Women are reclaiming their place in baseball - Callie Maddox, Miami University

4 days ago

With Hooters on the verge of bankruptcy, a psychologist reflects on her time spent studying the servers who work there -- Dawn Szymanski, University of Tennessee

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Trump administration seeks to starve libraries and museums of funding by shuttering this little-known agency -- Devon Akmon, Michigan State University

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High school sports are losing athletes to private clubs, but schools can keep them by focusing on character development -- Mark Rerick, University of North Dakota

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When algorithms take the field – inside MLB's robo-umping experiment -- Arthur Daemmrich, Arizona State University and Eric S. Hintz, Smithsonian Institution

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Can animals make art? -- Shawn Simpson, University of Pittsburgh

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Philly Roller Derby league turns 20 - here's how the sport skated its way to feminism, anti-racism and queer liberation -- Colleen English, Penn State

17 days ago

Grantland Rice, the Four Horsemen and the blowout that never was -- Stephen Brauer, University of Richmond

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Caitlin Clark, Christine Brennan and how racial stereotypes persist in the media's WNBA coverage -- Molly Yanity, University of Rhode Island

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What White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf can learn from the last team to lose 120 games -- Nick Hirshon, William Paterson University

6 months ago

A Palestinian-Israeli film just won an Oscar − so why is it so hard to see? -- Drew Paul, University of Tennessee

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What Amazon MGM's creative control over the James Bond film franchise means for the future of 007 -- Colin Burnett, Washington University in St. Louis

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How Oscar-nominated screenwriters attempt to craft authentic dialogue, dialects and accents -- Chris C. Palmer, Kennesaw State University and Mitchell Olson, Kennesaw State University

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Seizure of Sally Mann's photographs in Texas revives old debates about obscenity and freedom of expression -- Amy Werbel, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)

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Blurry, morphing and surreal – a new AI aesthetic is emerging in film -- Holly Willis, University of Southern California

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Kendrick Lamar's big Super Bowl moment -- Christina L. Myers, Michigan State University

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Bob Dylan and the creative leap that transformed modern music -- Ted Olson, East Tennessee State University

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The Wanamaker organ has been a treasured piece of Philly history for over 100 years − a historian explains its illustrious past and uncertain future after Macy's closes -- Whitney Martinko, Villanova University

2 months ago

Quincy Jones mastered the art of arrangement, transforming simple tunes into epic soundscapes -- Jose Valentino Ruiz, University of Florida

4 months ago

As the stars of hip-hop's golden age approach their golden years, some confront questions about whether old blood can make new music -- A.D. Carson, University of Virginia

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From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase 'pride and prejudice' -- Margie Burns, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

13 days ago

How the human neck became a locus of power, beauty and frailty -- Kent Dunlap, Trinity College

1 month ago

How the literature of fire can help readers find hope among the ashes -- Grace Moore, University of Otago

2 months ago

People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that's not quite true -- Martin Abel, Bowdoin College and Reed Johnson, Bowdoin College

13 days ago

An 83-year-old short story by Borges portends a bleak future for the internet -- Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis

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The New Yorker turns 100 − how a poker game pipe dream became a publishing powerhouse -- Christopher B. Daly, Boston University

1 month ago

5 Super Bowl commercials that deserve places in the advertising hall of shame -- Matthew Pittman, University of Tennessee

1 month ago

Why Trump's meme coin is a cash grab -- Maximilian Brichta, University of Southern California

1 month ago

Birkin handbags, Walmart's 'Wirkin' and the meme-ification of class warfare -- Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College

2 months ago

How the color of St. Patrick's Day went from blue to green -- Bryan McGovern, Kennesaw State University

17 days ago

Rare portraits reveal the humanity of the slaves who revolted on the Amistad -- Kate McMahon, Smithsonian Institution

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The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white -- Deborah W. Parker, University of Virginia

2 months ago

How should we look to history to make sense of Luigi Mangione's alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson? -- Richard White, Stanford University

3 months ago

Compassion amid chaos − how one of America's greatest poets became a lifeline for wounded soldiers -- Richard Gunderman, Indiana University

4 months ago

Trans people affirmed their gender without medical help in medieval Europe − history shows how identity transcends medicine and law -- Sarah Barringer, University of Iowa

1 month ago

A federal policy expert weighs in on Trump's efforts to stifle gender-affirming care for Americans under 19 -- Elana Redfield, University of California, Los Angeles

2 months ago

Mark Zuckerberg thinks workplaces need to 'man up' − here's why that's bad for all employees, no matter their gender -- Adam Stanaland, University of Richmond

2 months ago

Is masculine anxiety spurring support for Trump among Gen Z? -- Nick Lehr, The Conversation

3 months ago

Brutalism – the architectural style that dared to summon a new world from the ashes of World War II -- Michael R. Allen, West Virginia University

25 days ago

I documented dozens of shrines to people who've died in North Philly − here's what they tell us about memory, grief and trauma -- Gordon Coonfield, Villanova University

7 months ago

The child boss in 'Severance' reveals a devastating truth about work and child-rearing in the 21st century -- Anna Mae Duane, University of Connecticut

24 days ago

Why 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' almost didn't air − and why it endures -- Stephen Lind, University of Southern California

3 months ago

'Love Is Blind' contestants count as employees − new US government agency finding could shake up reality TV production -- David Arditi, University of Texas at Arlington

3 months ago

'Yellowstone' highlights Montana's long-forgotten connection to the Confederacy -- Randi Lynn Tanglen, University of North Dakota

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In 'Nobody Wants This,' rom-com gets century-old tropes with a new twist – the cute rabbi -- Samira Mehta, University of Colorado Boulder

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America is becoming a nation of homebodies -- Brian D. Taylor, University of California, Los Angeles; Eric Morris, Clemson University, and Sam Speroni, University of California, Los Angeles

20 days ago

Why is free time still so elusive? -- Gary Cross, Penn State

11 days ago

A 'coup des gens' is underway – and we're increasingly living under the regime of the algorithm -- Simon Gottschalk, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

11 days ago

Spanish speakers in Philadelphia break traditional rules of formal and informal speech in signs around town -- Daniel Guarin, Temple University

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