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Women in Economics, Interrupted

Women in economics get asked significantly more questions than men when presenting -- mostly by men. Researchers say this is part of deeper gender issues within the field.

‘Building Gender Equity in the Academy’

Authors discuss their new book -- and their agenda for women's advancement in higher education.

Countering Allegations of Racism -- in Court

A professor accused of racism says he was just defending the legacy of a famed music theorist and that his colleagues and institution are guilty of defamation and retaliation.
Opinion

Learning to Listen in Polarized Times

The time students spend on our campuses may be their best and last opportunity to learn how to have conversations across racial, cultural and ideological differences, writes Ronald A. Crutcher.
Opinion

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.
Opinion

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.