“Religious freedom” has become the favored rhetorical device of the Religious Right over the past year. While the most notable example is the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act, North Carolina...

Sexism is entrenched in much more of America’s social cues than most of us realize. The roots of America’s “woman problem” not only extend deep into our institutions, but as far into our human...

Meerkat, a mobile app offering real-time video streaming capability, is looking to take the digital landscape by storm. The app connects iPhone users to their Twitter accounts so they can watch and record...

State Sen. Tom McInnis filed a bill March 26 that would require all professors in the UNC system to teach at least eight classes per school year. Faculty salaries would be pro-rated for professors who...

Our generation of college graduates is set to be the most in debt in U.S. history. The average current graduate with student-loan debt has to pay back around $33,000. While the cost of education has certainly...

Pope Francis addressed a crowd of thousands in Naples, Italy, on Saturday, honing in on anti-immigration sentiment being one of the country’s largest problems. Francis, elected in March 2013, has...

The idea of paying college athletes brings forth strong reactions. What about amateurism? Do their scholarships not count as payment? Are they not students as well? The NCAA itself has used points like...

North Carolina Senator Tom McInnis has recently proposed a bill – SENATE DRS25152-MM-56 – to “improve professor quality.” He proposes to “require all professors teach a minimum of eight class...

In an unsurprising development, a North Carolina House of Representatives committee struck down a bill that would legalize medical marijuana for individuals with a “chronic, debilitating medical condition,”...