We know it’s difficult to put your trust in the media. We get it. Here’s a video we made to explain how The Conversation works – and why we think sharing news straight from trust-worthy experts is important to bringing research-based insights to the public

Artists often have to move between arts and non-arts jobs, teaching by day or bartending at night, just to keep their creative practice alive.

Pregnancy pain that prevents you from sleeping, working or caring for your children is not normal discomfort. Yet more than half of mothers who report pain to doctors receive little to no treatment, according to a nurse researcher.

Bangladesh’s accession to the UN Water Convention has a ripple effect that could cause problems with India

Trump’s rapid and contentious changes to federal research policy are rewriting the social contract between the U.S. government and research universities. https://t.co/viQocaXfl4

Influencers could learn a thing or two from traditional journalism about disclosing who’s funding their political coverage

When Samsung apologized for a battery recall with "We are truly sorry," its stock kept falling. When Johnson & Johnson's CEO said "I apologize" during the Tylenol crisis, trust was restored. Markets reward leaders who take individual responsibility..

Why can’t every country get along with each other? It comes down to resources, inequality and perception

One of America’s most affordable paths to homeownership is slipping away. Rents are rapidly rising at trailer parks, or mobile home parks, due to large-scale buyouts by private equity firms. A poverty law attorney explains:

An 11-year-old asks why countries can't get along, and a political scientist answers https://t.co/0AQtwYYXkx #CuriousKids

Voters often elect political amateurs expecting them to "fix" Congress, but research shows these outsiders actually reduce bipartisan cooperation. Amateurs tend to view compromise as a concession rather than a tool for effective governing.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth claims the military went "woke," but military diversity stems from a practical need: the all-volunteer force couldn't fill ranks with white men alone, according to a communications scholar who studies the military advertising https://t.co/TWePyP9qci

The Trump administration is now excluding workers with student loans at organizations supporting undocumented immigrants and transgender youth from public service loan forgiveness. But it has resumed processing applications for thousands of others.

Kindergarten vaccination rates jumped substantially in four states that eliminated nonmedical exemptions between 2015 and 2021. A new study found parents didn't simply shift to medical exemptions instead – they protected their children. https://t.co/3r84aEYCW8

The US has a long history of military intervention in Latin America -- but the US campaign against Venezuela goes beyond all precedents, according to a scholar who recaps the history:

Cylinder seals from ancient Mesopotamia were the original signatures. Made of precious stones and carved with images and texts, they authenticated documents and revealed their owners' identities, professions and religious beliefs across thousands of years https://t.co/xwicyqzKXb

Congress has been dodging responsibility for tariffs for decades – now the Supreme Court will decide how far presidents can go alone

Investors prefer ‘I’ over ‘we’ when CEOs apologize

Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now − what cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life

Strict school vaccine mandates work, and parents don’t game the system − new research

Private equity firms are snapping up mobile home parks − and driving out the residents who can least afford to lose them https://t.co/ZX93chIEQy