Tag: Humanities
Trump’s border wall threatens an Arizona oasis with a long, diverse...
Jared Orsi, Colorado State University
A few hundred yards from the Mexican border in southern Arizona lies a quiet pond, about the size of...
How higher ed can deal with ethical questions over its disgraced...
Deni Elliott, University of South Florida
Private donors are giving colleges and universities record amounts of money – along with increasingly frequent bouts of public...
WTF? Slurs offend young adults more than swearing
Benjamin Bergen, University of California San Diego
In 1972, the comedian George Carlin performed a comedy routine in which he listed the seven words you...
Mormons in Mexico: A brief history of polygamy, cartel violence and...
Rebecca Janzen, University of South Carolina
Nine members of a prominent Mormon family in northern Mexico, all women and children, were gunned down on Nov....
How steak became manly and salads became feminine
Paul Freedman, Yale University
When was it decided that women prefer some types of food – yogurt with fruit, salads and white wine – while...
Rabies’ horrifying symptoms inspired folktales of humans turned into werewolves, vampires...
Jessica Wang, University of British Columbia
In 1855, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the gruesome murder of a bride by her new husband. The...
Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican...
Kirby Farah, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but...
Zombie flu: How the 1919 influenza pandemic fueled the rise of...
Elizabeth Outka, University of Richmond
Zombies have lurched to the center of Halloween culture, with costumes proliferating as fast as the monsters themselves. This year,...