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Alan Brinkley, scholar of liberalism, dies at age 70

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Brinkley was an academic who traced the evolution of liberalism from the New Deal to the 21st century and was a popular commentator on culture and politics.

U.S. researcher says he's ready to start pregnancies with 'three-parent' embryos

By Emily Mullin, STAT

Researchers at Columbia University in New York have created embryos containing genetic material from three people and are ready to use them to start pregnancies. But they’re at a legal impasse.

Volunteers are helping Puerto Rico from home, with a map anyone can edit

By Corinne Segal

While island officials continued to call for aid this week, organizations delivering relief are asking for help with a lesser-known resource: map data.

Friend confirms he leaked Comey memo to NYT

By Associated Press

A Columbia University law professor and close friend of former FBI director James Comey has confirmed he leaked contents of one of Comey's memos to The New York Times.

Columbia sidelines wrestling team over racist, sexist group messages

By Ryan Connelly Holmes

The conversations, in the app GroupMe for the Class of 2017, showed homophobic, racist and misogynistic comments going back as far as 2014, Bwog reported.

What 'The Wire' can teach us about storytelling

By Michael D. Regan

The award-winning series captivated viewers attracted to its raw realism and connection to the shadowy inner-workings of Baltimore’s gangs, media and government.

How 'The Wire' is inspiring new classroom curricula

By PBS News Hour

Columbia University this week held a conference on how lessons from ‘The Wire’ -- the critically acclaimed TV series on Baltimore’s inner-workings of gangs, media and government -- cut across academic disciplines. The show has become a popular talking point…

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What 'white folks who teach in the hood' get wrong about education

By Kenya Downs

A Columbia University professor has had enough of what he calls a pervasive narrative in urban education: a savior complex that places mostly white teachers in minority classrooms as heroes who "saving" kids.

Review calls disputed Rolling Stone campus rape story case of 'journalistic failure'

By Daniel Costa-Roberts, Elisabeth Ponsot

An independent review of a Rolling Stone article about the alleged gang rape of a University of Virginia student has found the magazine failed in the “reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking” of the now-discredited story.