By Jim Chamberlain, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Sheffield
‘With philosophy, people care about what I think. Nobody listens when you’ve been in prison. Everything you think is wrong, rubbish, you’re nothing.’
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By Jeanne Sinclair, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Memorial University of Newfoundland
A deep dive into the test’s framework reveals it was designed to fail about the same share of students every year, even if they’d made actual progress from previous years.
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By Barbara J. Risman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois Chicago
The recent spate of executive orders around sex and gender impact nonbinary Americans, as well as trans Americans who identify as a man or a woman.
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By Hannah Wiseman, Professor of Law, Penn State
Seth Blumsack, Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
Electricity rates are soaring in Pennsylvania and other parts of the country. 2 energy experts offer tips to lower your monthly bill.
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By Terence Musho, Associate Professor of Engineering, West Virginia University
Inside every smartphone and laptop are tiny specks of valuable materials, many of which are still lost even when you take your old electronics to a recycling center.
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By Patrick Aguilar, Professor of Practice of Organizational Behavior, Washington University in St. Louis
Peter Boumgarden, Professor of Family Enterprise, Washington University in St. Louis
As Walgreens goes private in a $10 billion buyout, experts weigh what private equity ownership could mean for pharmacy care.
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By Bill Sullivan, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University
If you’ve handled cat litter or eaten raw meat or unwashed produce, there’s a chance you might have a permanent toxoplasmosis infection spread throughout your body.
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By Richard Gunderman, Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
The bizarre, homemade technology became a way to skirt censors in the Soviet Union – and even played an indirect role in its dissolution.
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By Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien, Associate Professor of Political Science, San Diego State University
Loren Collingwood, Associate Professor of political science, University of New Mexico
There’s no one set legal definition for sanctuary cities and other places with these policies. But they often limit local coordination with federal immigration authorities.
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By Nicholas J. Cull, Professor of Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
As the fate of US cultural exchange programs is debated, one foreign policy historian recounts how such programs have made it ‘harder to hate people you really know.’
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