Perspectives

Health care is extremely complicated and there are numerous barriers to reforms, as successive U.S. administrations have learned over the years. Whether the Trump administration finds some success will depend on how well the policies are able to surmount these and other obstacles, writes Patrick Aguilar.

Planetary scientist Paul Byrne, in Arts & Sciences, takes part in an episode of the “Planetary Radio” podcast to discuss his recent study raising doubts about the possibility of life on the seafloor of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter.

The Brown School’s Melissa Jonson-Reid and Brett Drake are co-authors of a new book that examines the processes and outcomes of child welfare services in the U.S., with global comparisons highlighting both challenges and opportunities in the field.

There is no other country that has quite the equivalent of the American Dream. As the nation enters its next 250 years, working toward reestablishing the concept as a reality for millions of people who have fallen behind may be vital to maintaining the essence of the American promise, writes Mark Rank.

With millions of viewers watching protests against ICE in frigid Minneapolis, could it just be possible that truth and idealism are trying to make a comeback against mendacity, writes Henry Schvey.

Samuel Shearer, in WashU Arts & Sciences, has published “Kigali.” Drawing on years of ethnographic fieldwork, the book explores how residents navigate the demands of global capital.

Go to a small liberal-arts college if you can, writes Ian Bogost.

Alfonso Serrano, a politics editor at The Conversation U.S., spoke with Andrea Katz, a law scholar at Washington University in St. Louis, about the Minnesota lawsuit and its possible legal implications.

In an online interview, John Guida, an editor in Times Opinion, talks with Andrea Katz, who teaches law at Washington University, about what might unfold in oral arguments — as well as how recent scholarship might apply to the case and on presidential power.

You may be forgiven for asking what a bear attack on a septuagenarian has to do with demographic change in Nepal. The answer, however, is everything, writes Geoff Childs.