Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Robert Applebaum, Senior Research Scholar, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University 4.7 million Floridians use health insurance plans obtained from the ACA marketplace. Joe Raedle/Getty Images News Significant Figures is a series from The Conversation in which scholars explain an important number in the news. The…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Greta Massetti, Professor of Population Health Sciences, Georgia State University Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 40,000 people in the U.S. every year. Cavan Images/Getty Images Much has been written about the unprecedented impact that the second Trump administration has had on the Centers for…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Joanna Gilmore, Adjunct Professor in Museum Studies and Bioarchaeology, College of Charleston In the course of construction work in 2013, the remains of 36 individuals of African descent were uncovered in the heart of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. They had lain hidden for some 200…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Ann M Murphy, Professor of Law, Gonzaga University Under church law, Catholic priests are forbidden from breaking the ‘seal of confession.’ Miguel Sotomayor/Moment via Getty Images For months, a Washington state bill generated controversy over two critical interests: protecting children from abuse and protecting the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By John Haddad, Professor of American Studies, Penn State Hershey’s chocolates are made in Hershey, Pa., a town once considered an industrial utopia. Gary Burke/Moment Collection via Getty Images Walk into any grocery store to stock up for Halloween and you will discover that, for chocolate…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Félice Lê-Scherban, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Drexel University Currently, SNAP benefits average just over $6 per person per day. Catherine McQueen/Moment Collection via Getty Images The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is the largest, most effective tool the U.S. has to reduce food insecurity.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ben Belton, Professor of International Development, Michigan State University A farmer in China operates a drone to spray fertilizer on fields. Wang Huabin/VCG via Getty Images Drones have become integrated into everyday life over the past decade – in sectors as diverse as entertainment, health…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Ethan Murray, Postdoctoral Researcher, NOAA Hurricane Research Division, University of Colorado Boulder High-level steering winds sent Hurricane Melissa on a sharp turn directly into Jamaica on Oct. 28, 2025. Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies/University of Wisconsin-Madison Hurricane Melissa grew into one of the most…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jeffrey Fields, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences The image accompanying Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s Oct. 28, 2025, social media announcement that the U.S. had destroyed four vessels in the Pacific allegedly smuggling narcotics. Pete Hegseth…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Africa (2) – By David E Kiwuwa, Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham For the first time ever, the opposition parties in Cameroon have come “close” to unseating 92-year-old Paul Biya, who has run the country since 1982. The stiffest competition for Biya in the 2025 election…