Of all the details in Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s biography that might resonate with the electorate — her modest upbringing, tenacious parents, struggle to integrate work and...
In the wake of the collapse of the Corinthian Colleges and questions about other for-profit career colleges, the Department of Education has drafted broad new rules for when people can get out of repaying...
There are now 66 million dead trees in California's forests due to several years of drought and native bark beetles, creating a "catastrophic" wildfire threat—or so claims U.S. Secretary of Agriculture...
Something unusual happened in late February. Commentators on the right and left, liberal Thom Hartmann and conservative Ike Brannon, published essays on the same day, Feb. 22, saying the same thing: Americans...
In a 1967 interview, the African-American novelist Ralph Ellison denounced the commonplace idea that blacks had been permanently "damaged" by slavery, segregation and institutional racism. Instead, Ellison...
In late August 1589, a dozen of the fittest ships in the Danish fleet set across a tempestuous North Sea to carry a 14-year-old princess bride to her new husband and new home. King James VI of Scotland...
With a bachelor's degree now being the must-have job credential, pressure is mounting to find ways to make college more affordable.Most proposals to improve access for low-income students focus on tweaking...
When I started teaching environmental law and policy, I thought I would work with the next generation of extraordinary environmentalists. I don't.My students are extraordinary, but many see themselves...
If you live near a college campus or read anxious think pieces, you've probably heard about "microaggression."A microaggression is a relatively minor insult to a member of a marginalized group, perceived...
When I was a young social psychologist and feminist in the 1970s, I never imagined that I would be asked to testify for the defense in a rape case. Rape laws at the time still included the "marital rape...
Think of the irony in this: if the push that finally makes the United States a world leader in combating climate change comes from ... China.Of course, Chinese President Xi Jinping would first have to...
William Debuys
Los Angeles Times
• August 30, 2015
California, currently in the Great Drought, is a living diorama of how the future is going to look across much of the United States as climate change sets in.Now, the large dark bruise spreading across...
