Ella Fitzgerald’s flirtation with reefer songs
Adam Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
“The First Lady of Song” Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 on April...
The myth of the college dropout
Jonathan Wai, Duke University and Heiner Rindermann, Chemnitz University of Technology
When Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was asked to give this year’s commencement...
Building jobs in the Rust Belt: The role of education
Dana Mitra, Pennsylvania State University
When my father-in-law struggled in school in a mill town along the Ohio River, his parents suggested that...
Will Trump’s cuts inspire more DIY foreign aid?
Susan Appe, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Running on a shoestring budget, Future in Our Hands-USA helps people living almost 7,500...
Are there too many music festivals?
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Coachella unofficially kicks off the 2017 U.S. festival season on April 15, and while this year’s event...
Tax credits, school choice and ‘neovouchers’: What you need to know
Kevin Welner, University of Colorado
As Republican lawmakers craft a tax reform bill, there’s speculation on the import taxes, value-added taxes and tax...
The unique strategy Netflix deployed to reach 90 million worldwide subscribers
Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan
In just a decade, Netflix has grown from a video service with seven million U.S. subscribers to one...
In the wake of Syrian missile strike, a look inside Russia’s alternate media reality
Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross
On April 11, the White House released an intelligence report accusing Russia of trying to cover...
