AI-powered stock trades: The benefits and perils of Wall Street using artificial intelligence
By Pawan Jain, Assistant Professor of Finance, West Virginia University Artificial Intelligence-powered tools, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to revolutionize the efficiency, effectiveness and speed of the work humans do. And this is true in financial markets as...
A Black Box: What it means when the inner workings of an AI’s machine learning are hidden from users
By Saurabh Bagchi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes...
Race Relations: How the Carters and the Kings forged an alliance even though Jimmy and Martin never met
The voice of Martin Luther King Sr., a melodic tenor like his slain son, carried across Madison Square Garden, calming the raucous Democrats who had nominated his friend and fellow Georgian for the presidency. “Surely, the Lord sent Jimmy Carter to come on out...
The American Revolution: Six surprising facts about the Declaration of Independence and its purpose
By Woody Holton, Professor of History, University of South Carolina Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains. His 2021 book Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden...
Voting against Democracy: A long list of the Republican Party’s very Anti-American political agenda
If any American votes for a Republican, they are selecting someone who, once elected, is unlikely to support your views on the issues that matter to you most. Instead, here is a list of what you are choosing with your ballot. Guns The vast majority of Americans favor...
A Black Jesus: Antique stained-glass church window stirs questions of New England’s role in slave trade
A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race, Rhode Island’s role in the slave trade and the place of women in 19th century New...
Dignity in death: When Black Americans fight against racism from beyond the grave
By David B. Parker, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University A news story was published recently about a Black cemetery in Buckhead, a prosperous Atlanta community. The cemetery broke ground almost two centuries ago, in 1826, as the graveyard of Piney Grove...
Ministry at the Border: When faith calls for helping migrants while the law explicitly forbids it
By Laura E. Alexander, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Goldstein Family Community Chair in Human Rights, University of Nebraska Omaha Many religious traditions preach the need to care for strangers. But what happens when caring for the stranger comes into...
Flash droughts: Farmers face a soaring risk in every major food-growing region as water becomes scarce
By Jeff Basara, Associate Professor of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma; and Jordan Christian, Postdoctoral Researcher in Meteorology, University of Oklahoma Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region’s...
Aging America: With fewer children being born Baby Boomers push national median age higher
The United States grew older, faster, last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020 and at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years, while the share of children declined, according to new figures from the most recent...
Why Americans move to Republican-dominated Red States for a cheaper lifestyle but shorter life
By Robert Samuels, Continuing Lecturer in Writing, University of California, Santa Barbara The United States is an increasingly polarized country when it comes to politics, but one thing that almost all people want is to live a long and healthy life. More and more...
Nostalgia sells: How marketers are cashing in on the sentimental brands of yesteryear
Nostalgia sells and marketers know it, having used the brands of yesteryear fully aware that consumers will open their wallets to scratch that sentimental itch. Those oldies but goodies keep popping up today, but increasingly with a twist. Companies continue to...
