Pro-Palestinian activists under increased surveillance on Massachusetts campuses

On campus, Jewish and Muslim students fear for their safety

Colleges brace for steep drop in international enrollment this fall

US researchers on edge as foreign funding comes under increased scrutiny

International students hoping for work training visas face long delays, denials

Uighur restaurant owner speaks out: ‘I should fight for my father’

Dalit Americans make a pilgrimage to Ambedkar Avenue, named for civil rights hero

As decision nears in Harvard affirmative action case, another legal fight brews in California

Caste discrimination exists on college campuses. Some schools are trying to change that.

The US isn’t safe from the trauma of caste bias

Love conquers caste for this couple, but Indian marriage traditions continue in US

Even with a Harvard pedigree, caste follows ‘like a shadow’

Massachusetts gets its first hair salon that’s exclusively for women who wear hijab

Across the US, many illicit massage parlors avoid police detection

Spring’s early arrival is a troubling indicator of climate change

Vietnamese Americans in Boston mark the day their country ceased to exist

One of the oldest bars in America is now the place to go for Thai visas

How Trump’s rhetoric could cost colleges billions in lost tuition revenue

A caustic Trumpian tone invades Newton’s politics

Older Russian Americans in Boston are applauding the Putin-Trump thing. Millennials just say ‘nyet.’

With Indian higher-ed crowded, one university tries to move to the US

How Boston helps its non-English-speaking voters fill out their ballots

US rowers aim for gold in the Rio Paralympics

The man who guards our doors — and his valiant effort to save his brother in Venezuela

US Olympic rowers get ready for Rio with ‘incredibly painful’ training

Are US cities prepared for a post-Hurricane Sandy future?

Asian American groups claim top Ivy League schools practice racial discrimination

Cambodian official’s US visit triggers an international incident

Reasons to hate Facebook

Domino’s Pizza CEO delivers dose of advocacy for struggling public research universities

Is the US making it too hard to vote?

Is homework good for your child’s brain?

The case for all-female rideshares

Colleges hoping to launch terrorism studies programs struggle to find qualified professors

Are we reliving the candidacy of George Wallace through Donald Trump?

With one hand, this pianist makes us think about classical music in a new way

Separating the wheat: Truth, shame and (slave) history at Harvard Law

Callie Crossley: The NFL has an ‘UnSuper’ record on sexual assault

Queering Harper Lee: The question that remains about the author’s life

Here’s a small town’s advice for cities considering a plastic water bottle ban

Can the media handle a contest between Clinton and Trump?

How a group of drone racers are hoping to use their big events to educate others

Despite a full life, Justice Scalia died prematurely — by at least one measure

What Beyoncé’s ‘Formation’ means to the Clinton, Sanders battle

Did Salem intentionally forget where ‘witches’ were killed?

From the Internet’s founders, a warning

How one affluent town helps its neediest students get into (and stay in) college

A tale of two fates: Tamir Rice and Ethan Couch

Domestic terrorism: Conservative politicians play down threat from the far right

Another New Year’s list you should make — and check twice

At community colleges, hunger is a growing problem

Dan Kennedy: What the New York Times’ screw-up tells us about the liberal media’s anti-liberal bias

How winter, even a mild one, messes with your brain. Here’s how to help.

Callie Crossley: ‘I cry for them’

What San Bernardino police learned from the Boston Marathon bombings manhunt

Breaking the blue wall of silence: A quest for police transparency

Paris attacks and Boston Marathon bombings: How first responders worked

Syrians in the US respond to their demonization: ‘People looking at us as terrorists’

From the depths of opiate addiction, a mother earns back her family

Callie Crossley: Women in the military are still fighting the battle against invisibility