Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two leading public intellectuals known for their sharp disagreements and enduring friendship will share the stage in Galesburg for ...

Despite a gulf between their ideologies, Princeton University professor Robert P. George and Union Theological Seminary professor Cornel West share a decades-long bond that pervades any space they ...

CNN host Abby Phillip was forced to intervene when a debate nearly spilled over into a physical altercation. Phillip presided over a particularly tetchy NewsNight on Tuesday. Minutes before podcaster ...

Author, scholar and activist Dr. Cornel West will speak during Western's MLK Day Celebration. His address reflects King’s enduring words that “our lives begin to end the day we become silent about ...

The academic and political activist discusses what he sees as a moral collapse in the US and a leadership crisis in the Democratic Party.

She navigated segregation to become an esteemed mathematician — and today, her work helps billions of people navigate the world. Gladys West, whose pioneering career contributed key elements to what ...

Italo Medelius was leading a volunteer drive to put Cornel West on North Carolina's presidential ballot last spring when he received an unexpected call from a man named Paul who said he wanted to help ...