July 2026
Air Force One is more than transportation – it has defined how presidents run the country and meet the world
Air Force One shouldn’t be seen as only a cool piece of flying technology or a political flash point. Instead, writes a historian, the presidential plane has shaped and defined the modern presidency.
It’s getting hotter in classrooms and on playgrounds – schools aren’t ready to handle extreme temperatures
A rising number of school districts across the country are beginning their new academic years in July or August, raising the likelihood that kids and educators will encounter scorching days.
There’s an intensifying kind of threat to academic freedom – watchful students serving as informants
Restricting academic freedom is often thought of in terms of universities telling professors what they can and cannot do or teach. But that isn’t the only scenario.
Deep reading can boost your critical thinking and help you resist misinformation – here’s how to build the skill
Reading comprehension scores are tanking, and fewer Americans are picking up books. But practicing deep reading can help you process content more carefully and keep you from falling for misinformation.
Detroit wants to elevate youth voices in leadership – that means giving them real power
Building relationships and creating equitable opportunities are critical to engaging Detroit’s young people in safe and positive activities.
College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books
Some teachers increasingly are shifting their approach to reading, assigning fewer books than they once did.
Public opinion on abortion has shifted 4 years after Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade
More Americans now hold absolutist positions, supporting legal access to abortion in all or most cases and opposing government regulation altogether.
Mail ballot mirages aren’t fraud, but mail ballot fraud isn’t a complete myth
Shifting counts have a boring cause: who votes by mail, and when those votes get counted. That doesn’t mean all fraud claims are false, though.
Philadelphia’s criminal justice fines and fees fall hardest on poorest neighborhoods
New research maps where legal financial obligations are concentrated – and finds they overlap with poverty, violence and racial inequality.
5 lessons from 20 years of climate surveys: Political party matters, but it doesn’t explain everything
Why would a young Republican back solar but reject a carbon tax? Twenty years of survey data shows climate opinion is more complex than party labels suggest.