Redefining Open: MOOCs and Online Courseware in the Age of Creative Commons and Wikipedia
Intelligent Television’s Peter B. Kaufman considers the benefits of redefining open courseware to expand the reach of the commons.
What’s a Cop’s Job?
Who are the police protecting: the citizenry — or themselves? Jeff Stevens opines.
Research Nirvana: The Generosity Edition
Hilda Bastian discusses why generosity is part of nirvana.
Sunday Comics
This week in Sunday Comics: Years of olling-pin-induced concussions combined with wanton liver abuse finally catch up to Andy Capp.
In China, Homophobia and Fear of “Foreign Forces” Go Hand in Hand
A recent incident shows how fear of homosexuality and fear of foreign forces is sometimes intertwined in China. Oiwan Lam reports.
Kick Me Again
Love through martial arts. Fiction from Bertel King.
What’s Wrong with Medical and Science Journalism
Tabitha Powledge on Julia Bellux’s analysis of what’s wrong with medical and nonmedical scicomm.
The Black Movement to Come
A vibrant vision of radically inclusive blackness resolves when movement leaders imagine freedom and autonomy for black people of all marginalized identities and not just for themselves. Zoe Samudzi writes.
What Abigail Fisher’s Affirmative Action Case Was Really About
The plaintiff in the Supreme Court case challenging the use of race in college admission looks to be the perfect argument. But the case barely mentions her. Instead, the agenda is much broader: To fight race-based policies everywhere.
How Do We Achieve an Open, Secure, Trustworthy, and Inclusive Internet?
The Global Commission on Internet Governance met in Mexico to ask an important question: How can everyone ensure that the Internet lives up to its egalitarian promises? Jeremy Malcolm explores their report.
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