Crust News

Why faculty diversity at universities still lags far behind the changing demographics of college students

U.S. colleges and universities have long struggled to increase the racial diversity of their faculty.

Oct 9, 2026

ICE

We Warned the Public About ICE Agent Brenden Cuni a Year Before the Bronx Shooting

The ICE List named Brenden Cuni in October 2025 and warned that he was escalating, careless with his weapons and in charge. On Thursday he was on a Marble Hill street with a rifle after ICE shot a man with a 5-year-old in the car.

Oct 9, 2026

The oil market that sets today’s gas prices was invented in western Pennsylvania

The fall of 2026 is a moment of energy centrality, when geopolitics unfolding far away shows up in Americans’ everyday lives.

Oct 9, 2026

What we talk about when we talk about US strategic ‘credibility’ – from Vietnam to Iran

Where has more than seven months of intermittent war, economic threats, stalled diplomacy and promises of a ceasefire in Iran left the concept of U.S. strategic credibility?

Oct 9, 2026

When abortion and surrogacy law collide, contracts can’t answer the hardest questions

Surrogacy arrangements – agreements for someone to carry a pregnancy for the intended parents – have existed for millennia, and modern surrogacy contracts for half a century.

Oct 9, 2026

Handling of rape allegations at Cornell shows why so many assaults go unreported – victims don’t trust the institutions that are supposed to help them

The drinking, drugging and sexual assault culture on American college campuses is once again attracting national attention.

Oct 8, 2026

ICE

ICE Tells Agents to Hit 3,000 Arrests a Day Before the Midterms

ICE leaders told agents to arrest 1,000 more people a day, reviving a 3,000-a-day goal, as arrests spike from Portland to Fresno weeks before the midterms.

Oct 8, 2026

AI is changing pilgrims’ journeys, but sacred journeys have always adapted to new technology

In 2025, two scholars of religion decided to make a multiday pilgrimage along the Kumano Kodō trail – an ancient route in Japan connecting Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples – guided by an artificial intelligence assistant.

Oct 8, 2026