NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jonathan Shaub about the role of executive privilege in the legal battle over government documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Shaub teaches law at the University of Kentucky.

In a column last Friday, I discussed “privilege,” which often means money: “She comes from privilege,” people say. What they usually mean is: There was money, and the good things it can buy. I wrote, ...

The “P” word can be triggering. Yet, it does not have to be. Privilege can be a difficult concept for people to understand. Because it often requires clarification, this creates a gap between what ...

Editor’s note: This is an updated version of an article first published on November 10th 2021. Soon after the FBI seized classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s Florida home and resort, ...

A federal judge’s Monday order granting former President Donald Trump‘s request for a special master to review documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and determine if some items may be ...

Privilege is such a fraught word. People can’t help but pay attention when they hear it. For many, it’s a dirty word and an even worse concept. It usually implies potentially unfair or undeserved ...

According to the woman behind "check your privilege," the closest thing we have to a racial slur against straight white men, our debate over the advantages society grants some and not others hasn't ...

In a sense, we are all ‘going’ through life. Most of us hobble, crawl and sword-swing our way through the muck and mire. But some of us walk unencumbered; some even meander jauntily. For those who ...

Like George, I also enjoyed Jeremy Carl’s takedown of Jerome Karabel’s allegation that elite universities are “transmitters of privilege from generation to generation.” Jeremy did a nice job unpacking ...

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