
Detecting Terrorism
The consecutive terrorist attack on two mosques in Churchchrist, New Zealand was streamed live on Facebook. Within 24 hours, an AI tool was able to delete millions of copies of the footage. Ariel Pinto is working to further develop AI tools that find and delete terrorism online.

Farming Upwards
The dangers of industrial agriculture are no secret. Its harms – excessive water consumption, polluting fertilizers, monstrous carbon emissions, and unsustainable land use – are consistently written off in the …

Translations
On some level, every book is an act of translation. Kyoko Mori has spent her career as a writer looking back at her Japanese upbringing through the lens of her American life. And she understands that writers have very little control over how a reader will translate a story into their own context.

Seeding Innovation
Rural communities have faced economic hardship and population decline. Chris Kukk and Sheri McGuire recently created the SEED Innovation Hub in Farmville, Virginia to spark rural entrepreneurship and bring innovative ideas to life.

How Hot is Your Honey
Fifty years after the last atmospheric nuclear tests on American soil, radioactive elements remain in our food supply. Jim Kaste says the honey is especially hot.

Parenting in the Early Years
Decisions about parenting–when to parent, whether to parent–have been in the news a lot lately.

HBCU Renaissance
What does William Faulkner and a cool pair of sneakers have in common? More than you might think.

Set the Stage
This week, With Good Reason dives into the theater: Veterans re-entering civilian life, incarcerated women’s performance art about toilet paper, how the pandemic affected theaters, and a museum auditorium turned into a public programming TV set.