Tag: activism
The Asian Canadian gay activist whose theories on sexuality were decades...
Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington
Historians are rediscovering one of the most important LGBTQ activists of the early 20th...
bell hooks will never leave us – she lives on through...
Karsonya Wise Whitehead, Loyola University Maryland
I was introduced to the work of bell hooks for the first time...
The average person’s daily choices can still make a big difference...
Tom Ptak, Texas State University
The average American’s everyday interactions with energy sources are limited. They range from turning...
‘The Activist’ reality TV show sparked furor, but treating causes as...
Alexandra Budabin, University of Dayton and Lisa Ann Richey, Copenhagen Business School
CBS quickly backpedaled after an announcement about...
How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872...
Ernest Freeberg, University of Tennessee
In 1872 the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a...
Celebrating Sister Ardeth Platte, anti-nuclear activist and ‘peacemaker in a hostile...
Carole Sargent, Georgetown University
To Sister Ardeth Platte, who died on Sept. 30 at 84, antinuclear activism was a form of public worship.
Explaining to a...
Let’s call athletes ‘workers,’ and let’s call these NBA protests what...
Abraham I. Khan, Pennsylvania State University
The Milwaukee Bucks’ startling refusal to take to the court for their NBA playoff game on Aug. 26 was...
Abolishing child labor took the specter of ‘white slavery’ and the...
Betsy Wood, Hudson County Community College
Today, U.S. laws and regulations bar kids under the age of 14 from working in most industries. Children under...
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More mental health care won’t stop the gun epidemic, new study...
Tom Wickizer, The Ohio State University; Evan V. Goldstein, The Ohio State University, and Laura Prater, The Ohio State University
Guns exact a heavy toll...
