The following is a guest post by Julian Go. By now readers of scatterplot will be aware of the Sociology portion of the Vanderbilt-Washington University Report (VWUR) by Ashley Rubin. Part of the “…

Morocco could appoint its first female prime minister after Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri’s PAM topped parliamentary elections.

Découvert dans la province de Khemisset, le système défensif d'Oued Beht est présenté comme le plus ancien connu en Afrique du Nord au-delà de la vallée du Nil. Pour l'archéologue Youssef Bokbot, cett...

College students and workers alike are finding a new set of skills is needed for a rapidly changing workplace.

We know that trees are good for cities. A new study finds that mature trees are especially good.

Data centers and long-distance power lines have voters far from major cities turning against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

The Sociology department at Yale University is looking to hire a full-time tenured Associate or Full Professor of Sociology.

Cross-party hires are rare, but the move could show the Senate Democratic campaign is hoping to reach out to Republicans in reliably red Texas.

A lesson from Hungary: Boards don't capitulate to authoritarians. The people on them do.

The denial of tenure to Dr. Chaar López has become a national concern because it raises questions that extend far beyond one faculty member or one institution. Scholars across disciplines depend upon ...

Opinion: The precedent Yale University would set in settling with the Department of Justice matters for every institution navigating the murky waters the Supreme Court left behind with its 2023 ruling...

Anyone who knows the undriveable canyon lands of West Texas could tell you a vehicle barrier is pointless. So why are CBP officials pushing for one?

Trump's government hopes a deal with Yale will push other universities to fold. The university should stand for the Constitution and the law instead.

On Friday, the New York Times broke the news that Yale is in the midst of settlement negotiations with the Trump administration over an investigation into its admissions policies at the college, law s...

Professor Derek Peterson said nothing wrong. That’s exactly why the University of Michigan punished him

On Monday, Pope Leo XIV stood before a soggy crowd gathered at the Maqam Echahid Martyrs’ Monument in Algiers and declared: “The future belongs to men and women of peace.” An anodyne enough intonation from the outside, but it is the latest in a series of darts hurled toward the leaders of his ...

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From late September to mid-October 2025, Moroccans across the country descended into the streets to once again demand change from their government. Under the banner of a leaderless youth coalition dub...

Under French rule in the 1930s, hundreds of Moroccan girls and women were trapped in Casablanca’s red-light district

The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel.  Pop...

The last two decades have seen dramatic and transformative evolution in the forms, organizations, ideas and practices of political movements of all descriptions across North Africa and the Sahel.  Pop...

In 2014, the Islamic State swept across large swaths of Iraq and Syria, soon emerging as the obligatory lede for every article about the Middle East and

In 2014, the Islamic State swept across large swaths of Iraq and Syria, soon emerging as the obligatory lede for every article about the Middle East and

The Project on Middle East Political Science is pleased to call for proposals for the POMEPS Junior Scholar Book Development Workshops to be held in a virtual format throughout the academic year 2025-...