Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder
In 1960, 72% of adults were married, and over 90% would go on to marry. HR policies and management practices back then catered to nuclear families with a...
Paula de la Cruz-Fernández, University of Florida
Immigration to the U.S. is often framed as a problem to be managed, controlled or punished. Immigrants are often derided for crossing the border without authorization or...
Patrick Aguilar, Washington University in St. Louis
In announcing its “Great Healthcare Plan” in January 2026, the Trump administration became the latest in a long history of efforts by the U.S. government to rein...
Mark Robert Rank, Washington University in St. Louis
Few ideas are as central to the nation’s identity as that of the American Dream.
With the 250th birthday of the United States...
Patrick Barry, University of Michigan
Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show “This American Life,” is not a computer scientist. He doesn’t work at Google, Apple or Nvidia. But he does have a...
Charlie Hunt, Boise State University
The midterm elections for Congress won’t take place until November, but already a record number of members have declared their intention not to run – a total of 43...
Ray Madoff, Boston College
Ray Madoff, a Boston College law professor, has written a new book: “The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristocracy.” She recently spoke to Kara Miller, host...
Jen Zamzow, University of California, Los Angeles; Concordia University Irvine
As child care costs outpace wages, more families are facing difficult decisions about whether to scale back work in order to care for loved...
