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Sociologist Dawn R. Norris uses in-depth interviews to offer...
Sociologist Dawn R. Norris uses in-depth interviews to offer insight into the experience of losing a job–what it means for daily life, how the unemployed feel about it, and the process they go through as they try to deal with job loss and their new identities as unemployed people.
Although some political groups persist in seeing and...
Although some political groups persist in seeing and representing the US as having a single national tongue and community, the linguistic ecology here and in the global world is bilingualism and multilingualism.
The rain-shadowed deserts after watering by El Niño cloudbursts...
The rain-shadowed deserts after watering by El Niño cloudbursts and the thick forests of the rumpled Coast Range–all burn according to local rhythms of wetting and drying. Fire season, so the saying goes, lasts 13 months.
It first compares the different policies and procedures adopted...
It first compares the different policies and procedures adopted by various nuclear facilities in Japan and then discusses the lessons learned–and not learned–after major nuclear accidents and incidents in other countries in the past.
As Wright shows, the figure of the black girl in African...
As Wright shows, the figure of the black girl in African American literature provided a powerful avenue for exploring issues like domesticity, femininity, and proper conduct.
Our world is getting hotter, and it’s our fault. Our...
Our world is getting hotter, and it’s our fault. Our addiction to fossil fuels is destroying not only our ancient planet, but our modern civilization. How can we protect our fragile ecosystems while preserving our way of life?
It showcases artists from more than seventy-five Indigenous...
It showcases artists from more than seventy-five Indigenous tribes to reveal the ingenuity and innovation that have always been foundational to the art of Native women. Women have long been the creative force behind Native art.
Digital citizenship curricula should strive to show students...
Digital citizenship curricula should strive to show students possibilities over problems, opportunities over risks and community successes over personal gain.
He also takes the church to task for failing to “reckon...
He also takes the church to task for failing to “reckon with the reality that ever since black people were stolen from Africa and trafficked to this land, they have been dehumanized, abused, criminalized, incarcerated, exploited for profit, and governed in distinctively sinister ways.”
Weatherman’s self-proclaimed revolutionaries carried out...
Weatherman’s self-proclaimed revolutionaries carried out Days of Rage in Chicago, deliberately battling with police, which led to arrest after arrest. A final, public frenzy occurred at Flint in late December, and included toasts to Charlie Manson.
Jeffrey M. Schulze explores how the U.S.-Mexico border shaped...
Jeffrey M. Schulze explores how the U.S.-Mexico border shaped the concepts of nationhood and survival strategies of three Indigenous tribes who live in this borderland: the Yaqui, Kickapoo, and Tohono O'odham.
With an increasing amount of open-plan workplaces and constant...
With an increasing amount of open-plan workplaces and constant connectivity, the chances of unintentionally annoying or offending others is growing exponentially.
Painted as repulsive and attractive, abject and resilient,...
Painted as repulsive and attractive, abject and resilient, singular and exemplary, Haiti has long been framed discursively by an extraordinary epistemological ambivalence.
From movies and TV shows to video games and zombie walks, the...
From movies and TV shows to video games and zombie walks, the undead stalk through our collective fantasies. What is it about zombies that exerts such a powerful fascination?
A combination of inward reflection and outward comportment, this...
A combination of inward reflection and outward comportment, this practice of ‘shamefastness’ was believed to reinforce women’s chastity of mind and body, and to communicate that chastity to others by means of conventional gestures.
From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums...
From the Parisian demimonde to Victorian squalor, from the slums of New York to the sewers of Buenos Aires, Dominique Kalifa deciphers the making of an image that has cast an enduring spell on its audience.
Untenable situations at best sap our creativity, vitality, and...
Untenable situations at best sap our creativity, vitality, and energy, at worst; they can be serious threats to our well-being or health of our organizations.
Just as television reoriented the way we think about living...
Just as television reoriented the way we think about living rooms, mobile devices have taken over the interstitial spaces of our everyday lives.
Not only did Tubman help liberate hundreds of slaves, she was...
Not only did Tubman help liberate hundreds of slaves, she was the first woman to lead an armed expedition during the Civil War, worked as a spy for the Union Army, was a fierce suffragist, and was an advocate for the aged.