
Libby Nelson
Former Editorial Director, Politics & Policy
Latest articles by Libby Nelson


More than 900 schools closed abruptly after a bomb threat.


The evening featured a series of clashes between protesters and security guards, egged on by supporters and the candidate himself.


Football players changed the university in November. Two legislators introduced a bill to make sure that never happens again.


Another dictionary picks a word of the year that isn’t actually a word.


Some people are arguing that a horse would have been a better choice. Yes, really.


“Over and over and over again, through well over a hundred relatives of the fallen, each one equally broken, wrecked by the loss.”




Twenty-five percent of Americans support Trump’s proposal to stop all Muslims from coming to the US.


With a big new federal education law in effect, George W. Bush’s education law is gone.


Leading scientists say more diversity is crucial to increasing the number of minorities in math and science professions.