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When Your Students Attend White Supremacist Rallies

Some of those photographed in Charlottesville are students at various colleges, which are now being called on to denounce -- or in some cases expel -- those pictured.

Teaching Sociology in 2017

Sociologists talk about teaching in the political now, with an emphasis on critical media literacy, ground rules for a discussion and an understanding that students see sociology classrooms as somewhere to try to make sense of current events.

Texas A&M Calls Off White Supremacy Event

University cites security risks after organizers linked their plans to the events of Charlottesville.
Opinion

The Attack on Affirmative Action Is Simple and Powerful -- and Wrong

When a simple idea clashes with one that is complicated and nuanced, often the truth loses out, argue Lisa M. Rudgers and Julie A. Peterson.

Supremacists on Campus

Extremist white movement is turning up on college campuses through speakers and leaflets. U of Florida and Texas A&M bracing for events in September.
Opinion

Charlottesville: American Tragedy Redux

Charlottesville was yet another act in a long-running saga of racial hatred, writes Patricia McGuire, and the mobs of white men on the march have made the best possible case for affirmative action.

‘Zero-Tolerance Mind-set’

Higher ed sees a round of faculty terminations and resignations over allegations of sexual misconduct: Could institutions be cracking down on even big-name professors?
Opinion

Why We Need Greater Linguistic Diversity

As academics, in privileging certain forms of speech over others, we denigrate the possibility of thinking outside our own norms, argues A. W. Strouse.