Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside-the-box options in higher education
Hampshire College's campus entrance on April 16, 2026, a few days after the school announced it is closing. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesHampshire College, a private college locate...
Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
Why the future of marijuana legalization remains hazy despite high public support
Cannabis plants are seen at Harborside Oakland Dispensary on Aug. 11, 2025, in Oakland, Calif.Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThousands of Americans will soon gather to celebrate April 20 – or &ldqu...
William Garriott, Professor of Law, Politics and Society, Drake University
Trump sidelined Congress’ authority over war on Iran – and lawmakers allowed it, extending a 75-year trend
Congress has not used its constitutionally granted power to influence the war in Iran.Bloomberg Creative via Getty ImagesLawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives set April 21, 2026, as the date ...
Sarah Burns, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies
About half of young Americans can’t name a single Holocaust site, repeating a pattern of ignorance s…
Irene Fogel Weiss holds a photograph of her mother and brothers, who were killed during the Holocaus…
Trump’s coercive tactics in Latin America evoke era of gunboat diplomacy – and the rise of anti-impe…
One of scores of murals Diego Rivera painted in the interwar period that sits above the Secretariat …
I’ve fired one of America’s most powerful lasers – here’s what a shot day looks like
Inside a laser clean room. The beam is contained within the blue pipe.Ahmed HelalIf you walk across …
Ancient teeth reveal clues to the environment humans’ early ancestors evolved in millions of years a…
Chemicals in your tooth enamel record evidence of your diet that can last millions of years.Zelalem …
‘Right to race’ laws and the battle over America’s local racetracks
Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Easley, S.C., held its last race in 2022. The track is at the center …
How Islamophobic rhetoric leaves an impact on the mental health of Muslim Americans
Demonstrators in New York City take part in a protest against growing Islamophobia in March 2019. …