Tag: Explainer
What is walking meditation?
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College
For Thich Nhat Hanh, the late Vietnamese monk who popularized mindfulness in the West, walking...
Why are private prisons controversial? 3 questions answered
John M. Eason, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Editor’s note: Private prisons have long stirred controversy, most recently over their role in housing undocumented immigrants and asylum...
How to deal with life’s risks more rationally
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The world is an uncertain and risky place. The news constantly bombards us with scary situations from school...
What is a tariff? An economist explains
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Rochester Institute of Technology
President Donald Trump recently slapped tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on foreign aluminum,...
What is March Madness – and the nonprofit that manages the...
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
The annual college basketball spectacle known as March Madness has arrived.
Millions of people will tune in to...
Here’s how undocumented students are able to enroll at American universities
Tanya Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced and Benigno Merlin, University of California, Merced
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions of undocumented people, beginning...