When students don’t understand the text of their essay, it’s a sign that they didn’t produce it. As academics and writing coaches we increasingly encounter students who, instead of requiring help with ...
Much is being said about the wonders of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it is the new frontier. And while it provides amazing possibilities in fields like medicine, academics are debating its ...
To sustain academic integrity in an AI-present learning environment, educators must redesign assessment to foreground ...
At the age of 80, the acclaimed professor of politics and gay rights activist’s essays are an account of the changing times.
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The New Politics of the AI Apocalypse

Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, says more democracy is the best response to AI. He doesn’t sound too confident.
Italy's art-filled cities have no shortage of tourists, but they haven’t always been welcoming to visitors with visual impairments or other disabilities.
This pressure point is at the heart of Civility Unbound. Civility can make democracy workable. However, it can also be used ...
To answer that, we need to distinguish between cognitive tasks and institutional functions. AI systems in this future can replicate cognitive outputs (analysis, synthesis, prose, code) with increasing ...
In 1982, 'America' paired essays by Cardinal John O'Connor and Gordon Zahn, the noted American sociologist and peace advocate ...
The last significant nuclear-arms-control treaty is about to expire, and Trump isn’t putting anything in its place.
A landmark study suggests that this daily habit may reshape how your mind activates.
This is the question that has fueled countless essays and debates in recent years as our divides – economic, geographic, ...