Why shade-grown coffee is good for birds and farmers
By Evan R. Buechley, University of Utah
Your choice of coffee can make a difference for birds in tropical parts of the world — and...
Gordon Parks exhibit offers intimate glimpse into segregation-era life for African Americans
By Toni Pepe Dan, Boston University
In the spring of 1950, Gordon Parks, the first African-American photographer for Life Magazine, returned to his hometown of...
Political CSR: why companies and foreign governments give to foundations like Clinton’s
By Archie B Carroll, University of Georgia
Questions are being raised about the purpose and possible influence of corporate and foreign government donations to the...
The forgotten voices of race records: Pullman Porters, the Rev TT Rose, and the...
By Jerry Zolten, Pennsylvania State University
In the 1920s and 1930s, record sales of black artists were very lucrative for the music industry. As a...
Romania’s revolution: 25 years on
By Gabriela Marin Thornton, Texas A&M University
25 years after the beginning of the Romanian Revolution. I am standing in the University Plaza in...
Did we lose the War on Poverty?
By John Iceland, Pennsylvania State University
This year marks the 51st anniversary since Lyndon Johnson launched his War on Poverty and made poverty reduction the...
Why most food labels are wrong about calories
By Richard Wrangham, Harvard University and Rachel Carmody, Harvard University
Looks so official and definitive….
FDA
Food labels seem to provide all the information a thoughtful consumer...
The best weapon against terrorists: oblivion
By Marion Mueller, Jacobs University Bremen
In 2009, communications scholars Esra Özcan, Ognyan Seizov and I wrote an academic paper on the Danish Muhammad cartoon...
