After last week's congressional hearing with the heads of PBS and NPR, it's important to remember how public broadcasting works, what it does and whom it serves, our television critic says.

A new book by the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the connections between brain biology and political beliefs.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that ...

The Smithsonian, which oversees numerous museums and cultural centers, including the Air and Space Museum and the National ...

“Students who earn degrees in liberal arts and humanities may actually have an advantage in the job market over those who ...

A state lawmaker is calling to "completely" defund UT if it doesn't end its gender and LGBTQ studies programs. Queer ...

Liberalism in political philosophy presents itself as a doctrine that emphasizes individual rights, political freedoms, ...

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Already the department has used layoffs and buyouts to halve its workforce while cutting dozens of contracts deemed wasteful ...