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Dr. Nwando Olayiwola finished medical school and a fellowship at Harvard University focused on minority health disparities, but it was not until she was pregnant with her second child that she confronted the inequities Black women often face. Olayiwola, who is the...

By Janelle R. Goodwill, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, University of Chicago Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world has ever seen. Alongside his extraordinary contributions as an influential...

By Katrina Finkelstein, PhD Student, University of Tennessee; and Derek H. Alderman, Professor of Geography, University of Tennessee On Veterans Day, people across America will thank veterans and active-duty military personnel for their service. But many members of...

Two National Rifle Association affiliates made up to $35 million in illegal campaign contributions in the form of coordinated communications efforts to the GOP Senate campaigns of Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, as well as Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign,...

The United States issued its first passport with an “X” gender designation, a milestone in the recognition of the rights of people who do not identify as male or female, and expects to be able to offer the option more broadly next year, the state department announced...

By Daniel Mandell, Professor of History, Truman State University Americans are increasingly worried about the rising tide of economic inequality, as fewer control more wealth. For the origins of these concerns, commentators usually point to the Gilded Age at the end...

By Alan J. Kellner, PhD Candidate in Political Science and Instructor in Chicago Field Studies, Northwestern University I few years ago I was walking with my parents through the newly constructed Titletown District in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a community development...