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More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition

Delivering a university commencement address used to simply be a unique kind of honor. Speakers stand before a podium, wearing a traditional graduation cap and robe, and offer graduates life lessons and inspirational words as they enter the next phase of life.

The Conversation

Uncovering coded antisemitism online takes both human expertise and AI automation

This article includes examples of antisemitic hate speech.

The Conversation

Buddhist monks walk to the US Capitol on the final day of their 15-week journey from Texas

A group of Buddhist monks completes a 108-day Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington, bringing its message to the nation’s capital

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements

Ilya Somin's upcoming speaking engagements for the Spring 2025 semester. Most are free and open to the public.

Reason

5 Top Companies for Boomers To Work for in Retirement

Looking to stay active and earn money in retirement? These 5 companies offer flexible, rewarding jobs that are perfect for boomers.

GOBankingRates

Air Force bid for Tesla Cybertrucks in target practice symbolizes the ‘evolving’ relationship between the Pentagon and Big Tech, expert says

The ballooning demand from the military for innovative technology creates a “whole new sector” friendly to BigTech, an American University professor told Fortune.

Fortune

How storytelling, creativity and collaborations can inspire climate action

Imagine heading into space, landing on the moon and walking in the dust. As you adjust to the weightlessness, you see something unexpected on the horizon. You’re looking back at the Earth, experiencing the “overview effect”. How would you feel? What would you see, hear, touch, taste and smell?

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Protests hit Tesla dealerships across the world in challenge to Elon Musk

From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker’s dismantling of US federal government

The Guardian - US

‘No exemptions, no exceptions’: Trump slaps 25% tariffs on steel, aluminium

US president says measures are a response to domestic industry being ‘pummelled by both friend and foe alike’.

Al Jazeera

Venezuelan Opposition Leader Urges Trump to Avoid Deportation Deal with Maduro, Send Deportees To Third Countries

Edmundo González said receiving Venezuelans would help Nicolas Maduro tighten his grip on power

Latin Times

Afghanistan shows what investing in women’s education – or divesting – can do to an economy

When the Taliban fell from power in Afghanistan in 2001, women were once again allowed to go to school after being banned since 1996. I, along with World Bank education expert Raja Bentaouet Kattan and American University economist Rafiuddin Najam, analyzed the economic benefit of this societal change, using data…

The Conversation

Gen Z grad landed internship by wearing her university baseball cap to her pizza joint job

“I decided to resort to unusual networking methods,” says Ayala Ossowski, who recited an elevator pitch to pizza restaurant customers.

Fortune

Space2Sea Antarctica: A student journalist's expedition to bottom of the world begins

Space

Famous Election Forecaster Brutally Mocked for Horrible Kamala Victory Prediction: 'Moo Deng Was More Accurate'

Social media users have taken to the internet to deride historian and American University professor Allan Lichtman after his predictions surrounding the 2024 elections turned out to be inaccurate.

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The Guardian - US

Is Trump actually a fascist – and why does the answer matter?

Given the comparisons to Hitler and Mussolini, experts say it’s important to remember that fascism is a process

International Business Times

Inside The University Course Teaching Economics Through Taylor Swift: 'It's Really Inspiring'

The course was supposed to be a one-time thing, but American University already has plans to offer "Swiftonomics" again in the spring due to immense interest.

Latin Times

Inside the University Course Teaching Economics Through Taylor Swift: 'It's Really Inspiring'

The course was supposed to be a one-time thing, but American University already has plans to offer "Swiftonomics" again in the spring due to immense interest.

The Guardian - US

Elite US universities rake in millions from big oil donations, research finds

Student-led analyses raise concerns of conflict of interest at six universities, including Princeton, Columbia and Cornell

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The Guardian - UK

AI can change belief in conspiracy theories, study finds

Research challenges conventional wisdom that evidence and arguments rarely help to change believers’ minds

The Guardian - US

Kamala Harris will win election, predicts leading historian Allan Lichtman

Polling ‘Nostradamus’, said to have correctly forecast since 1984 all races except Gore’s loss, says Trump on track to lose

Al Jazeera

Will Tim Walz’s selection as Harris’s running mate shift the US election?

Harris’s choice for vice president has energised Democrats. But experts are split over if it will make a difference.

Reason

Judicial Boycotts of Non-Elite Schools

In April 2009, a law student at American University asked Justice Scalia how a student from her school could become "outrageously successful" without "connections and elite degrees." (The clip begins around 52:00.) Scalia laughed out loud. He answered, "Just work hard and be very good." But then he digressed to…

Al Jazeera

US elections are six months away. How does the race stand and what’s next?

As November vote nears, here are the key issues and challenges facing presumptive nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

WEKU

The IRS touts improved customer service and a hassle free filing option

With less than a month before the tax filing deadline, the IRS says tax season is going smoothly. The agency is investing billions of dollars to improve service and beef up tax enforcement.

TV Tech

Patrick Butler Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from APTS

America’s Public Television Stations also gave its 2024 Pillar of Public Service Award to Molly Phillips, former executive director and GM of Iowa PBS

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