Division on whether an OU student should have received a zero on her essay, but most agreed that her free speech rights had ...

An OU student says a failing grade on her essay citing the Bible violated her free speech rights. Instructors said the essay ...

More than a dozen colleges have removed or edited diversity-related admissions essay prompts. Nevertheless, essays asking ...

Last Wednesday, I received an email that turned me inside out. It came from a friend of thirty-five years. His message began warmly, praising my latest essay, but then turned devastating. "If all goes ...

Starting with trading in essays for grades, and ending with thoughtless replications by AI, the art of the essay has died. We ...

Some of the voices that have been marginalized are working to deliver difficult truths about gender identity issues, writes ...

The sacredness, and recently the scarcity, of water was discussed at the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalists’ water communion last Sunday. We appreciated how water means life and wanted to thank the ...

Health care is a frequent flash point in our politics. Thousands of North Carolinians have protested this year in support of protecting civil rights and social safety nets, including Medicare and ...

Ms. Patterson is an economist who has held senior roles at JPMorgan Chase and Bridgewater Associates. Mr. Cass, Dr. Furman and Dr. Summers are economists and contributing Opinion writers. Matthew Rose ...

I typically don’t write or talk much about my fire department experiences, but I feel like this one has to be told. Yesterday, Aug. 22, 2025, we had a mass casualty incident in our tiny little corner ...

On a quiet Thursday morning in my 6th grade career and technical education classroom, Luis, one of my most curious students, raised his hand and launched into a flurry of questions: Jaycie Homer is a ...

I recently read an essay published in The Herald’s Forum page by Matthew Leger (“Amid tumult and hard times, look for changes ahead,” The Herald, June 28). I was so moved and excited in feeling a ...