- Soaring US beef prices likely to rise further thanks to trade tensions and disease outbreaks
by Andrew Muhammad, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Blasingame Chair of Excellence, University of Tennessee on June 16, 2026 at 6:54 pmThe tightly integrated North American beef market, under pressure from drought and the spread of the screwworm, could get further roiled by trade uncertainty.
- Why fatherhood matters more than ever before
by Darby Saxbe, Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences on June 16, 2026 at 1:04 pmDads today are spending dramatically more time with their kids than they did a generation ago. But there’s a less encouraging trend tucked into this development.
- Western troops have been expelled from Africa’s Sahel – so why are Italy’s Carabinieri still there?
by Kaitlyn Rabe, Lecturer in Geopolitics, The Ohio State University on June 16, 2026 at 12:19 pmAfrica’s ‘coup belt’ has seen rising anti-Western sentiment.
- Microplastics are everywhere in Pennsylvania’s water – but the tide may be turning
by Nathaniel Warner, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Penn State on June 16, 2026 at 12:18 pmAn environmental engineer who mapped microplastic pollution in three of Pennsylvania’s watersheds explains what it means for our health.
- Juneteenth reminds us of Black Americans’ long struggle for education following end of slavery
by Rodney Coates, Professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Miami University on June 16, 2026 at 12:17 pmEnslaved people were not just enslaved physically, but mentally as well. as widespread laws in the South barred enslaved people from receiving an education.