Nancy Unger (History). "I think it's kind of a shock for those of us who remember this to think that 'Oh no we need to begin to historicize 9/11 for people who don't have that memory.'"

Toby McChesney (Vice Provost for Graduate Programs). For most higher education enrollment management and admissions leaders, the last year and a half has been a season of profound uncertainty, anxiety and anomaly as the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on enrollment. In defiance of higher education's historic countercyclical patterns, enrollments sank at many colleges, leading to the largest single-year decline in nearly a generation.

Bradley Joondeph (Law). "What's unique about this law is that the state actually is not the one that's going to be enforcing it, but instead what it does is deputizes any person in the state of Texas to file suit against someone who provides, or even aids or abets, anyone to obtain an abortion."

Pratheepan Gulasekaram (Law). A debate on whether immigrants are included in the Second Amendment has raged on in the courts since a 2008 Supreme Court decision said the Constitution gives individuals a right to possess firearms in self-defense.

Rohit Chopra (Communication). Dismantling Global Hindutva, a virtual conference set to begin on Friday (Sept. 10), seeks to check what organizers claim is a far-right Hindu ideology that they believe is already undermining India’s secular and democratic traditions and threatening to stifle academic freedom in the U.S. and around the globe. Also Religion News Service, MSNBC, and several others.

Enrique Pumar (Sociology). Spanish. Professor Enrique Pumar comments on the California governor election.

Matthew Gaudet (Engineering).The restoration of American infrastructure requires sustainable investment in and a recommitment to something that doesn’t generate much excitement: maintenance of the systems already in place.

David Pinault (Religious Studies). A discussion of the evolving situation in Afghanistan and David Pinault's book "The Crucifix on Mecca’s Front Porch: A Christian’s Companion for the Study of Islam."

C.J. Gabbe (Environmental Sciences and Studies). San Jose wants to lower its greenhouse gas emissions and is looking at eliminating required parking spaces to get there.

Hersh Shefrin (Finance). In many episodes of this podcast we refer to the psychological component of investing, and today we are very happy to host a global authority on the subject and share an absolute masterclass about behavioural psychology as it relates to our finances and the decisions we make.

Edward McQuarrie (Marketing). To Roth or not to Roth? That is the question to which I devoted not one, but two, separate Retirement Weekly columns earlier this summer.

Maggie Levantovskaya (English). The first tattooed person I ever knew was Misha, my mom’s first boyfriend in the US. She didn’t call him that yet, but I knew that that’s what he’d become as soon as he stepped into our studio apartment, helping her carry a tall, leafy houseplant.

Anna Sampaio (Ethnic Studies). NBC Bay Area is helping kick off Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the contributions of the Latino community.

Thomas Plante (Psychology). Though the battle continues, enough time has elapsed for Americans to form new behaviors and demonstrate their discipline based on this extraordinary experience.

Rohit Chopra (Communication). An academic conference in the US addressing Hindu nationalism is being targeted by rightwing Hindu groups, which have sent death threats to participants and forced several scholars to withdraw. Also Voice of America, American Kahani, National Herald India, The Indian Express, The Cognate, and The Tablet.

Ellen Kreitzberg. "The government has the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt for each and every element of each and every offense. If the government fails to meet that burden then the jury must return a not guilty verdict."

Lourdes M Turrecha. Nobody knows how big Apple’s child abuse problem is. But its photo scanning debacle provides new opportunities to fix it.

Stephen Diamond. A dispute between Coinbase and the SEC over crypto lending triggered an intriguing response from another fintech company that's been embroiled in its own legal fight with the federal regulator: Ripple. Protocol article #2.

Eric Goldman. After Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the state’s latest abortion law Sept. 1, many pro-choice activists called for a boycott of the state.

Eric Goldman. In the extended universe of the techlash, the Real Facebook Oversight Board presents itself as the Avengers. Also Yahoo News.

Sanjiv Das (Finance and Data Science). Scientists at KeAi Communications developed a new AI to identify which startup companies are more likely to succeed.

Audrey Guo (Economics). Amazon on Thursday said more than 750,000 of its US-based operations employees will be eligible to receive at least some funding to cover college tuition costs though only at schools that partner with the internet giant.

Hoje Jo (Finance). An investigation into the impact of the state as a majority investor (via state-owned enterprises) and as a strategic investor (via government-owned vehicles such as sovereign wealth funds) on CSR.