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As the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia marks its 25th anniversary this month, the academic community must confront an uncomfortable truth: we have systematically failed our greatest…

The Lane Community College Board of Education voted to approve college leaders’ plans for a budget reduction on Jan. 7, despite fierce pushback from the faculty…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this week removed the influenza shot—along with five others—from the list of recommended vaccines for all children, an…

I have a rule for myself in freshman English that I don’t assign readings that require much explanation. If I continually have to provide background of…

“Our children correct us when we don’t pronounce some words with the proper Derbyshire accent,” says Samir*, an Afghan refugee whose family have settled into their…

As a black woman in Northern Ireland, Maureen Hamblin knows that racism comes in many forms. “It’s not just the smashing in of shop windows,” she…

“They tried to kill us. They failed. Let’s eat,” Andrew Walters said.It is an old Jewish joke that’s as relevant as ever in Greater Manchester in…

What happens when international capital arrives on your doorstep and threatens to devour your home? The residents of the housing estates surrounding Battersea power station in…

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman.If you’re of a certain generation, you might be able to trace your…

It appears that President Donald Trump has chosen a minority to fixate on (in a racist way) this month, probably in part to keep everyone distracted…