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NPR Planet Money
Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets
"Prediction markets as we know them today were cooked up by economists trying to test some theories on markets. Economist and prediction market expert Koleman Strump shares his expertise in this story about the evolution of prediction markets. "Part of this sort of psychology of these markets is that people like to be smart. People like to use this as a way of sort of showing off their smarts, of how they figure these things out."
June 24, 2026
CPA Trendlines
Conflicts and consolidation: When private equity assembles teams of rivals
The better frame is conflict management. When one investor stands behind several firms competing for the same clients, the same executives, the same technology, and acquisitions and growth capital, the appearance of divided loyalty can matter almost as much as a conflict itself. Even the perception carries weight: a strong pull on the nonaudit side can “spill over to the audit side,” warns accounting professor Jenelle Conaway.
June 23, 2026
The Boston Globe
World Cup can get America’s kids off the couch
And this investment could lead to kids who are more than just physically healthy but doing better in life altogether, said Abbie Wrights, a health and exercise science professor at Wake Forest University who teaches the culture of youth sports. “When our children are physically active, it supports all dimensions of their well-being,” Wrights said. “We know that it supports their physical wellness, but we also have research that it supports their emotional wellness, their social wellness.“It boosts their self-esteem. It gives them confidence. It leads to higher academic success.”
June 23, 2026
CPA Trendlines
Conflicts and consolidation: When private equity assembles teams of rivals
The better frame is conflict management. When one investor stands behind several firms competing for the same clients, the same executives, the same technology, and acquisitions and growth capital, the appearance of divided loyalty can matter almost as much as a conflict itself. Even the perception carries weight: a strong pull on the nonaudit side can “spill over to the audit side,” warns accounting professor Jenelle Conaway.
June 23, 2026
CyberNews
Developers giving attackers a free ride after hundreds of iPhone AI apps found exposing credentials
A study from Wake Forest University analyzed 444 iOS apps with large language model (LLM) functionality and found that almost 282 of them exposed exploitable credentials or other methods for accessing AI services. Apps containing potential vulnerabilities spanned 13 categories. In terms of vulnerability rates, Health and Fitness performed worst, with almost half of the apps containing flaws. Around 40% of productivity apps were affected, compared with roughly a quarter of lifestyle and entertainment apps.
June 22, 2026
Mongabay
Study offers first map of Amazon’s climate-resilient upslope corridors
"As the world warms, plants and animals must quickly migrate to cooler places to stay resilient and survive. But today such migrations are often blocked by deforestation, human infrastructure and lack of conserved lands," writes journalism professor Justin Catanoso, a regular contributor to Mongabay. Ecologist Miles Silman is quoted in this story, noting the naturally changing climate occurred at the end of the last ice age 10,000 years ago. “Some argue that species [then] didn’t really experience climate change, because they could move so easily over time to new habitats and stay in equilibrium,” he said.
June 22, 2026
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa)
2 paths forward in Pope Leo’s AI encyclical
The typical American’s biggest AI worry is massive, permanent job displacement. Seventy-one percent express this fear.…The impact of innovations isn’t known in advance. It is discovered that the innovation is spontaneously adopted, adapted and evolves. Consciously pulling ourselves away from the constant allure of the electronic world may be the best way to ensure that we get the benefits of AI without suffering the worst of its potential costs — our dehumanization.
June 21, 2026
Associated Press
As Juneteenth is celebrated across the US, Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago
As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama’s presidential center will open its doors to the public for the first time. Divinity school dean Corey D.B. Walker said the holiday offers a way to recognize the nation’s “complex history” and what it means to be a U.S. citizen, especially during efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to undermine the retelling of Black history. “I think it really reminds people of the importance of understanding a fuller, more robust portrait of our nation’s history and the many contributions of many individuals who have contributed to America’s experiment with democracy,” Walker said.
This article ran in hundreds of news outlets nationwide.
June 19, 2026
MinnPost
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
After decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday that commemorates the arrival of news of emancipation and freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 – became a federal holiday in 2021. In honor of Juneteenth, The Conversation reached out to Wake Forest University humanities professor Corey D. B. Walker for a list of readings that can help people better understand the history and meaning of the observance. Here are his picks.
This story was originally published in The Conversation.
June 19, 2026
MSN
Financial expert issues alarm over Elon Musk’s ‘masterstroke’ that’s ‘about to rob your 401k’
SpaceX debuted on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX – and the rules that normally protect your 401 (k) retirement accounts from owning unprofitable, unproven companies were quietly rewritten to let it happen. Mark Johnson, a faculty fellow in investments and portfolio management in the School of Business, noted that institutional investors already invest in many unprofitable growth companies and that most 401(k) exposure would likely come through diversified funds rather than direct ownership. “There is probably a broader conversation around whether retail investors become exit liquidity in IPOs, but that is not unique to SpaceX.”
June 18, 2026
Baptist News Global
Religious liberty ‘is not a sword to harm others’
Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake in the current moment, said Corey D. B. Walker, dean of Wake Forest University School of Divinity. “When the language of religious freedom is deployed to justify exclusion, to deny the dignity of others, or to fuse national identity with a singular religious vision, it ceases to function as religious freedom at all,” he said. “It becomes, instead, a vehicle of domination.”
June 17, 2026
Daily Mail
Federal Reserve holds rates steady as Kevin Warsh chairs his first meeting
The new chair of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, presided over his first two-day Fed policy meeting. Despite President Trump’s frequent demands to immediately cut interest rates, Warsh has promised that under his leadership the Fed will remain "strictly independent." "The relationship between Warsh and Trump reminds me of one of those weddings where you just know it’s doomed from the very beginning," said finance professor Deon Strickland.
June 17, 2026