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What’s an H-1B visa A brief history of the controversial program for skilled foreign workers

What’s an H-1B visa A brief history of the controversial program...

Terrorist groups respond to verbal attacks and slights by governments with more violence against civilians

Terrorist groups respond to verbal attacks and slights by governments with...

Vaccine hesitancy among pet owners is growing – a public health expert explains why that matters

Vaccine hesitancy among pet owners is growing – a public health...

Why school police officers may not be the most effective way to prevent violence

Why school police officers may not be the most effective way...

Philadelphia students have a new reading and writing curriculum − a literacy expert explains what’s changing

Philadelphia students have a new reading and writing curriculum − a...

4 reasons why the US might want to buy Greenland – if it were for sale, which it isn’t

4 reasons why the US might want to buy Greenland –...

How the CIA director helps the US navigate a world of spies, threats and geopolitical turbulence

How the CIA director helps the US navigate a world of...

We study aging family business incumbents who refuse to let go − here’s why the 2024 race felt familiar

We study aging family business incumbents who refuse to let go...

Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help restrain excesses

Rents rise faster after disasters, but a federal program can help...

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

The Wanamaker organ has been a treasured piece of Philly history...

Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit

Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese...

Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph to escape Earth?

Why does a rocket have to go 25,000 mph to escape...

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run...

From Myanmar to Gaza, Ukraine to Sudan – 2024 was another grim year, according to our mass atrocity index

From Myanmar to Gaza, Ukraine to Sudan – 2024 was another...

Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes’ − they use scientific racism to justify biased immigration policies

Mass deportations don’t keep out ‘bad genes’ − they use scientific...

Rethinking screen time: A better understanding of what people do on their devices is key to digital well-being

Rethinking screen time: A better understanding of what people do on...

What would it mean if President-elect Trump dismantled the US Department...

When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different

When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the...

US secretary of state has an expansive job that could make or break peace deals and key foreign alliances

US secretary of state has an expansive job that could make...

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort

Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires...

LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain

LA fires: Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities...

Is capitalism falling out of favor? We analyzed 400,000 news stories to find out

Is capitalism falling out of favor? We analyzed 400,000 news stories...

One way Trump could help revive rural America’s economies

One way Trump could help revive rural America’s economies

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