Tag: Discrimination
How much longer will major league baseball stay in the closet?
Peter Dreier, Occidental College
In his 1990 autobiography, “Behind the Mask: My Double Life in Baseball,” Dave Pallone, a gay major league umpire who was...
What Harvard’s humanist chaplain shows about atheism in America
Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota and Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University
At the end of August 2021, Harvard University’s organization...
How gay men justify their racism on Grindr
Christopher T. Conner, University of Missouri-Columbia
On gay dating apps like Grindr, many users have profiles that contain phrases...
The Activision Blizzard lawsuit shows gamer culture still has a long...
Eric Smalley, The Conversation
Sexual harassment in gamer culture burst back into the spotlight on July 21, 2021, with...
Weight stigma is a burden around the world – and has...
Rebecca Puhl, University of Connecticut
Lazy. Unmotivated. No self-discipline. No willpower.
These are just a few...
FTC warns the AI industry: Don’t discriminate, or else
Ryan Calo, University of Washington
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission just fired a shot across the bow of the...
At colleges nationwide, esports teams dominated by men
Lindsey Darvin, State University of New York College at Cortland
The Conversation, CC BY-ND
Although...
Computer science jobs pay well and are growing fast. Why are...
Tamara Pearson, Spelman College
When it comes to the digital divide, often the focus is on how lack of internet service and basic technology will...
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...
