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...
How to combat racial bias: Start in childhood
Gail Heyman, University of California, San Diego
Racial bias can seem like an intractable problem. Psychologists and other social scientists have had difficulty finding effective...
Until youth soccer is fixed, US men’s national team is destined to fail
Rick Eckstein, Villanova University
David beating Goliath is very exciting – unless you’re a fan of Goliath.
The United States has 330 million people and a...
Gentrification? Bring it
Jonathan Wynn, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Andrew Deener, University of Connecticut
In July, a group of long-time, mostly Latino residents of Los Angeles’s Boyle...
