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Education

State Budget Cuts Hurting Quality of Research

While the federal component of research funding remains federal, state budget cuts threaten U.S. research quality, educators say. ...

Tom Price

Social Justice

Male Circumcision Ban Makes Cut for November Ballot

Despite concerns that outlawing circumcision may harm efforts to limit the spread of AIDS, San Francisco’s intactivists have gotten a proposed ban on the ballot.

Michael Todd

Social Justice

Demjanjuk Found Guilty of Nazi War Crimes

Even with the passage of time, the idea that “foot soldiers” responsible for the Holocaust — even in a small way — must pay their accounts remains alive.

Michael Todd

Social Justice

Petroleum Engineering Shows U.S. Students’ Hidden Prowess

American students' behavior defies the prevailing stereotype when looking at how they flock to the hot field of petroleum engineering.

Beryl Lieff Benderly

Social Justice

Burqa Ban a Boundary to Multicultural Impulse?

France's newly enacted law banning face coverings in public reinforces the idea we explored last year that waves of multiculturalism are receding for now.

Michael Todd

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