This non-exhaustive reading list discusses the origins of affirmative action, the question of race vs. class, and the effects of meritocracy.

In the wake of the college admissions scandal, scholars go back to the drawing board to answer this most central question.

The push for a national Martin Luther King holiday prompted a fierce political tug-of-war, on campus and off.

Hersh talks about his career as an investigative reporter, the fate of online media, and feeble responses to Trump.

Why are battles over just who gets the honor of toasting new graduates—and what they say—always so heated?

Alexander Pushkin is known as the quintessential Russian writer, but he took particular inspiration from his African great-grandfather, General Abraham Petrovitch Gannibal.

West speaks on Obama’s legacy, the failures of American empire, and the role of race in Trump’s election.

While the GI Bill itself was progressive, much of the country still functioned under both covert and blatant segregation.

Although studying the language known as “Anglo-Saxon” helped women advance in the academy, the subject is fraught with racist associations.

Many are speculating about what former president Barack Obama will do in his retirement. Perhaps he will stay as politically involved as John Quincy Adams.