Tag: Class
How your race, class and gender influence your dreams for the...
Karen A. Cerulo, Rutgers University and Janet Ruane, Montclair State University
In Disney’s “Pinocchio,” Jiminy Cricket famously sings, “When...
The chattering classes got the ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ book wrong – and...
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...
Not all candy is candy – at least for tax purposes
Hayes Holderness, University of Richmond
Halloween shoppers have many delicious decisions to make before trick-or-treaters show up at their doors. And in many states, those...
Can sun umbrellas ever become fashionable again in America?
Jonathan Coopersmith, Texas A&M University
Many of us apply sunscreen when we go to the beach. But walking outside under the fierce summer sun...
I traveled to American Samoa 5 times to study the secret...
Rob Ruck, University of Pittsburgh
With training camp in full swing, quarterback Marcus Mariota, the first Samoan Heisman Trophy winner, will be the signal caller...
Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The global economy has changed dramatically over the past century and a half.
When I lecture my Boston University business students...
Oscars 2019: Beyond the stats, why diversity matters
Dorinne Kondo, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
With the Academy Awards approaching, the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released its...
In America’s sandwiches, the story of a nation
Paul Freedman, Yale University; Andrew P. Haley, The University of Southern Mississippi; Imogene L. Lim, Vancouver Island University; Ken Albala, University of the Pacific,...
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Ashamed over my mental illness, I realized drawing might help me...
William Doan, Pennsylvania State University
I’ve lived much of my life with anxiety and depression, including the negative feelings – shame and self-doubt – that...
