Category: Analysis

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sophia Melanson Ricciardone, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University Have you ever felt fired up with moral indignation after reading a controversial tweet, or after watching a YouTube video about a political topic? Not only are you not alone, but these experiences…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – Canada – By Sean Carleton, Associate Professor, Departments of History and Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba In May 2021, when the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation announced preliminary results of their search for unmarked burials of children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School (IRS), Canada was forced to reckon…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Masha Remskar, Psychologist and Postdoctoral Researcher in Behavioral Science, Arizona State University Meditation exists on a spectrum, from mindful moments and bursts of mindfulness to building up to a formal meditative practice. d3sign/Moment via Getty Images Most people know roughly what kind of lifestyle they…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (3) – By Lucy Xiaolu Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Resource Economics, UMass Amherst When companies file hundreds of patents for a single drug, affordable versions can remain out of reach for years. pilli/iStock via Getty Images Plus Pharmaceutical innovation saves lives. But not every “new” drug is…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Chris Lituma, Assistant Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University A western meadowlark sings its mating song Danita Delimont/Gallo Images Roots RF collection via Getty Images Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies –…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Betty Medsger, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, San Francisco State University The building in Media, Penn. where burglars in 1971 found evidence of decades of FBI abuses against citizens. Betty Medsger As a candidate last year, Donald Trump promised retribution against his perceived enemies. As president, he…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA – By Kristina Mani, Professor of Politics, Oberlin College and Conservatory U.S. Marines guard the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles on June 22, 2025. AP Photo/Jae C. Hong In his second term as president, Donald Trump has deployed U.S. military forces in rarely used roles in domestic…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Tammi Walker, Associate Professor of Law and Psychology, University of Arizona Students, parents and others gather outside the White House to press the Biden administration to release updated Title IX rules on Dec. 5, 2023. Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for National Women’s Law Center Most Americans…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – USA (2) – By Chunrong Jia, Professor of Environmental Health, University of Memphis Gas turbines outside the xAI data center in Memphis. AP Photo/George Walker IV Even before an Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence company opened a data center in southwest Memphis, Tennessee, air pollution was so bad that residents…