Category: Academic Reportage

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Nicole West Bassoff, Posdoctoral Research Fellow in Public Policy, University of Virginia New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Nov. 8, 2025. AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo After a decisive election win, Zohran Mamdani will become mayor of New York on Jan.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Christopher Schaberg, Director of Public Scholarship, Washington University in St. Louis The icon has various iterations, but all convey the same meaning: an image should be here. Christopher Schaberg, CC BY-SA It’s happened to you countless times: You’re waiting for a website to load, only…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Rebecca Ciota, Assistant Teaching Professor, Law School, University of Colorado Boulder The first known Black law student at the University of Colorado is pictured in a class photo from 1899. Courtesy of the University of Colorado Law School. Class portraits line the hallways of the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines High-voltage power lines run through an electrical substation in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Two new data centers in Silicon Valley have been built but can’t begin processing information: The equipment that…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Jenalee Doom, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Denver Being able to buy nutritious groceries is essential for your family’s health. Spencer Platt/Getty Images About 4 in 10 of the more than 42 million Americans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are children under…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Mary J. Scourboutakos, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University Nasal irrigation can help shorten the duration of the common cold. SimpleImages/Moment via Getty Images It starts with a slight scratchiness at the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Christos Makridis, Associate Research Professor of Information Systems, Arizona State University; Institute for Humane Studies It gets lonely if you stick around an office until late afternoon on Fridays. Dimitri Otis/Stone via Getty Images Do your office, inbox and calendar feel like a ghost town…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Stacy D. VanDeveer, Professor of Global Governance & Human Security, UMass Boston A fisherman looks at the Suralaya coal-fired power plant in Cilegon, Indonesia, in 2023. Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images As world leaders and thousands of researchers, activists and lobbyists meet in Brazil at…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Christopher Carr, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology This close-up illustration shows what one of the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will look like conducting its science operations. James Rattray/Rocket Lab USA/Goddard Space Flight Center Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Thomas Tweed, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, University of Notre Dame ‘The First Thanksgiving, 1621,’ by Jean L. G. Ferris. Library of Congress Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises…