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Scott McLemee explores the speculation that Donald Trump used a racial epithet through the lens of several scholarly analyses.

Cutting off unions' fair share fees for collective bargaining reflects the desire of Republicans to suppress the political speech of their opponents, argues John K. Wilson.

The U.S. Department of Education unilaterally decided to change policies to allow the OCR to ignore a large swath of civil rights complaints, argues Aba Blankson.

In an era of dangerous backsliding by our government and demagogues around the world, students must help fight for fundamental freedoms and protections, argue Barbara Frey and Laura Bloomberg.

Margee M. Ensign writes of the urgent requests she receives from students in Africa trying to come to the U.S. to study, and the need for American academics to continue to push a global agenda.

Jim Jump considers issues raised by a new trend.

That compact -- between colleges, state governments and others -- means making a sustained investment in low-income, first-generation and minority students, writes Joni Finney.

Scott McLemee reviews a number of recent and forthcoming titles analyzing not just the alt-right but also the nearly global wave of new authoritarian and nativist movements.