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Natalie Wexler writes in the American Scholar magazine about why so many students struggle to learn in school. You’ll need a subscription to read the entire article, but this opening…
Graeme Wood offers American Scholar readers an interesting take on Vladimir Putin’s threat in today’s world. There is a name, historically, for people like me, and if you know anything…
What is gravity, and how does it work? Those basic questions form the basis of an article, “The Gravity of the Situation,” in the latest issue of The American Scholar…
Lincoln Caplan offers American Scholar readers a fascinating examination of the challenges linked to free-speech protection in the age of social media. In the past few years, the techno-optimism that…
The latest cover story of The American Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa’s quarterly journal, features a commentary on the #MeToo movement from author Sandra Gilbert, described in the editor’s note as…
A recent American Scholar essay attacking political correctness generates some good reader responses in the latest issue. Among them: Many people who still value intellectual rigor, coherence, and dialogue have…
Author William Deresiewicz, a contributing editor at The American Scholar, describes himself “as an atheist, a democratic socialist, a native northeasterner, a person who believes that colleges should not have…
Those who filed North Carolina’s House Bill 147 might find interest in the latest cover story of The American Scholar, the quarterly Phi Beta Kappa publication. Washington College history professor…
It’s somewhat disheartening to pick up The American Scholar, the publication of Phi Beta Kappa, and to read a somewhat clueless note about the election from editor Robert Wilson. As…
The latest issue of American Scholar cites the work of Duke professor Henry Petroski, whose latest book examines the state of American infrastructure. We asked the Duke professor and author…
He’s often dubbed the “most powerful man in the free world,” but the president of the United States can take a back seat to economic or social forces in the…
The prospect of criminal justice reform has several intriguing aspects in North Carolina, from the use of juvenile courts for cases involving 16- and 17-year-old misdemeanor defendants to efforts to…