America’s hidden world of handmade pornography
Lisa Z. Sigel, DePaul University
“To live among the handmade,” philosopher and antiques dealer Leon Rosenstein once said, “is to live among the human.”
Well, there’s...
In ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ and beyond, chess holds up a mirror to life
Jenny Adams, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In the closing sequence of “The Queen’s Gambit,” the chess-playing heroine, Beth Harmon, defeats her archrival Vasily Borgov at...
When can children get the COVID-19 vaccine? 5 questions parents are asking
Wesley Kufel, Binghamton University, State University of New York
The first U.S. COVID-19 vaccines are expected in clinics in mid-December, and states are drawing up...
Intimate partner violence has increased during pandemic, emerging evidence suggests
Megan Stubbs-Richardson, Mississippi State University and H. Colleen Sinclair, Mississippi State University
As we face rising COVID infection rates, the possibility of additional quarantines rises....
The chattering classes got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ book wrong – and they’re getting the...
Lisa R. Pruitt, University of California, Davis
Film critics have had nary a good word to say about Netflix’s new movie “Hillbilly Elegy.”
Reviewers varyingly called...
The Clean Network on Human Rights and Environment
The Clean Network on Human Rights and Environment
A three article series containing seven parts on The Clean Network
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Homeless patients with COVID-19 often go back to life on the streets after hospital...
J. Robin Moon, City University of New York
In 2019, about 567,715 homeless people were living in the United States. While this number had been...
NCAA amateurism appears immune to COVID-19 – despite tide in public support for paying...
Chris Knoester, The Ohio State University
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, college sports have mostly chugged along – albeit with cancellations, postponements and pauses in play.
While...
