A selection of readings and visual material on the subject of prisoners’ rights to foster dialogue and discovery in the classroom.

As outlets that welcome rational exchanges of ideas dwindle those that serve as echo chambers are exploding. What does that mean for free speech and the health of the US?

Since the 1940s, mental health professionals have repeatedly debated the question of whether (some forms of) racism can be classified as a disease.

Personality tests, street dogs, underwater treasures, and a natural history of dragons.

Seeking buried treasure has long been an American pastime, but its the failure to find the gold that keeps the hunt—and the story—alive.

The big story for cigarettes in the twentieth century was their journey from popularity to pariah.

What are red flag laws? Could they have prevented the killing at Club Q?

In the aftermath of tragedies, it's easy to focus on the assignation of blame. But how well do we understand the causes of crushing crowds?

Research-backed stories that consider how and why moral panics begin and spread, who they serve, and what becomes of them in the end.

American language educator Max Kirch suggests that adopting the nonverbal habits of another culture gives one’s behavior a "foreign accent."