Data on sexual orientation and gender is critical to public health – without it, health crises continue unnoticed

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As part of the Trump administrations efforts aimed at stopping diversity, equity and inclusion, the government has been restricting how it monitors public health. Along with cuts to federally funded research, the...

Supreme Court ignores precedent instead of overruling it in allowing president to fire officials whom Congress tried to make independent

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What may be one of the U.S. Supreme Courts most important and far-reaching rulings in decades dropped in late May 2025 in an order that probably didnt get a second or even first glance from most Americans. But this...

Southern Baptists’ call for the US Supreme Court to overturn its same-sex marriage decision is part of a long history of opposing women’s and LGBTQ+ people’s rights

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The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3.6 million members over the past two decades and faces an ongoing sexual abuse crisis. At its June 2025 annual meeting, however, neither of those issues took up as much time as...

Protecting the vulnerable, or automating harm? AI’s double-edged role in spotting abuse

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Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in schools. These tools promise to detect danger...

Sly Stone turned isolation into inspiration, forging a path for a generation of music-makers

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In the fall of 1971, Sly and the Family Stones Theres a Riot Goin On landed like a quiet revolution. After two years of silence following the bands mainstream success, fans expected more feel-good funk from the ensemble....

Sam Fender’s music offers a vision of masculinity that is complex, conflicted and deeply human

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By the end of June 2025, Sam Fender will have played four stadium shows to nearly 250,000 people across the UK, with three of those in his native north east. With three albums and over 2 billion streams, his music has...

Why Israel’s air strikes signal a shifting relationship with the US and a weakening Iran

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The Middle East is undergoing a realignment of power. With Israels attack on Iranian nuclear sites and the assassination of at least two of Irans senior security officials, Benjamin Netanyahu is showing his willingness to...