David L. Hudson, Jr. is a First Amendment Scholar with the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. He teaches at Vanderbilt University Law School and Nashville School of Law. He is the author of Let the Students Speak!: A History... Read more →

The poet Adrienne Rich passed away yesterday. Read more →

Want to read something longer than a tweet but shorter than book? Here are today's recommendations from Beacon Press. Read more →

Life is being restored to significant portions of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, and the heroes of this effort are fiercely determined residents who have returned to their blocks and rebuilt their homes. Read more →

The intersection of mental health and "trendy" prescriptions, and what it means for patients. Read more →

Links and distractions from the (standing) desk of our blog editor. Read more →

Author Sam Skolnik discusses the hidden costs of gambling. Read more →

Edward Cullen as a ruthless CEO with bondage fetish? You have now entered the Twilight fanfic zone. Read more →

Youth sports is more than just a fun pastime. It's an incredibly profitable market, and it's become crowded with companies and individuals eager to reap the rewards. Read more →

William Ayers looks at how we can envision education as something other than just a commodity, and to teach for a democratic society. Read more →

The White Bread blog tour has been sliced and wrapped, but you can still get a taste in our roundup. Read more →

We've all heard the cliché, and we all know its meaning. But Jay Michaelson suggests a different reading of the creation story. Read more →

"Death" and "severe, life-changing injury" are just some of the possible side effects of stem-cell tourism in the Lone Star State. Read more →

Cheating Justice looks at how the ex-president and vice-president can be held personally accountable, and how they tried to manipulate the system from inside to keep themselves from being held to account. Read more →

Jumped In is a chronicle of the unexpected lessons gang members taught a professor as she was busily studying them, and how they changed her forever. Read more →

What do we think about when we think about "White Bread"? Read more →

A new blog tour launches, and a bunch of other great mentions for Beacon books. Read more →

Glaxo Smith-Kline heroically funds a new research prize in the face of the naysayers who get upset about a little fraud. Read more →