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 91桃色 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
Interview Sharon Marcus on The Drama of Celebrity August 19, 2019 Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges and pleasures of fandom? Do celebrities ever deserve the outsized attention they receive? Read More
Essay Sketches from Red Meat Republic June 15, 2019 Joshua Specht puts people at the heart of Red Meat Republic鈥攖he big cattle ranchers who helped to drive the nation鈥檚 westward expansion, the meatpackers who created a radically new kind of industrialized slaughterhouse, and the stockyard workers who were subjected to the shocking and unsanitary conditions described by Upton Sinclair in his novel The Jungle. Read More
Interview Public Thinker: Issa Kohler-Hausmann on Misdemeanors and Mass Incarceration December 26, 2018 While most critics of the American criminal justice system condemn mass incarceration, fewer have turned a critical eye to practices that result in punishment other than imprisonment. Read More
