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Editor's note
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Many communities in the South are taking down statues that glorify the Confederacy. While some applaud the removals as long overdue, others see them as an attempt to erase our nation’s past. Tensions ran so high in New Orleans recently that work was done in the dead of the night to discourage protesters. Political scientist James Glaser of Tufts University shares an idea of how we can better recognize our nation’s full history without leaving these relics in place.
When it comes to environmental stories, particularly those dealing with climate change, it’s often bad news. There’s a place for doom and gloom, notes UCLA’s Jon Christiansen, but in helping make a series of online videos on global warming, he found that it is hopeful messages that people respond well to -– when they’re done right.
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Emily Costello
Senior Editor, Politics + Society
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Top story
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Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard is removed from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans.
REUTERS/Cheryl Gerber
James Glaser, Tufts University
A scholar of southern politics finds inspiration in an unexpected place.
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Arts + Culture
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Rodney Benson, New York University; Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
There are some benefits to the uptick in billionaire newspaper and magazine owners, who can weather short-term losses for the sake of long-term gains. But whose interests are really being served?
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Lisa Biggs, Michigan State University
In the film 'Detroit,' the voices of women are largely absent.
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Science + Technology
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Roderick S. Graham, Old Dominion University
The situation of Marcus Hutchins – hailed as a hero for stopping one malware attack but charged with being involved with another – highlights the ambiguity of hacker culture.
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Marie Hicks, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Five years after a major sexism scandal, Silicon Valley's misogynist culture remains strong and pervasive – and history reveals the stakes could be as high as the entire US tech sector.
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Benjamin F. Jones, Northwestern University; Mohammad Ahmadpoor, Northwestern University
A new study connects the dots between published science and patented innovations, mapping just how society benefits from basic scientific research.
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Thomas Cronin, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
We're used to thinking of our eyes detecting light as the foundation of our visual system. But what's going on in other cells throughout the body that can detect light, too?
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Politics + Society
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Oscar Gil-Garcia, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Joint border security measures between the US and Mexico have created a tough situation for those who fled violence back home decades ago.
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Richard S. Slotkin, Wesleyan University
Whether it be African-Americans, Catholics or transgender people, the armed forces have played a vital role in shaping US social policy toward the country's minorities.
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Environment + Energy
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Jon Christensen, University of California, Los Angeles
An experiment in getting people to care about climate change uses slick videos, charismatic scientists and calls to action.
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Merrill Singer, University of Connecticut
Climate change is making heat waves more frequent and intense around the world. Cities are hotter than surrounding areas, so urban dwellers – especially minorities and the poor – are at greatest risk.
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Education
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Richard Freeland, Northeastern University
A former president of Northeastern and scholar of higher education shares his perspectives on what has – and hasn't – changed in the role of the college president.
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Dustin Hornbeck, Miami University
From student loans to Title IX, Betsy DeVos has had a busy six months in office. But despite numerous reversals of Obama-era guidelines, little has come in the way of tangible policy.
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Health + Medicine
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Sharona Hoffman, Case Western Reserve University
Medicaid, a state-federal entitlement program that people associate only with the poor, pays for care for more than six in 10 nursing home residents. That could be you, or someone you love.
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Robin Feldman, University of California, Hastings
The number of people dying from opioid overdose continues to rise, in part because of cheap street drugs. Yet the price of a drug used to treat addiction is out of reach for many.
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Jay Desai, University of Southern California
The health care debate in the US has focused on a looming crisis, with millions possibly losing insurance coverage. In India, an immediate crisis looms with tuberculosis.
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Ethics + Religion
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Gonzalo Rubio, Pennsylvania State University
More than 2,000 years ago, the Babylonians understood the cycle of eclipses. They also regarded them as signs that could foretell the death of a king.
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Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University Newark
A scholar argues why more rules, regulations and codes, such as those proposed by Walter Shaub, will not have much effect.
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