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Strategists are giving names to political action committees that are designed to manipulate voters. Douglas Rissing/Getty Images

Don’t trust the name on the PAC

To manipulate voter perception, political action committees are adopting names that signal the opposite political goals from what those groups intend. And research shows the strategy is working.
The American alligator has meant many things to Americans, at times prized for its hide, adopted as a mascot and weaponized as a slur. YLLA/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

The forgotten racial history of Alligator Alcatraz

The recently shuttered immigrant detention facility continued a long tradition of using alligators in ways that have reinforced demeaning racial stereotypes.
Fans can help circulate air, but on a hot day they do little for people working in a Mississippi farmer’s market. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

Chronic pain is missing from America’s heat warnings

Chronic pain can make it hard to walk, carry groceries or sleep through the night. A new study finds that extreme temperatures are linked to that kind of pain.
A sign warns passers-by that irrigation in the area uses treated sewage wastewater. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Cyclospora spreads through human waste – so how did it get on food?

US sewage treatment plants likely don’t get rid of all the disease-causing protozoa, and monitoring discharged wastewater for it is difficult.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders at “The People v. The Powerful” rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026. Sarah Rice/Getty Images

Democrats have a working‑class voter problem that progressives like Abdul El‑Sayed are still struggling to solve

Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
About 70% of caregivers say that managing their children’s screen use is a primary source of parenting stress. Maria Korneeva/Moment via Getty Images

Parents putting screens in front of their kids is more about their own stress than other factors

Most research on kids’ screen time has focused on a child’s behavior. Far less attention has gone to parents and their role in their children’s media use.