Chess is taking over the online video game world – and both are changing...
Ilya Brookwell, University of California, Riverside
As a global pandemic continues to determine a new normal, tens of thousands of viewers have been tuning in...
I’m a public health researcher, and I’m dismayed that the CDC’s missteps are causing...
Catherine Lynne Troisi, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been the premier U.S. public health...
Why sign language is vital for all deaf babies, regardless of cochlear implant plans
Kimberly A. Wolbers, University of Tennessee and Leala Holcomb, University of Tennessee
When their newborn failed a hearing test, Quinn and Kai were distraught. Their...
Maria Montessori challenged and changed how kids are taught, and remains influential today
Catherine McTamaney, Vanderbilt University
One hundred and fifty years after Maria Montessori’s birth, tens of thousands of teachers around the world still hail her innovations...
Abolishing child labor took the specter of ‘white slavery’ and the job market’s near...
Betsy Wood, Hudson County Community College
Today, U.S. laws and regulations bar kids under the age of 14 from working in most industries. Children under...
The white supremacist origins of modern marriage advice
Jane Ward, University of California, Riverside
When I was conducting research for my new book on the destructive aspects of modern heterosexual relationships, I started...
Kids are bigger coronavirus spreaders than many doctors realized – here’s how schools can...
Phyllis Sharps, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and Lucine Francis, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
The first U.S. schools have reopened with in-person...
Emily Dickinson is the unlikely hero of our time
Matthew Redmond, Stanford University
Since her death in 1886, Emily Dickinson has haunted us in many forms.
She has been the precocious “little dead girl” admired...
