Why do we agree to take off our shoes at the airport?
Emmanuel Carré, Excelia It is 7.30am at Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris, and in the line leading to the security gates, an executive is removing his…
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
by Debbie Cenziper and Megan Rose, ProPublica, and Katherine Dailey, Medill Investigative Lab ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories…
Metascience Is More Important Now Than Ever
July 31, 2025 by C. Brandon Ogbunu On May 24, Vice President J.D. Vance authored a post on X that highlighted a “reproducibility crisis” in the sciences. Vance offered this…
Biblical Women Ageing Disgracefully: artist Sarah Lightman reimagines characters battling midlife, motherhood and menopause
Dawn Llewellyn, University of Chester and Siobhán Jolley, University of Manchester What happens when the women immortalised in old master paintings step out of their gilded frames and into the…
Right-wing insurrectionists tried to topple the German government in 1920 — it’s happening again in Trump’s America
By Terrence Petty July 5, 2025 This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. A century ago…
Birthplace of American Revolution home to searing immigration battle
By Alan Wooten | The Center Square Jun 5, 2025 (The Center Square) – Immigration sanctuary policies in the birthplace of the American Revolution continue to brighten the spotlight on…
Art Goes Underground at Former Subway Storefronts in Murals From New Yorkers With Disabilities
The MTA has teamed with a nonprofit serving people with autism, Down syndrome and other special needs to display their work inside one-time newsstands. Jun 18 5:06pm EDT What many…
Alasdair Gray: unseen artworks offer insight into a profoundly creative and original artist
Blane Savage, University of the West of Scotland Artist, writer, playwright, illustrator – and the man who made the Oscar-winning film Poor Things possible – Alasdair Gray was one of…
Removing documents and restoring monuments won’t change America’s history
by Janice Ellis, Missouri Independent June 16, 2025 The Trump administration is implementing an executive order that includes removing certain historical documents, portraits and monuments from national museums and federal…
Attack on Padilla Proves We Are Living in an Early-Stage Police State
Dictators can’t be dictators without first cowing the people, terrifying even elected officials, and asserting their absolute and unlimited power to use violence any where, any time, and under any…