If you find yourself almost anywhere in the southeastern United States in warmer months, you are bound to encounter great swaths of landscape entirely covered by big, leafy kudzu vines. In some places, it looks pretty. The vines can easily take over hillsides, powerlines, and abandoned buildings, and the resulting soft green landscape can be picturesque….
Of all the forms of free expression protected by the First Amendment, flag burning is one of the most contentious. Even though the Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning the American flag is a constitutionally protected form of free speech, many people, including presidential candidate Donald Trump, think it shouldn’t be. On Monday, during…
If you ask an average person what should be done to fight “cybercrime,” they’d probably say that police should track down those involved in acts like hacking or ransomware attacks. Such crimes are a real and legitimate threat, and international cooperation is often imperative to combat them. But a new anti-cybercrime treaty at the United Nations doesn’t…
Can a course on conservatism shake up the liberal status quo on campus? Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh presents his unique class on American conservatism and its impact on campus free speech and open dialogue. He discusses the challenges and opportunities of teaching conservative thought in a predominantly liberal academic environment. Eitan Hersh is a…
The pandemic-prompted proliferation of video conferencing began innocently enough, with lawyers porting their normal, in-office behavior to the online world. This lasted roughly 5 minutes before we started seeing folks naked at criminal hearings, naked at law school lectures, client meeting oral sex, and at least one famous legal analyst, um, brandishing his gavel? While…
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Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: California lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that seeks to prevent the state’s private colleges from giving admissions preference to applicants related to alumni or who have ties with donors. Private colleges that violate the ban would…
Dr. LaVar J. Charleston has been named vice chancellor for inclusive excellence at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. LaVar J. Charleston“As a two-time alum, I am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to advance the work of inclusive excellence at UW–Madison, and I look forward to further collaborations with our campus and state,” said Charleston, who…
(Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Donald Trump has a special way of polarizing opinions. Some think he’s a crystallization of all the things wrong with American excesses, some people think that he’s anointed by God to save the country. But some things written about Donald Trump are just true. He eats his steaks well…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Temple University will not pursue a merger or acquisition with the shuttered University of the Arts, the public institution said Thursday. The two Philadelphia-based universities have been in talks for months following UArts’ closure, with reports that…