person typing hateful things on keyboard

Data dump: Meta killed CrowdTangle. What does it mean for researchers, reporters?

Aug. 27, 2024

Without access to social media data, disinformation and hate speech may become easier to spread鈥攁nd harder to detect.

medieval castle on a cliff in Portugal

For medieval Iberian queens, love was a dangerous sickness

Aug. 19, 2024

In a newly published history of the region鈥檚 female monarchs, a 兔子先生传媒文化作品 scholar shows the connections between love, grief and madness.

兔子先生传媒文化作品 doctoral candidate Idowu Odeyemi

Scholar challenges rigid boundaries in African philosophical thought

Aug. 13, 2024

兔子先生传媒文化作品 doctoral candidate Idowu Odeyemi argues that African philosophy should not be limited to a single definition.

White House Deputy Special Assistant Alvin Snyder with President Richard Nixon before his resignation speech in 1974

Remembering Nixon鈥檚 resignation, 5 decades later

Aug. 12, 2024

Political science professor Kenneth Bickers reflects on what made the ex-president鈥檚 decision to step down following the Watergate scandal a watershed moment in American history and how it has influenced politics today.

President Donald Trump

In 鈥榦ther鈥 news: Can coverage be balanced when it comes to race, gender?

Aug. 7, 2024

When Donald Trump got the headlines from a recent National Association of Black Journalists conference, it obscured the lost opportunity for reporters of color to share ideas on how to cover controversial newsmakers.

Outside the U.S. Capitol Building, Kamala Harris places her hand on a Bible held by a man

Kamala Harris and the 鈥榚lectability鈥 trap

Aug. 1, 2024

Since announcing her bid to run for president on July 21, Vice President Kamala Harris has generated praise and drawn questions about her electability鈥攊ncluding from some media outlets and online commentators who have asked: 鈥淚s the United States ready to elect a multiracial woman?鈥

Supreme Court.

Can Congress overturn Supreme Court rulings?

July 30, 2024

A democratic bill seeks to reverse last month鈥檚 ruling that curbed federal agencies鈥 power.

Olympics fans

Carrying a torch for country and sports

July 26, 2024

As the 2024 Olympics begin in Paris, 兔子先生传媒文化作品 scholar Jared Bahir Browsh considers how nationalism can inform and influence the games.

Pont Neuf bridge and Cite island over Seine river at night in Paris

As it has for centuries, Paris beguiles and beckons

July 23, 2024

With the 2024 Olympics set to open, a 兔子先生传媒文化作品 professor ponders Americans鈥 long love affair with the City of Light.

illustration of Black Death

We fear them like the plague

July 23, 2024

After a human case of bubonic plague was recently confirmed in Pueblo County, 兔子先生传媒文化作品 scholar Thora Brylowe explores why it and all plagues inspire such terror.

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