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This Year, King Couldn’t Give a King Day Speech

Walter Kimbrough describes why, after years of speaking to groups on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, he declined this time.
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The Unbearable Labor of Understanding

Unfortunately, the burden of understanding the why and how of the recent Capitol Hill riots will yet again fall upon people who already have been unfairly taxed, argues José Villalba.

Between a Lawsuit and Retirement

A longtime professor wants to retire. Her university says she has to drop her pay-based gender discrimination suit first.

More of a ‘Sieg Heil’ Than a Question…

Audience member interrupts panelist at last week's historical archaeology conference -- and gives her the Nazi salute when she tries to redirect the conversation.

A Failure to Educate

This week’s Capitol riots have been repeatedly described as “unthinkable.” Yet happen they did, so how do we start to think about them? Many academics have an answer: the humanities.
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A Rapid Response to Racism in STEM

Colleges can teach science through a social justice lens and turn curricular challenges into opportunities for inclusive excellence, write Laura W. Burrus, Audrey Parangan-Smith, Blake Riggs and Cathy Samayoa.

‘Illusion of Inclusion’

Faculty satisfaction data reveal big gaps between how white and nonwhite professors experience campus diversity and inclusion efforts.
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The Elephant in the Room for the New Education Secretary

The racial and wealth inequality built into our nation's most viable system of opportunity -- the education sector -- should be at the forefront of any policy conversation, argues Stella M. Flores.