Lincoln died because of his support for giving blacks the vote. What would he make of “felony disenfranchisement” laws that disproportionately prevent black men from voting?
Girls on Film: How Innocent Pictures Feed the Internet Porn Machine
How do we deal with a culture in which kids are encouraged to post pictures of themselves and are then exploited?
Viewpoint: American Exceptionalism Has Become Exceptionally Stale
No other country — and there are many other success stories out there — ascribes to such a chest-thumping, predictable creed as the United States
Why Food Nostalgia Is a Necessary Crutch
Without it, we’d just be eating a lot of bland, unhealthy food
Brilliant: The Science of SmartEducation
Why Parenting Is More Important Than Schools
A new study shows that parental involvement matters more for performance than schools, but that doesn’t mean going to PTA meetings
Grownups in Costumes: Why Have Adults Co-opted Halloween?
Grownups have inserted themselves into the one time of year when, traditionally, children could escape adult authority
Viewpoint: The Problem with the “We Are All…” Trope
Does our chorus of empathy miss the mark?
Does The Bachelor Discriminate Against Blacks?
After 16 seasons, there has yet to be a non-white bachelor on the show. Maybe it’s time for a change
Presidential Politics: Is the Ideologue An Endangered Species?
Obama and Romney are clearly more pragmatists than ideologues, but are they both avoiding talking about what really needs to be done?
Education
Why Education Should Be in the Foreign Policy Debate
As the case of Malala Yousafzai shows, educational inequalities breed conflict and repression and hurt all nations
Romney’s Binders: The Meme Women Love to Hate
How one little phrase became a potent political symbol
Viewpoint: Will Blacks Vote for Obama “Because He’s Black”?
The question itself is offensive and racist. Here’s why
8 Ideas to Improve Higher Education
TIME asked eight experts what they would change about how Americans get a college degree. Here’s what they came up with.