Dr. Christopher Preston argues that what is most startling about the Anthropocene is not only how much impact humans have had, but how much deliberate shaping humans will do...

Who is excluded from science?

Scholars and pundits have been busy trying to assess the legacy of President Barack Obama...

Jamila and Ashley talk to us about the importance of centering voices and perspectives that have been traditionally marginalized in the academy...

What does it take for all girls to achieve?

Hard won transgender rights have been under attack by the Trump administration...

In recent years, the treatment of African Americans by police departments around the country has come under increased public scrutiny...

Alison Schrager is not a typical economist...

Who funds local school board elections?

Komlos argues that the 2008 financial crisis, the rise of Trumpism and the other populist movements which have followed in their wake ‘have grown out of the frustrations of those hurt by the economic policies advocated by conventional economists....

Are market cities better than people cities? Does the satisfaction that residents take in their city vary from market city to people city?

Vivian Percy's new book is the narration of a mother and daughter’s long painful journey from tragedy, through opioid addiction, toward redemption...

Schmidt puts himself and the reader into conversation with Machiavelli, exploring Machiavelli’s thinking and how Machiavelli explains his theories...

Black Politics in Transition examines the role of three themes—immigration, suburbanization, and gentrification—in Black politics today...

Teaching about religion in a public school in the United States is rewarding, but very difficult...

Wheeler is a former President of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and former CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association...

Why do people live where they do? What explains the persistence of residential segregation?

How can feminist theory help address the climate crisis?

Parents, teachers, feminists, conservatives, lawyers, the concerned citizen – pornography raises everyone's hackles...

In the information age, knowledge is power. Hence, facilitating the access to knowledge to wider publics empowers citizens and makes societies more democratic...

Dr. Joseph Jarvis not only digs into how we got here and who is to blame, but he also lays out a solution for fixing the American healthcare system...

Politicians love to woo entertainment corporations to their states and cities through subsidies and tax cities. But...

If you are reading this, you have probably run into the "Chicago" model at some point or another,..

Van Noy decided not to follow the well-trodden path of trying to prove climate change science, nor did he bark about an irreversible tipping point. Instead, he provides us with a much-needed focus on communities...

The 1996 repeal of Aid to Families with Dependent Children -- the New Deal-era relief program for poor women with children -- was a seminal moment in the modern history of the US welfare state...