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President Donald Trump has promised not to cut Medicaid many times over the past decade, including in the tax-and-spending legislative package he...
The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members over the past two decades and faces an ongoing sexual abuse crisis. At its June 2025...
What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Court’s most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably...
In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On” landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the...
Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people – including children in foster care, adults in...
As part of the Trump administration’s efforts aimed at stopping diversity, equity and inclusion, the government has been restricting how it...
Israel’s strike on Iranian nuclear and military facilities has pushed the Middle East one step closer to a far wider, more dangerous regional war....
Democratic leaders and a lone Republican senator, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski, quickly decried the treatment of U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla of California...
Colorado passed the Fentanyl Accountability and Prevention Bill in May 2022. The legislation made the possession of small amounts of fentanyl a...
President Donald Trump’s second term as president will surely go down in history, though of course, just six months into his four-year term, much...
Like it or not, artificial intelligence has become part of daily life. Many devices – including electric razors and toothbrushes – have become “AI-...
For a generation, the promotion of a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a core pillar of U.S. policy in the Middle...
On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization...
Since the early 1990s, the small blue Energy Star label has appeared on millions of household appliances, electronics and even buildings across the...
The word “crisis” is used frequently and, I would argue, inaccurately, to depict the psychological well-being of today’s college students. It is...
When the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority launched the 49 bus route in Philadelphia in early 2019, those who most benefited were...
Large cuts to government-funded research and development can endanger American innovation – and the vital productivity gains it supports. The Trump...
It is “the policy of the United States to promote AI literacy and proficiency among Americans,” reads an executive order President Donald Trump...
Older adults diagnosed with dementia lose their ability to assess how well they manage their finances, according to a recent study I co-authored in...
Tobacco use in a variety of forms is common in adolescent life today, with over 2.25 million youth using. Huge progress has been made over the past...
Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching. Religion and Gameworlds...
The U.S. Army will celebrate its 250th birthday on Saturday, June 14, 2025, with a parade in Washington, D.C., in which about 6,600 soldiers and...
A man named Regan Prater was charged with arson for the burning of Highlander Center in New Market, Tennessee, on May 7, 2025. The nonprofit has a...
Imagine your parents leave you and your siblings a share of land that’s been in your family for generations. Several of your relatives already live...
Imagine you’re a copper miner in southeastern Europe in the year 3900 B.C.E. Day after day you haul copper ore through the mine’s sweltering...
As summer arrives, people are turning on air conditioners in most of the U.S. But if you’re like me, you always feel a little guilty about that....
Recently, President Donald Trump declared that he is “bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes.” He hopes to make up for the removal of...
How wealthy are you? Like most people, you probably would do some math before answering this question. You would add up the money in your bank...
In Florida, a bill that bans cellphone use in elementary and middle schools, from bell to bell, recently sailed through the state Legislature. Gov....
Since becoming president, Donald Trump has aggressively sought to fulfill his campaign promise to reverse the Biden administration’s protection of...
To celebrate Father’s Day, The Conversation U.S. asked Philadelphia anthropologist, playwright and poetic ethnographer Kimmika Williams-Witherspoon...
Donald Trump’s plan for a military parade on June 14, 2025, officially to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army as well as coinciding...
When it comes to energy policy, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” – the official name of a massive federal tax-cut and spending bill that House...
From family photos in the cloud to email archives and social media accounts, the digital lives of Americans are extensive and growing. According to...
President Donald Trump has praised the Gilded Age, which he believes was a time of immense national prosperity thanks to tariffs, no income tax,...
About a century ago, scientists were struggling to reconcile what seemed a contradiction in Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity....
President Donald Trump’s promise to eliminate taxes on tips may sound like a windfall for service workers — but the fine print in Congress’...
On June 5, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. It marked the first direct conversation between the two...
The FIFA World Club Cup, which kicks off in the U.S. on June 14, 2025, may seem like a new competition. Certainly, soccer’s governing body, FIFA,...
When LGBTQ patients are unsure if they can be open about their identity and related health needs, it becomes more difficult for them to access...
About 66 million years ago – perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May – an asteroid smashed into our planet. The fallout was immediate and severe....
Despite the profound human, social and economic costs of alcohol abuse, existing treatments have failed to provide meaningful relief. Excessive...
More than half of U.S. teens living in households with firearms believe they can access and load a firearm at home. Even when their parents report...
President Donald Trump ordered a contingent of about 700 Marines to Los Angeles on June 9, 2025, in response to what Secretary of Defense Pete...
When people use the term “Orwellian,” it’s not a good sign. It usually characterizes an action, an individual or a society that is suppressing...
The business of college sports was upended after a federal judge approved a settlement between the NCAA and former college athletes on June 6,...
Many Americans say they have lost trust in national news – but most still believe they can rely on the accuracy of local news. In 2023, trust in...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
School voucher programs that allow families to use public funds to pay tuition to attend private schools have become increasingly popular. Thirteen...
America is nearing the 250th anniversary of its revolutionary birth, the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 2026, will mark a milestone – and a...