Is the Age of Reading Over?
Rose Horowitch on her cover story and what happens when a society becomes “postliterate”…
Category: Opinion
New Trump administration rules on federal science funding could make American research slower, costlier and harder to share
Beyond deprioritizing scientific merit, the Trump administration’s proposal also restricts researchers’ ability to share their findings and collaborate…
College professors face an emerging challenge: We know students are no longer reading entire books
Some teachers increasingly are shifting their approach to reading, assigning fewer books than they once did.…
Detroit wants to elevate youth voices in leadership – that means giving them real power
Building relationships and creating equitable opportunities are critical to engaging Detroit’s young people in safe and positive activities.…
The US has acknowledged Bears Ears and Grand Staircase as sacred for over a century, but keeps stripping away protections
Native religions are tied to living landscapes, not points on a map. A scholar of Indigenous studies explains…
Mail ballot mirages aren’t fraud, but mail ballot fraud isn’t a complete myth
Shifting counts have a boring cause: who votes by mail, and when those votes get counted. That doesn’t…
Gen Z’s ‘Jolene’ Is Here
Ella Langley’s country music offers an appealing commodity for this moment: moderation.…
The Other Victims of a Wrongful Conviction
For years, I reported on one man’s wrongful incarceration—and ignored the stories of a grieving family who thought…
The Ostrich Effect
Too many institutions are teaching young people to stay quiet.…
The Smithsonian’s Show Trial on Capitol Hill
Republicans grilled a museum head, intensifying Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the American story.…