University of Cambridge professor Jason Arday was found dead at his London home on Aug. 16. When Cambridge hired him to teach the sociology of education in 2023, Arday became the youngest black professor in Cambridge’s history. His department head, Hilary Cremin, told him in an interview staged for a BBC documentary that he was “the best […]
Here’s an interesting piece of trivia: One of the world’s oldest comic strip characters is an 8-year-old girl who hasn’t aged a day in nearly a century. I refer to the self-assured, audacious, and somewhat mischievous Nancy. Created by the brilliant cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller (1905-1982), she first appeared in the newspaper funnies on Jan. 2, […]
What can the United States and its allies do to head off a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before it actually happens? A lot, it turns out, as the Hoover Institution’s Eyck Freymann ably explains in Defending Taiwan, his detailed and compelling exploration of the brewing conflict. Only with determined, concerted action can liberal democracies across […]
Every college and university should agree on one issue MacMahon did not explicitly address: the United States government should never condition research funding or other benefits on adherence to the political agenda of this or any other administration.
Former President Obama on Friday slammed President Trump over his handling of how to approach artificial intelligence (AI) amid "doomsday" warnings coming from some in the tech industry about the technology's potential existential threat to humanity. Obama said during an interview at Colgate University in New York that the federal government must regulate AI, before...
As we quickly approach the start of early voting in Texas, a new poll released by Nexstar Media and Emerson College showed that both the Texas Governor's race and the Texas Senate race are heating up.
A political family dynasty, a strong Republican governor and an influx of GOP cash threatens to put Democrats on defense in New Hampshire as Republicans see a prime pickup opportunity in the marquee Senate contest. Republicans nabbed a recruitment win with former Sen. John E. Sununu (R) running against Rep. Chris Pappas (D) for retiring...
As Gavin Newsom prepares to leave his job as governor of California after eight years, the question he faces isn’t whether he wants to run for president, but how competitive he can be in what is expected to be a crowded field. Newsom, who began the 2028 conversation as one of the party's most prominent...
Reading scores are starting to see an increase across the board after years of stagnation following COVID-19, a new study says, a hopeful sign in the long battle to improve literacy among U.S. students. Reading scores in grades K through 8 cut the gap from pre-pandemic levels by one-third in the past year, according to...
Singer Ed Sheeran opened a solo concert in Philadelphia on Saturday by addressing the recent fallout over the removal of his tour’s opening act, Macklemore, due to the rapper’s pro-Palestinian comments. “I have tried in my career not to be a political commentator of any kind because I want my music and shows to be...
President Trump cut his weekend trip to Camp David short a day early, returning to Washington, D.C., on Saturday evening. The president touched down at the Ellipse just before 8 p.m., according to a White House pool report. The White House’s official social media account shared a video clip of Trump departing Marine One. The...
