Adam Harris

“The State Must Provide,” by Adam Harris, shows how a history of racism and exclusion shaped higher education.

August’s new book releases offer something for a slew of preferred areas of study. Love history? You’ll find biographies, memoirs and historical fiction. Practically major in thrillers? Stephen King and Paula Hawkins both have new offerings.

The ancient Romans called the hottest, most humid days of summer “diēs caniculārēs” or “dog days.” The name came about because they associated the hottest days of summer with the star Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major. To find Sirius, draw a line through Orion’s Belt and ex…

Why have some student athletes gone hungry while their schools have earned millions? The Atlantic staff writer and former college athlete Adam Harris explains.

Buzzy new novels from Alexandra Kleeman, Leila Slimani and Stephen King, Billie Jean King’s memoir and plenty more.

The performance is among 120+ events announced this morning as part of The Kennedy Center’s 50th Anniversary season 2021–2022 Season.

Tickets are on sale today at 10a.m. EST for a newly announced Mountain Stage show to take place at The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences in Charleston, W.Va. on Sunday, September 12. Hosted by Kathy Mattea, the radio show taping will welcome the return of fiercely independent recording artist An…

Cities with a large military presence are some of the most diverse places in the country.

Poet, performer, visual artist and rock-and-roll icon Patti Smith joins us on this week’s encore broadcast of Mountain Stage.

This week we are looking back to 2010 when we recorded a special episode at The Clay Center with Dierks Bentley & The Travelin’ McCourys, swing-style guitarist John Jorgenson and his Quintet, Canadian songwriter Fred Eaglesmith, Harmonica player and session legend Charlie McCoy, and guitar-icon Bill…

We listen back to 2009 for this week’s special encore episode, recorded at The Clay Center in Charleston, W.Va. in 2009 during FestivALL Charleston.

It will take more than a onetime injection to Black colleges to make up for a legacy of racism.

How conservative politicians and pundits became fixated on an academic approach

Too often, traumatized Black boys’ behavior is pathologized. It’s actually rational.

Summer programs will help. But they won’t be enough.

When I think about the 1870 riot, I remember how the country rejected the opportunity it had.

News about new and upcoming books, book category features, galleys to grab, on-sale calendars

Representative Jahana Hayes is leading a push to kick Greene off of the House Education Committee. Should Greene be expelled from the House entirely?

It’s easy to forget that the United States started as an experiment: a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, with liberty and justice for all. That was the idea. On this weekly show, we check in on how that experiment is going. The Experiment: stories from an unfinished countr…

Demonstrations across the country after the Capitol riot were small, but more violence may soon come.