Report shows violent crime continues to drop across US cities, including 3 in Va.
by Amanda Hernandez, Virginia Mercury July 25, 2025
Amid recent political rhetoric about rising crime and violence in American cities, a new analysis shows...
A Critical Deficit
Flawed thinking can lead us into a lifetime of pointless arguments and bad decisions. Fixing the problem won't be easy — but we know...
Winning with misinformation: New research identifies link between endorsing easily disproven claims and prioritizing...
Randy Stein, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Abraham Rutchick, California State University, Northridge
Why do some people endorse claims that can easily be disproved?...
Events in History November 17th
Key Historical Events on November 17:
1558 - Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England upon the death of her half-sister, Mary I, beginning the Elizabethan Age.
1777 - The Articles of...
Moral Imagination
We constantly adjust our moral values based on our ideas about the world. That can be a tool for kindness,...
Today in history, November 4th
Today in history, November 4, includes the discovery of the entrance to King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis in...
Discover Colonial Life Through New Exhibit at Museum of the Albemarle
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – The Museum of the Albemarle will open its newest exhibit, Discover Colonial Life, on Saturday, Sep. 27 from 10 a.m. to 2...
Is violent crime in the US higher than 25 years ago?
by Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch, Wisconsin Watch July 30, 2025 Wisconsin Watch partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs — bite-sized fact checks of trending claims....
Concrete Poetry: Thomas Edison and the Almost-Built World
By Anthony Acciavatti
Historians often speak of “contingency”, by which they mean something like “things could have been otherwise”. But is this even true? It can...
