Tag: activism
Sex and gender diversity is growing across the US
Georgiann Davis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Across the United States, more people of all ages are identifying as something other than male or female.
According...
Why is the NRA boycott working so quickly?
Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
The boycott of the National Rifle Association following its response to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, came fast and...
When the media cover mass shootings, would depicting the carnage make...
Nicole Smith Dahmen, University of Oregon
Since 20 children were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, we’ve seen public calls for...
How some rich people are trying to dismantle inequality
Erynn Beaton, The Ohio State University; Maureen A. Scully, University of Massachusetts Boston, and Sandra Rothenberg, Rochester Institute of Technology
Ample research indicates that the...
The forgotten origins of the modern gay rights movement in WWI
Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington
One of the World War I’s most enduring legacies is largely forgotten: It sparked the modern gay rights...
What was the protest group Students for a Democratic Society? Five...
Todd Gitlin, Columbia University
Editor’s note: The 2016 election brought student activism back into the spotlight. No student activist organization in U.S. history...
Celebrity activists get it wrong on Amnesty International’s sex work policy
Rebecca Hiscock, University of Melbourne
Amnesty International’s recent publication of a draft policy recommending the decriminalisation of sex work has been received positively by sex...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
