The ethics of canceling student debt is more about fairness than broken promises
A scholar who studies the morality of debt argues why canceling some student debt is fair.
A scholar who studies the morality of debt argues why canceling some student debt is fair.
Waves of US troops and international peacekeeping forces have repeatedly failed to make Haiti more stable for more than…
Shame and guilt seem equally foreign to many politicians and public figures these days. Rather than cover their bad behavior…
A new report disputes the heritage claims of Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather. A scholar explains why scrutiny…
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Winning elections isn’t just a matter of how many players you have. It’s how engaged they are.
Rosaries are meant to be used wherever, whenever – and each one tells a story.
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People understand the world through the stories they are told and tell, a historian writes. In the case of the war in Ukraine,…
A new wave of prosecutors, known as progressives, say that public safety can exist with policies like eliminating cash bail…
Nearly two-thirds of all votes cast in the 2020 presidential election were made through early in-person voting or by mail,…
A new species of bacteria that doesn’t normally live in the gut may trigger an immune response so strong that it spreads…
In this week’s episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with three scientists who study the ways plants and animals…
Most of the election-related lawsuits now before state courts focus on fine details of election procedures. This can be…
Scientists don’t know what prompts turtle hatchlings to emerge from their nests and head for the water, but vibrations…