The Conversation

The recent revelations that Volkswagen rigged in-vehicle software to defeat emissions tests are but the latest example of efforts to evade regulations that protect human health and the environment.

Peter Krapp, University of California, Irvine Why would anyone use their official work or school email address to register for a website that promises to...

The Katrina experience has much to teach us about the ways in which disaster relief programs interact with poverty and social welfare programs.

Democratic parties in four states have recently removed the names of Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson from their annual fundraising dinners, a move now under consideration in at least five other states.

The ongoing protests in Ferguson one year after the shooting of Michael Brown highlight the elevated risks that African Americans face when interacting with police in the U.S.

While the siblings in What Pet Should I Get? may not be as familiar as Scout and Jem Finch, Dr Seuss' new book is the latest addition to a body of work that remains just as committed to social justice as Harper Lee’s famous novels.

F Scott Fitzgerald is famous for saying that there are no second acts in American lives, but we seem to have granted Harper Lee a blockbuster: her second novel (or her first, depending on whose story you believe), Go Set a Watchman, is a bestseller before it even appears in print.