MIT rejects Trump funding compact, ignites academic freedom showdown
First elite university publicly refuses White House pledge critics call “extortion,” setting up a legal, financial, and political fight over free inquiry and federal research dollars.
Will teachers save our democracy?
A new book by teachers’ union president Randi Weingarten explains “why fascists fear teachers.”
The Kimmel fight revealed the anti-Trump opposition’s secret weapon
The people have more power than we realize. And the people in power are terrified of it.
Twenty years after Katrina, the city’s all-charter schools system is failing many families
Despite claims by reform advocates of achieving success, Black children and parents continue to endure a punitive, impersonal, and undemocratic system.
Will artificial intelligence (AI) only serve billionaire dominance—or end up educating, even dispelling lies?
Potential AI benefits for the people won’t come easy and there’s never a free lunch for truly mind-boggling new gadgetry with enormous potential.
Rules vs. reality: How competing views shape the way we use language
From grammar rules to everyday slang, debates over descriptivism and prescriptivism reveal how we balance authority with the way people really speak.
Scientists prove extensive Viking silver trade with Abbasid Empire from British silver hoard
The team can now date the influx of silver coinage into Viking realms from the Muslim empires of the Middle East much earlier than had previously been thought.
I went to see Superman as an escape from reality—reality was still there
At the end of the day, Superman is a story about hope—even when it feels like the world is against you.
A world without iPhones?
Can you even imagine it? Well, lets try.
Pope Francis’s remarkable peacemaking life
As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.