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The incarcerated editor of The Nash News in North Carolina shares about the power of higher ed and his work at the prison newspaper.

Dogs have long played a big role in the White House.

There's no denying the whiteness of the state. But scholars cite other qualities that make Iowa more like the rest of the country.

What makes a name suddenly pop—and then die? Social scientists and historians have been puzzling over this for decades.

This month, I’m doing something a little different with my column: I’m sharing the system I use to write it, so that you can use or adapt my system.

For a public figure, a scandal is a predictable hazard of the trade. What's less predictable, however, is who survives one.

Canada has taken steps to address the potential for online misinformation ("fake news") in its upcoming election, but the internet changes rapidly.

A look at TV watching as a social activity, from the "water cooler" network shows of yore to today's "second screen" live-tweets.

For a younger generation trying to understand Marxism, the best way in may be: vampirism.

Online services like Amazon's "Mechanical Turk" have ushered in a golden age in survey research. But is it ethical for researchers to use them?

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