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Opinion writing is famous for a host of microlabels — columns, editorials, op-eds, guest essays, letters to the editor and even cartoons. While each of these pieces serves a distinct purpose, their ...

Finals season always seems to arrive with a stack of essays that grows faster than my ability to write them.  Even as a political science major, I sometimes wonder if I accidentally switched to ...

Great teachers know how to improve myriad aspects of student writing: idea generation, organization, evidence marshaling, diction, grammar, and more. But even with tools and techniques in each of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Matthew Prock. Writing is hard. As an English major and student journalist, I am ...

In “Straight Talk with Rick and Jal,” Harvard University’s Jal Mehta and I examine the reforms and enthusiasms that permeate education. In a field full of buzzwords and jargon, our goal is simple: ...

As subscribers to the Chicago Tribune know, we are frequently tweaking the design of chicagotribune.com to better showcase our journalism, better engage our digital audience and better differentiate ...

We have become a country of political labels: conservative and liberal, progressive and moderate; wearing our MAGA hats and Black Lives Matter T-shirts, proclaiming our unyielding fidelity to a ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. “The pen is mightier than the sword” may sound cliche, ...

When national newspaper publishing chain GateHouse Media bought The Register-Guard in February 2018, some of the most notable changes happened in the editorial section. Jackman Wilson was the ...

University of Georgia professors Stephanie Jones and Hilary Hughes are co-directors of the Red Clay Writing Project, which is housed at UGA and seeks to create powerful writing communities for ...