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Professor Pay Ticks Upward

Professor pay was up 3.4 percent this year, according to AAUP's annual faculty salary survey.

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D.C. Nonprofit Uses Sports to Put Youths on Path to Empowerment

Beacon House Community Ministry is a nonprofit community center that aspires to lift kids out of difficult circumstances.

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SpaceX Achieves First-Ever Sea Landing of a Reusable Rocket

The Hawthorne, Calif. company successfully landed its Falcon 9 rocket's reusable first-stage booster on a drone ship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean on Friday.

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What Do Millennials Really Want at Work?

Conventional wisdom holds that Millennials are entitled, easily distracted, impatient, self-absorbed, lazy, and unlikely to stay in any job for long.

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'Trump' Chalkings Trigger a New Debate Over Speech and Sensitivity

For some, Mr. Trump’s name has become synonymous with attacks on Muslims, Latin Americans, African-Americans, and other minority groups.

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Here's How the U.S. Government Plans to Break the Encryption on your Smartphone

A recently introduced Senate bill intends to tackle the rising use of strong encryption technology that cannot be decrypted by anyone without the correct key.

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Are Bernie Sanders Young Supporters Future of Democratic Party?

Sanders' campaign provides a stark contrast, both in terms of policy and approach, to that of his rival, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

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Remedial Classes Have Become a Hidden Cost of College

One in four students have to enroll in remedial classes their first year of college, costing their families nearly $1.5 billion, according to a study released Wednesday by Education Reform Now, a...

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Gender-Based Violence in the Bible, Part I: Jacob’s Daughter Dinah

Violence has been part of human history since the beginning of time, long before writing was invented (some five thousand years ago).

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Like Scalia, the Law School at George Mason Univ. has a Maverick Streak, Dean Says

Scalia, who died Feb. 13, was a polarizing figure — beloved by conservatives, derided by liberals — who loved the challenge of a debate himself.