We explore questions of the moment—the liberal arts are truly the front page of the newspaper—and enduring questions that help us to understand the present and the past and to anticipate the future.
Jimmy C. Patiño Jr., a professor of Chicano Studies, describes the emotional labor he is preparing to take on with his students this fall in his class on immigration and the…
Jane Kirtley, professor of media ethics and law, discusses the issue of releasing police body camera footage to the public, pointing out that laws vary widely between states.
Laurie Ouellette, a professor of communication studies, cultural studies and comparative literature, talks about the increasing number of true crime podcasts and the reasons…
Jane Kirtley, a professor of media ethics and law, is interviewed by Southern California Public Radio about the complicated story behind the new cover of TIME magazine. The…
This article features research from Lisa Auster-Gussman, a doctoral candidate in psychology, and explores gendered tropes about parenting through the lens of holiday greeting…
In order to make varied perspectives more accessible, Jane Sumner, professor of political science, created the Gender Balance Assessment Tool in 2016. The website generates an…
Last week I watched 175 middle school students cross the Northrop stage. They were the 8th-grade class of Northeast Middle School (NEMS) in Minneapolis, receiving their…
TIME turns to Kathryn Pearson, professor of political science, to explain how discharge petitions were used in the mid-20th-century and how they're used today. "Nowadays, as…
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) program is in its 49th year and in April 2019 will mark the 50th anniversary of providing individualized, holistic, and culturally…