Perspectives

Seemingly impossible linguistic, cultural and digital divides can be crossed when people approach each other with respect, sincerity, a touch of humor – and perhaps the aid of AI translators, writes Jianqing Chen.

I hope students will develop independent opinions on education, divided societies and Israel. They should feel comfortable talking about these topics and be confident in voicing evidence-based positions, writes Ayala Hendin.

In order to win national elections in the future, those running for office would be wise to fully appreciate the mainstream importance of the American Dream, and the importance of making that dream a reality for the millions who have been falling further behind in recent times, writes Mark Rank.

Harris memes can be understood as saying less about Harris’ identity. They say more about online users’ complex negotiations with the slippery – and joyful and complicated – nature of race itself, writes Raven Maragh-Lloyd.

Recent experimental analyses of fleeting clusters of protons and neutrons put the very notion of the atomic nucleus in a new light, writes Lee G. Sobotka.

When states give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants, it affects nondrivers, too — even the littlest ones. Babies born to immigrants from Mexico and Central America are bigger and healthier in states that make that change, writes Margot Moinester.

As the global population of refugees increased to a record high 37.8 million as of mid-2024, a staggering 16 percent—nearly one in six—originated from Afghanistan, where they have fled several decades of civil war, persecution, and state collapse, writes Mitra Naseh.

Historian Peter Kastor examines the legacy of Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, through a pair of visits the former president made to WashU in 1975 and 1991.

Sketches are constantly gesturing toward internet culture — which makes sense, since the show has long been internet culture itself, writes Phillip Maciak.

Hopefully this drone mystery will drive lawmakers to regulate these technologies more thoughtfully, in ways that allow us to enjoy their benefits while also not sending entire states into a full-blown panic, writes Neil Richards.