Hakobyan/iStock via Getty Images Plus The U.S. has the highest rate of maternal mortality among developed nations. Since 1987, the Centers for Disease…
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Children living near oil and gas wells face higher risk of rare leukemia, studies show
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Lisa McKenzie, Associate Professor of Health, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus The U.S. has nearly 1 million oil and natural gas wells. Some, like the one here in Commerce City, Colo., are within a few thousand feet of…
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When grief involves trauma − a social worker explains how to support survivors of the recent floods and other devastating losses
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Liza Barros-Lane, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Houston-Downtown Rain falls over a makeshift memorial for flood victims along the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas. AP Photo/Eric Gay The July 4, 2025, floods in Kerr County, Texas, swept away children…
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Research replication can determine how well science is working – but how do scientists replicate studies?
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Amanda Kay Montoya, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles Some research teams work on replicating prior studies to assess the value of a body of work. AzmanL/E+ via Getty Images Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench partner for…
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Philly’s City Council turned down a new rental inspection program − studies show that might harm tenants’ health
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Gabriel L. Schwartz, Assistant Professor of Health Management and Policy, Drexel University Tenants who complain to landlords about housing conditions can risk eviction. Photo Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-NC-ND As Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s US$2 billion housing plan moves forward, heated debates continue about another…
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Supreme Court justices’ political leanings got a lot more newspaper coverage after the 2016 death of Scalia – and reporters have been mentioning them ever since
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Joshua Boston, Associate Professor of Political Science, Bowling Green State University Reporters used to treat the Supreme Court as a nonpolitical institution, but not anymore. Tetra Images/Getty The U.S. Supreme Court has always ruled on politically controversial issues. From elections to civil rights, from abortion to…
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Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Adam Eichen, Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, UMass Amherst Are concerns about AI a bridge across the polarization divide? ZargonDesign/iStock via Getty Images In the run-up to the vote in the U.S. Senate on President Donald Trump’s spending and tax bill, Republicans scrambled to revise the…
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College ‘general education’ requirements help prepare students for citizenship − but critics say it’s learning time taken away from useful studies
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Kelly Ritter, Professor of Writing and Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology Students learn about the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and mathematics in general education. Olga Pankova/Moment via Getty Images What do Americans think of when they hear the words “general education”? By…
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Babies born with DNA from three people hailed as breakthrough – but questions remain
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Cathy Herbrand, Professor of Medical and Family Sociology, De Montfort University Ten years after the UK became the first country to legalise mitochondrial donation, the first results from the use of these high-profile reproductive technologies – designed to prevent passing on genetic disorders – have finally…
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East African countries and open borders: great strides, but still a long way to go
Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Alan Hirsch, Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town It’s not uncommon to find a Ugandan taxi driver in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, just as one regularly meets Zimbabwean Uber drivers in South Africa.…