Pennsylvania’s aging prisons weren’t built for today’s extreme weather – leaving women and seniors especially at risk of illness and deathJaquelyn Jahn, Drexel University
Fentanyl is fueling overdose deaths in Colorado – what voters need to know about Proposition 132’s attempt to stiffen penaltiesJoshua Barocas, University of Colorado Anschutz
Florida’s limited ban on Flock cameras only scratches the surface of widespread surveillance concernsAbigail Hall, University of Tampa
Religious preschools want public funding, but exemptions from nondiscrimination rules – the Supreme Court will decide if that’s constitutionalSuzanne Eckes, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Preston Green III, University of Connecticut
Murder of Black suffrage leader Octavius Catto reveals why Election Day 1871 was one of the most violent in Philadelphia historyTimothy Welbeck, Temple University
Detroit and Flint teens are struggling with their mental health – and worried adults around them feel ‘helpless’Crystal Cederna, Michigan State University
Black moms and pregnant women forced out of their homes in metro Detroit face health and safety threatsShawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Ohio State University
I’m a pediatrician in Michigan who created Rx Kids, one of the nation’s largest anti-poverty programs – here’s what I’ve learned about how medical schools can improve community healthMona Hanna, Michigan State University
Plans to improve Michigan’s K-12 schools depend on how the state funds public educationJason Burns, Michigan State University and Madeline Mavrogordato, Michigan State University
Michigan’s local election officials are confident in voting integrity ahead of November’s midterm electionStephanie Leiser, University of Michigan
Philly voters care about local issues, but election integrity fears make them wonder if their vote mattersHeather LaMarre, Temple University
ICE arrests at Philadelphia International evoke time when airport police helped military catch AWOL Vietnam War soldiers in 1960sMenika Dirkson, Morgan State University
What Philly can – and can’t – do to reduce the number of people killed in car crashesD. Alex Quistberg, Drexel University
‘Fountain’ might make you laugh or scowl but asks important questions – a Philly art historian explains why Marcel Duchamp’s iconic 1917 sculpture still provokesMatthew Palczynski, Temple University
Philadelphia’s failing air quality hits hardest in neighborhoods near industry and highways, where asthma rates soarQian He, Rowan University; Mahbubur Meenar, Rowan University, and Sean Olcese, Rowan University
The oil market that sets today’s gas prices was invented in western PennsylvaniaBrian C. Black, Penn State
Does your sleep tracker get it right? A Pittsburgh neuroscientist weighs inJ. David Creswell, Carnegie Mellon University
Can development happen without displacement? Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood is a test caseIra Goldstein, University of Pennsylvania
At an old steel site in Pittsburgh, bacteria evolved to survive – and eat – industrial pollutionCatherine Armbruster, Carnegie Mellon University
We paid college students about $5 a night to sleep at least 7 hours – and their grades quickly improvedOsea Giuntella, University of Pittsburgh; Sally Sadoff, University of California, San Diego, and Silvia Saccardo, Carnegie Mellon University
More than 119 million Brazilians voted in the Oct. 4 election – including about 21,000 Florida residentsRafael R. Ioris, University of Denver
How Hurricane Isaias broke through to become the first Atlantic hurricane in an extremely quiet 2026 seasonChristopher Davis, UMass Amherst
We blasted mobile homes with hurricane-force winds to test how they fail – and found clues for making affordable housing saferElaina Sutley, University of Kansas and Arindam Chowdhury, Florida International University
Florida’s limited ban on Flock cameras only scratches the surface of widespread surveillance concernsAbigail Hall, University of Tampa
3 iconic animals show the value of the US Endangered Species Act – and the harm in stripping it awayTimothy Randhir, UMass Amherst
300 glaciers have disappeared from the American West since the mid-20th century – the survivors have a few things in commonAndrew Fountain, Portland State University
At-home drug disposal products can play an important role in keeping rural Coloradans safeSunny Linnebur, University of Colorado Anschutz
Wildfire strategy doesn’t need a winner – with 3 camps fighting for dominance, the system can’t keep up with the riskTony Cheng, Colorado State University and Matt Thompson, Colorado State University
Question of whether taxpayers or fossil fuel companies pay for climate change damage heads to Supreme CourtPatrick Parenteau, Vermont Law & Graduate School
A Colorado preschool case will be the Supreme Court’s latest to test boundaries of LGBTQ rights and religious freedomMark Satta, Wayne State University; Institute for Humane Studies
Data center fights pit social values, democracy and capitalism against each otherLauren Mullenbach, University of Michigan
How Pennsylvania towns are protecting themselves from the noise, heat and utility costs of massive data centersMichael Helbing, Penn State
Abandoned Pennsylvania mines and waste-heat recycling could make the state’s massive new data centers far more sustainableWangda Zuo, Penn State
Data centers don’t have to be a burden on local communities – and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heatGregor Henze, University of Colorado Boulder and Sean Shaheen, University of Colorado Boulder
AI’s growing appetite for power is putting Pennsylvania’s aging electricity grid to the testShixiang (Woody) Zhu, Carnegie Mellon University
Nearly 20% of new moms have anxiety or depression, but a promising psychedelic treatment is on the horizonCamille Hoffman, University of Colorado Anschutz
How Colorado hospitals are caring for pregnant patients with substance use disorders by overcoming stigmaKarli Swenson, University of Colorado Anschutz
Nearly half of maternal deaths in Pennsylvania occur more than 6 weeks after giving birthYenupini Joyce Adams, University of Notre Dame
Mobile clinics offer a practical way to improve health care access in maternity care desertsAdetola F. Louis-Jacques, University of Florida; Arielle Ayotte, University of Florida, and Michelle Nall, University of Florida
Fewer new moms are dying in Colorado – naloxone might be one reason whyKaylin Klie, University of Colorado Anschutz