How Jeff Sessions Helped Kill Equitable School Funding in Alabama
A lawsuit in the 1990s had Alabama poised to fund poor black school districts as fairly as wealthy…
Nine Figures That Illustrate the Reaction Against Trump’s Immigration Order
Legal experts question the constitutionality of Trump’s immigration order, while protesters, activists, and businesses fight for refugee rights.…
Scientific Editors Ask for Fewer Women Reviewers
Yet another way academic culture is biased against women. By Nathan Collins (Photo: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images) Plenty has…
Adversity Inspires Politically Polarized Attitudes
New research suggests personal suffering tends to move people toward one ideological extreme or the other. By Tom…
Trump’s Immigration Order Is a Major Blow to American Universities
Of America’s 975,000 international students, roughly 16,000 have been prohibited by executive order from entering (or re-entering) the…
The British Farm Community That Made Its Own Internet
Lancashire was stuck with dial-up until a group of farmers (and a hairdresser) banded together to produce an…
Advocacy Groups Confront the Trump Dilemma
Many non-profits rely on bipartisan access to do their work. But how do you maintain both access and…
How Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees Devalues the American Passport
In an era when national allegiance is bought and sold, the benefits (and values) of a United States…
New Maps Show How Our Consumption Affects Wildlife Thousands of Miles Away
The maps can tell which countries, and which commodities, threaten habitats and wildlife at various hotspots. By Shreya…
When a Study Cast Doubt on a Heart Pill, the Drug Company Turned to Tom Price
After hearing from a company whose CEO was a campaign contributor, a congressional aide to Donald Trump’s Health…