The United States is the world’s first attempt at a mass-level diverse democracy. That’s one of the reasons we call this “the American experiment” -- because not only was such a thing never tried before, people considered it impossible. More...
Bruce Springsteen turned 70, and his musical canon continues to spread empathy to diverse voices of the American tradition. More...
Eli Saslow’s excellent Rising Out of Hatred demonstrates how campuses can work magic -- even on the most vile racists. More...
Lessons and affirmations Thomas Jefferson’s legacy offers colleges and universities navigating free speech and religious freedom. More...
A new research report illustrates the power of friendships across religious lines to break down prejudice and build appreciation. But who is involved in these powerful relationships -- and who isn’t. More...
The master’s tools might not dismantle the master’s house -- but what does it take to build a better one. More...
One of my favorite hip-hop tracks of all time is “Phony Rappers” by A Tribe Called Quest. More...
Diversity progressivism is made up of two general categories: liberal universalism and multicultural advocacy. More...
By Barbara Fister. Since it’s Open Access Week, I finally got around to reading a paper I’d bookmarked a few weeks back, “The Future of OA: A Large-Scale Analysis Projecting Open Access Publication and Readership.” Written by Heather Piwowar, Jason Priem, and Richard Orr, the wizards behind Our Research, a non-profit devoted to developing infrastructure for open research, it makes a measured assessment of how much open access research is being read, what form it takes, and whether being published in an open access form makes a difference in readership and (by extension) in impact. More...
By Barbara Fister. Reading Edward Snowden's Permanent Record and thinking about how we use data - and how data collectors use us. More...
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