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When ‘base’ of Republican Party shifted
In new memoir, Lamar Alexander says it used to be just elected officials, voters. Then came rise of more extreme activist groups, worsening polarization.
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Constitution was made to be amended. So what’s stopping us?
Jill Lepore argues in her new Pulitzer-winning history that it desperately needs update, traces emergence of roadblocks
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How did Ben Franklin’s barber keep up with news on war for independence?
Houghton exhibit showcases newspapers, pamphlets, other media, offering on-the-ground view of what regular citizens knew, and when they knew it
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Why are white-Black marriage rates so low?
New research suggests increased exposure between groups results in more couplings across class but not racial lines
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SCOTUS might surprise you
Sarah Isgur argues growing distrust of justices says more about our tribalism than any change in way judiciary works
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How U.S. ties to Japan help manage rising challenge of China
Region expert Kenneth Weinstein argues real challenge in Indo-Pacific is economic, not military
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Is social media responsible for what happens to users?
Landmark suit to examine 1996 law, questions about mental health, other harms, role of website design
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Updating Cold War-era Outer Space Treaty long overdue. But big hurdles loom.
Tech policy expert cites global divisiveness, urges creating annual conference like that for climate change to advance talks
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How to end polarization? Schools may be best hope.
Journalist blends history, on-the-ground reporting, finds answer may be civic education that goes far beyond 3 branches of government
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Crush your goals the Ohtani way
Baseball superstar’s method for acing ambitions can help anyone, says Business School professor
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How academia can help America heal
First step, says columnist David Brooks, is to understand its role in the problem
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Can Russia be denied?
Ex-POW joins discussion of four-year conflict ahead of another round of negotiations
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New factor in predicting who becomes criminal: when you were born.
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson investigates plunging arrest rates for youngest millennials
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What would the Founding Fathers think of TikTok?
Experts weigh national security concerns against free speech in discussion of video app’s future
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Worried about how AI may affect foreign policy? You should be.
Experts discuss vulnerabilities, need for oversight of tech development, regulation
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Border security isn’t really the problem
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says current backlash is owing to cloudy mission, aggressive tactics
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A start in bridging divisiveness: Rein in social media
Republican Utah governor, Democrat U.S. congressman find common cause
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How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children
New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young
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How to help lift slumping American math scores
Scholars see solutions in classroom creativity, higher teacher pay — and attendance
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What if we used AI to strengthen democracy?
Surveillance, control, propaganda aren’t the only options, says security technologist
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‘Gifted’
Rooted in values, scorned as elitist, and now, in the age of AI, about to go extinct?
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Why are older adults more likely to share misinformation online?
They have greater tendency to seek out, believe material that conforms to pre-existing views, expert says.
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Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says
Hope for imminent Russia-Ukraine peace is out of touch with reality, expert says
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What’s working, not on front lines of AI in classroom
Tech, education experts share new initiatives on learner profiles, making STEM more accessible, ‘microschool’ experiments
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A call for corporate America to step up on homeless crisis
Business School initiative brings together leaders from business, government, academia
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Think the viral meme of that legislator is funny?
Political philosopher says rampant schadenfreude among electorate poses risk to democracy
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How AI is disrupting classroom, curriculum at community colleges
Conference examines ways to deal with unique vocational, educational challenges
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Girls fell further behind in math during, after pandemic
Leading sociologist says emotional, family, social disruptions likelier cause than school closures
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Our self-evident truths
New book takes as focus ‘greatest sentence ever written,’ how it may help a riven nation recall common values
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Steven Pinker wants to hear your ideas – even the bad ones
Psychologist takes issue with cancel culture in ‘common knowledge’ conversation at the IOP
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What unites Americans?
Civil Discourse panelists debate how to strengthen national ties
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Princeton leader defends campus free speech efforts amid ‘civic crisis’
Eisgruber, author of ‘Terms of Respect,’ says campus tensions reflect wider U.S. divisions
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7 awarded W.E.B. Du Bois Medals
Brittney Griner, Spike Lee, and other honorees lauded for contributions to Black culture, scholarship, and civic life
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Voice of DOJ experience makes case for ‘deference doctrine’
Visiting professor who served 3 decades with Justice Dept. sees urgent need to protect presumption of regularity
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Cold War arms-control pioneers perhaps weren’t peacemakers we thought they were
Nuclear-age historian argues scientists who backed arsenals as deterrent aided military-industrial complex, hampered disarmament
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‘Our American compass is still true’
MLK Lecture honoree Darren Walker urges hope, courage in fight against inequality, polarization
