Tag: Supreme Court
FUCT gets day in court as SCOTUS considers dropping slippery moral...
Megan M Carpenter, University of New Hampshire
When’s a brand too scandalous to trademark?
That’s a question the Supreme Court will soon decide in a...
Death penalty moratorium in California – what it means for the...
Hadar Aviram, University of California, Hastings
Both celebration – and ire – followed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s announcement of a moratorium on the death penalty in...
Sandy Hook lawsuit court victory opens crack in gun maker immunity...
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on March 14 that families of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting victims could...
Rap music and threats of violence: A case for the Supreme...
Clay Calvert, University of Florida
Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize last year and Eminem set a record in 2019 for streams on Spotify. But...
Why women still earn a lot less than men
Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore
A decade ago, on Jan. 29, 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law: the Lilly...
Your deeply held beliefs may just be wrong – 5 essential...
Naomi Schalit, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
Fight for federal right to education takes a new turn
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
A new fight to secure a federal constitutional right to education is spreading across the country. This...
Controversial young adult novel offers insight into Kavanaugh hearings, sexual assault
Kelly Roberts, Meredith College
The confirmation hearing of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should remind educators of the vital need to talk to young people...
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The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
