Our laws don’t do enough to protect our health data
Sharona Hoffman, Case Western Reserve University
Have you ever wondered why your computer often shows you ads that seem tailor-made for your interests? The answer...
Breast cancer risk higher in western parts of time zones; is electric light to...
Richard G. "Bugs" Stevens, University of Connecticut
The 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to three researchers “for their discoveries of molecular...
Will Obamacare marketplaces suffer as open enrollment begins?
Michael Morrisey, Texas A&M University
The Trump administration’s executive order changing some elements of the Affordable Care Act’s administration are creating uncertainty as open...
Colleges need affirmative action – but it can be expanded
Eboni Nelson, University of South Carolina
In 2003, Justice Antonin Scalia predicted that the Supreme Court’s sanctioning of race-conscious affirmative action in higher education would...
Why hazing continues to be a rite of passage for some
Hank Nuwer, Franklin College
This fall has seen another tragic death due to hazing. Maxwell Gruver, an 18-year-old Phi Delta Theta pledge at Louisiana State...
What the ‘Fearless Girl’ statue and Harvey Weinstein have in common
Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
In March of this year, State Street Global Advisors unveiled the “Fearless Girl,”...
Why are Russian media outlets hyping the Mueller investigation?
Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross
Four major Russia investigations are underway in Washington, along with at least six related federal inquiries.
Anxiety currently...
In Las Vegas, excess and fantasy bleed into tragedy
Mark Gottdiener, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
In Sin City, people often do bad things to themselves.
Rather than deal with...
