Culture

A Supreme Court ruling bans race in redistricting. But new political science research shows race is actually a more reliable predictor of voting than party—making "race-neutral" gerrymandering a statistical fiction.

Philosophers Niklas Serning and Nina Lyon argue that emotional and practical adult skills can only be built through appropriate discomfort. What does that mean for how we raise children today?

Marco Rubio invoked the immigrant American Dream in a viral clip — overlaid with Trump's image. Is this what post-Trump conservatism looks like, or just clever rebranding?

A five-year study of 2,000+ Americans found bipartisan consensus on what makes a great teacher—until a party name was attached. The results reveal something deeper than an education debate.

The U.S. is pouring billions into critical mineral mining, but the real bottleneck isn't geology—it's the workforce and processing expertise lost over 30 years of offshoring.

A humanoid robot has been ordained as a Buddhist monk. Another chased wild boars in Warsaw. But a tech journalist who actually poked one with a stick says: this is closer to flying cars than ChatGPT.

63 million Americans are unpaid family caregivers. As Pennsylvania debates paid leave, the 'sandwich generation' reveals why 12 weeks may not be enough for a chronic, compounding crisis.

A ransomware attack took down Canvas during finals week, exposing how deeply universities have outsourced their core function to a handful of cloud platforms—and what happens when that bet goes wrong.

Philosopher David Chalmers' famous 'hard problem of consciousness' is under serious fire. Is the explanatory gap real — or did we build it ourselves? A deep look at the debate reshaping AI ethics and philosophy of mind.

The FBI reportedly launched a criminal investigation into Atlantic journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick over her critical profile of Director Kash Patel—a story that contained no classified information.

Writer Danielle Crittenden's memoir about losing her daughter Miranda challenges how modern society handles parental grief—and why the bereaved so often disappear in silence.

When Billie Eilish said eating meat is "inherently wrong," the fiercest pushback came from the left. What that reveals about ideology, identity, and the psychology of the meat paradox.