Can the College Board Measure Adversity on the SAT?
The College Board plans to score a student's adversity from one to 100.
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An expert addresses key questions on breaking news.
San Francisco Police Raided a Freelance Journalist’s Home. Was It Legal?
An expert on First Amendment rights weighs in on what happened to Bryan Carmody last Friday.
Why the Notre Dame Fire Is a Loss of Collective Memory
An art historian and theorist explains how places become invested with cultural meaning and memory, and what happens when we lose them.
NASA Says It Hopes to Accommodate Smaller Sizes in a New Space Suit Planned for the Mid-2020s
Though the agency eliminated the extra-small and small in previous space suits, NASA's lead spokesperson says sizing will factor into new designs.
Millions of Mosque Shooting Videos Were Uploaded to Facebook. Who’s to Blame?
Facebook and YouTube rushed to remove violent videos. An expert discusses why we need a "reckoning" for online content moderation.
Trump Could Declare an End to the Korean War—but That Might Not Mean Peace
Trump might leave the Hanoi summit with a end-of-war declaration, but one expert warns that, without specific caveats, to do so could make the peninsula even more dangerous.
Is ‘New York Times v. Sullivan’ in Danger of Being Overruled?
A media law and ethics expert on the landmark ruling that safeguarded the press' right to be wrong.
Trump Declared a National Emergency Over the Border Wall. What Will Happen Now?
A legal expert on emergency powers weighs in.
Can Trump Honor a Holocaust Survivor While Rejecting Refugees?
In his State of the Union, President Donald Trump honored a survivor of both the Holocaust and the Tree of Life shooting. Now, a Jewish refugee advocate says Trump is sending mixed messages.
Trump’s Trade War Has Hurt Midwestern Farmers. Now, They’re Fighting Back.
A soybean farmer explains the challenges facing farmers if Trump's trade war continues.