Society

America's individualist culture influences how society views paid family leave.

Scholars face a choice when confronting racist ideas: shun the idea and deny it a platform, or engage with it to refute its underlying assumptions.

In trying to reform the bail system, Indiana Senate Bill 228 may exacerbate racial bias in criminal justice.

Selective enforcement of laws for offenses like loitering effectively weaponize cities against the homeless.

On why Trump's America needs compassion, not empathy, as acknowledged in the Buddhist ethics of care philosophy.

Protests against conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos provoke questions on free speech and protest on college campuses.

Analysis of the Implicit Association Test reveals that implicit bias may be more difficult to detect than often thought.

Controversies in professional sports reveal the implicit social contract between athletes and their spectators.

The inauguration of Donald Trump and the Women's March on Washington drew strikingly different crowds into America's capital, as seen on public transport.

Our contemporary politics call for reevaluating and recommitting to normative standards of knowledge.

Violence against the alt-right's Richard Spencer raises questions about the efficacy of nonviolent and violent protest.

The United States lags behind other countries in addressing companies overworking their employees.

Experiments in welfare and universal basic income stand to set a new precedent for government assistance.

On whether superstition can be considered a harmless cultural practice.

The rise of contract-based employment, exemplified by companies like Uber and Lyft, poses numerous questions for workers' rights.

The foundational culture magazine makes waves, both good and bad, with an issue on global notions of gender.

Are limits on trademarking offensive names infringements on free speech?

Should systemic conditions of fake news share the blame for Edgar Welch's crimes?

Televangelism promises viewers solutions to their problems if they donate to the church, but there is no accountability due to a lack of regulation.

Both as a historical figure and an ethical preacher, Jesus is remembered differently today than scholarly research suggests.