John Lewis traded the typical college experience for activism, arrests and jail cells
Jelani M. Favors, Clayton State University
As an 18-year-old student attending a training session for activists at the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee, John...
Love avocados? Thank the toxodon
Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University
Given avocado’s popularity today, it’s hard to believe that we came close to not having them in our supermarkets at...
How smugglers are shifting staggering amounts of contraband despite the pandemic
Alexander Kupatadze, King's College London
On July 1, Italian police made the largest amphetamine seizure in the world. At the port of Salerno, just south...
New teachers mistakenly assume Black students are angry
Alison Cooke, North Carolina State University; Amy Halberstadt, North Carolina State University, and Pamela Watkins Garner, George Mason University
The Research Brief is a short...
How popular culture hobbles protest movements
Chauncey Maher, Dickinson College
In response to the anti-racism protests that have erupted across the U.S., many Americans are saying they agree with the goals...
Black men face high discrimination and depression, even as their education and incomes rise
Shervin Assari, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and T.J. Curry, University of Edinburgh
Are you a highly educated and relatively wealthy Black...
Why Indian American spelling bee success is more than just an endearing story
Pawan Dhingra, Amherst College
Over the past 20 years, Indian Americans have come to dominate the Scripps National Spelling Bee even though they comprise only...
Ransomware criminals are targeting US universities
Nir Kshetri, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
As COVID-19 cases in the U.S. continue to climb, government and higher education leaders have been focused...
