More universities are disinviting commencement speakers who might challenge students’ ideas, unraveling an apolitical tradition
College commencement ceremonies celebrate students' achievements, but also have become occasionally fraught with politics. photosbyjim/iStock/Getty Images Plus Delivering a university commencement add...
Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
When a president settles his own lawsuit to create a fund for allies, fundamental questions about justice arise
A banner featuring President Trump on the outside of the DOJ building in Washington, D.C.Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesThomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists. He believed that i...
Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest
Former CBS President William S. Paley, left, who once called broadcasting 'an instrument of American democracy,' speaks on his radio network in 1934.Bettmann/Getty ImagesWhen CBS Radio News goes silen...
Matthew Jordan, Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
How employers can support workers when they take medical leave
Sometimes you can't plan ahead before taking medical leave.Drs Producoes/E+ via Getty ImagesCar cras…
EPA is sidelining its independent chemical referee – and that endangers public health
For decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has relied on an independent scientific progra…
Transgender youth and their families struggle to find gender-affirming care – even in states where i…
In the face of a confusing and hostile political climate, trans youth and their families are often l…
Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra-steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magn…
This device measures acceleration and rotation by shining lasers into small clouds of rubidium atoms…
Solar activity follows an 11-year cycle – here’s how it controls eruptions and solar flares
The Sun's surface is dynamic, affected by convection in its interior. NASA/Solar Dynamics Observator…
For the first time in a decade, the next election could be less secure than the one preceding it
The Election Security Group turns intelligence about foreign election threats into warnings and offe…