Time


Could Joe Biden Use the 14th Amendment to Solve the Debt Ceiling?

May 8, 2023

Rebecca Zietlow, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Law, Distinguished University Professor and Charles W. Fornoff Professor of Law and Values, says that the 14th Amendment is a constitutionally tenable solution to the current debt ceiling crisis.


Ma Rainey Is Best Known as a Pioneer of the Blues. But She Broke More Than Musical Barriers

December 21, 2020

Dr. Kimberly Mack, UToledo assistant professor of English, discusses how Ma Rainey — known as the “Mother of the Blues” —challenged convention on her way to becoming an icon. Rainey is the subject of a Netflix film adaptation of August Wilson’s 1982 play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” that debuted on Dec. 18. Read: Ma Rainey ...