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If Justice Alito resigns before the midterms, a Trump nominee to the Supreme Court is likely to sail through confirmation

by Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst Washington is buzzing with the possibility that President Donald Trump might name one or more Supreme Court justices...

US refugee policy for White South Africans is part of a century‑long effort to keep some English‑speaking nations White

by John Broich, Case Western Reserve University Whiteness appears to be an official immigration credential in the eyes of the United States government. The Trump administration...

J. Pharoah Doss: Does Christian Zionism stem from guilt?

There are two types of Christian Zionists: the prophetic and the political. The first type supports the modern state of Israel based on a...

Kanye West banned from UK: legal expert explains why

by Jonathan Collinson, University of Sheffield The UK government has prevented Kanye West, legally known as Ye, from entering the UK on the grounds that...

Apple at 50: eight technology leaps that changed our world

by Nick Dalton, Northumbria University, Newcastle In the early 1970s, the idea of an ordinary person owning a computer sounded absurd. Computers back then were...

Horror won big at the 2026 Oscars – it’s time the genre was taken seriously

by Frazer Lee, Brunel University of London The horror genre rose from the grave to win big at this year’s Oscars, with four films featuring...

The Oscars are usually a mess, but this year’s Best Picture nominees are strong. Here’s who should win

by Ari Mattes, University of Notre Dame Australia Film critics – myself included – love to bemoan the death of high-quality cinema in the age...

La Jefa: the wife of slain drug kingpin El Mencho and the women at the heart of the cartels

Women often play a central role in the business activities of organised crime. Krakenimages.com/Shutterstock by Adriana Marin, Coventry University The death of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera...

Why mass shootings can’t be reduced to a mental illness diagnosis

by Samuel Freeze, Simon Fraser University In the aftermath of violent tragedies like the recent mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., a common panic-fueled and...

Trump and Netanyahu want regime change, but Iran’s regime was built for survival. A long war is now likely

by Amin Saikal, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University The joint US–Israel strikes on Iran, which killed the Iranian supreme leader,...