Getting Harvard to concede was a huge victory. Conservatives could at last usher in a golden age of academic freedom. That’s ...

Christmas diplomacy endures because it stands at the crossroads of culture, power and politics. The season brings with it a ...

Climate change is pushing coral reefs to the brink. A new scientific report warns that the world has already crossed its first climate tipping point, and reefs could face long-term decline unless ...

The decision by Republican state senators in Indiana to oppose partisan redistricting was a courageous act in the face of immense political pressure. President Donald Trump is sure to unleash the full ...

Daniel Braaten is an associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. He is president of the campus chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Views ...

I attended a Veterans Day assembly this month at my children’s school. The principal asked a poignant question to the students and audience: “How can each of you personally celebrate Veterans Day?” ...

When politicians want our votes, they ask us to elect them in order to serve not only us “but our children and children’s children.” That is a great goal in government. However, politicians leave that ...

Long been acclaimed as the “world’s leading science publisher,” publishing group Nature Portfolio in recent years “has sacrificed the epistemic standards of scientific publishing” and “lost its ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Seven out of the nine universities that the Trump administration invited to offer feedback on the so-called ...

In an op-ed published in August, we examined what happens when a single health care system becomes so large that its collapse — or even its control — has implications for an entire state. The ...

Picture this: A congressional hearing on “AI policy” makes the evening news. A senator gravely asks whether artificial intelligence might one day “wake up” and take over the world. Cameras flash.

In recent weeks, several Texas university students and faculty have been dismissed for speech that was deemed problematic. Crucial to the mission of higher education is academic freedom, the idea that ...