Perspectives

As a university chancellor, I can’t affect the course of the war in Gaza or redress its tragic impacts. What I and my campus counterparts can do is create conditions for thoughtful debate, writes Chancellor Andrew D. Martin.

In a multibillion-dollar sport in which the helmet is the preeminent branding space and symbol of the game, what happens when the imperative of player safety conflicts with its visual appeal? We’re about to find out, writes Noah Cohan.

travelers don’t have to depend solely on airport technology systems or our own smart devices for seamless travel. Chris Schaberg gives six analog strategies that travelers can use to cope with air travel debacles:

John Inazu, the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law & Religion, discusses his book, “Learning to Disagree,” and makes the case that it’s possible to disagree productively and respectfully without compromising our convictions.

There are factors that have absolutely nothing to do with the candidates themselves or national and international conditions, but can affect a close election. These are what you might call the random factors, writes Mark Rank.

Faculty members who run a lab have a research job and a leadership job, but they are often only trained for one of those, Jen Heemstra writes.

Clinicians and health systems must prepare for AI involvement in clinical care with some urgency, writes Philip Payne.

The need for students to consider the touch points between big moral questions and today’s political and financial issues is more pressing than ever, write Peter Boumgarden and Abram Van Engen.

If progressives hope to reclaim the Constitution, it will require the sustained generational effort of building coalitions, winning elections and reimagining the judiciary’s role. Mr. Schumer’s effort may be clever on paper, but it’s a distraction, writes Daniel Epps.

over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can fit the model of great presidents. But they have usually been just one or the other: a Black man or a white woman, writes Peter Kastor.