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How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness
A young George Washington was thrust into the dense, contested wilderness of the Ohio River Valley as a land surveyor for real estate development companies in Virginia. Henry Hintermeister/Public domain via Wikimedia Commons This Presidents Day, I’ve been thinking about…
Local governments provide proof that polarization is not inevitable
Local officials get to participate in events such as ribbon cuttings, celebrating projects they may have helped make happen. NHLI/Eliot J. Schechter via Getty Images When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues,…
Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones
Miami University students in the author’s advanced GIS course collect headstone data. Robbyn Abbitt, CC BY-SA If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would’ve laughed and been very confused about the…
RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome − scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease
There is still a great deal unknown about RNA and its modifications. Christoph Burgstedt/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint for…
Immigrant women founders face double hurdle in Silicon Valley
Pitching her AI-powered insurance-claims product to venture capitalists in the Bay Area, Sri Ramaswamy expected questions about the technology, and her growth plan. Instead, she was asked: “Who else is…
Morocco wants to build AI that speaks for Africa
Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni has spent her career building artificial intelligence. Now she regulates it. Morocco appointed her Minister of Digital Transition and Administrative Reform in October 2024. With a…
How the law can add to child sex trafficking victims’ existing trauma
Most U.S. states retain the right to arrest and prosecute children for prostitution. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images The January 2026 release of additional files related to the Justice Department’s investigation of convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell has brought…
Journalism may be too slow to remain credible once events are filtered through social media
House Speaker Mike Johnson updates reporters about budget talks on Capitol Hill. AFP/Roberto Schmitt via Getty Images In the first weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a strange pattern emerged in Western media coverage. Headlines oscillated between confidence…
Why ‘The West Wing’ went from a bipartisan hit to a polarized streaming comfort watch over 2 decades, reflecting profound shifts in media and politics
If you’re like the many viewers who have binge-watched the series multiple times, you know who all these cast members of ‘The West Wing’ are. James Sorensen/NBC/Newsmakers, Hulton Archive When the early 2000s hit series “The West Wing” returned on…