Grade inflation is back in the news. Several months ago, Harvard University stirred media attention with a report that, in 2001, half of its undergraduate grades were A or A-minus. More recently, a ...

Progressive Jewish group calls for more focus on the threat from the far right and the recognition of a diversity of views within the community ...

As a scholar of politics and religion I’ve been frustrated by the public discussion of Israel, Rep. Ilhan Omar and anti-Semitism. We are asked to take sides for or against Israel, for or against Ilhan ...

JTA — A Spanish music festival’s recent decision to rescind its invitation to the American reggae singer Matisyahu, after he declined to endorse a Palestinian state, brought international attention to ...

At first glance, not much is common between Avi Loeb and Tim Harford. One is the chairman of the department of astronomy in Harvard University and the other an economist who writes for the Financial ...

Race is not genetic. Race is a social and political construct. However, the conflation of race and genetics is one way that racism persists in medicine and research. In a new viewpoint article in the ...