Essay Translating science: The real work of forensic scientists January 16, 2021 When I tell people about my new book about forensic scientists, Blood, Powder and Residue:聽 How Crime Labs Translate Evidence into Proof, they usually think about popular TV shows such as 鈥淐SI.鈥� 聽But there鈥檚 a gap between the public image of scientists and what scientists do, and this gap matters. Read More
Podcast Hate in the Homeland: The New Global Far Right January 11, 2021 Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foiled white-supremacist plots. The signs of growing far-right extremism are all around us, and communities across America and around the globe are struggling to understand how so many people are being radicalized and why they are increasingly attracted to violent movements. Read More
Podcast Sexuality, gender, and race in the Middle Ages December 18, 2020 While the term 鈥渋ntersectionality鈥� was coined in 1989, the existence of marginalized identities extends back over millennia.聽Byzantine Intersectionality聽reveals the fascinating, little-examined conversations in medieval thought and visual culture around matters of sexual and reproductive consent, bullying and slut-shaming, homosocial and homoerotic relationships, trans and nonbinary gender identities, and the depiction of racialized minorities. Read More
Essay A look inside The Queens Nobody Knows October 30, 2020 Of the sixty-five million or so visitors to New York City every year, the overwhelming majority spend their time only in Manhattan. Because of Brooklyn鈥檚 cachet as a destination, a certain number will also include it in their itinerary. Queens remains something of a mystery to most visitors, a place that they know is part of the city, but that might not be of particular interest. Read More
Essay Reconsidering ethical costs in a pandemic August 03, 2020 As the reality of the pandemic set in, faculty, students, and administrators scrambled to adjust to the sudden switch to online teaching.聽I learned to navigate Zoom with a toddler at home and my students packed up their dorms and prepared to finish their coursework elsewhere. Read More
Interview Eva Rosen on The Voucher Promise July 15, 2020 Housing vouchers are a cornerstone of聽US聽federal housing policy, offering aid to more than two million households. Vouchers are meant to provide the poor with increased choice in the private rental marketplace, enabling access to safe neighborhoods with good schools and higher-paying jobs. But do they? Read More
Interview Ang猫le Christin on Metrics at Work July 05, 2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic more than ever, digital platforms and news websites have become a lifeline for information and interaction for people isolated from face-to-face contact. Ang猫le Christin goes behind the scenes of our screens, analyzing how news production changed as it moved online. Read More
Interview Forrest Stuart on Ballad of the Bullet May 14, 2020 Amid increasing hardship and limited employment options, poor urban youth are developing creative online strategies to make ends meet. Using such social media platforms as YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram, they鈥檙e capitalizing on the public鈥檚 fascination with the ghetto and gang violence. Read More
Interview Making motherhood work in the age of COVID-19 May 08, 2020 This Mother鈥檚 Day weekend, Christie Henry, Director of 快色直播 talks聽with聽Caitlyn Collins about 鈥楳aking Motherhood Work鈥� in the age of COVID鈥�19. Read More
Interview Justin Farrell on Billionaire Wilderness April 21, 2020 Billionaire Wilderness聽takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra-wealthy, showing how today鈥檚 richest people are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Read More
Video In Dialogue with Caitlin Zaloom and Jennifer Morton: Mobility costs and compromises March 30, 2020 Caitlin Zaloom and Jennifer Morton discuss the financial pressures of paying for college and the impact on the lives and well-being of middle-class families. Read More
Essay The way we work: Old rules and new realities March 18, 2020 The way we work is not sustainable. Sherwin knows this well. He has twenty years of experience as a skilled information technology (IT) professional and is one of the many professionals and managers we interviewed in a Fortune 500 company we call TOMO. Read More
Essay Why we need snarky book reviews鈥攁ccording to reviewers January 23, 2020 In 2010, the Huffington Post compiled a list of 鈥淭he Five Meanest Book Reviews Ever: Franzen, Foer, Larson, and more.鈥澛燭he chart included some real zingers. Read More
Video Phillipa Chong on Inside the Critics鈥� Circle January 14, 2020 Taking readers behind the scenes in the world of fiction reviewing, Inside the Critics鈥� Circle explores the ways that critics evaluate books despite the inherent subjectivity involved, and the uncertainties of reviewing when seemingly anyone can be a reviewer. Read More
Interview Jennifer C. Lena on Entitled September 30, 2019 Two centuries ago, wealthy entrepreneurs founded the American cathedrals of culture鈥攎useums, theater companies, and symphony orchestras鈥攖o mirror European art. But today鈥檚 American arts scene has widened to embrace multitudes. Read More
