Tag: life & news
Two covers, two culture shifts
Renee Cramer, Drake University
Sometimes, a picture can transform a culture.
Caitlyn Jenner’s Vanity Fair cover, which exploded across the country this week, certainly elicits comparisons...
Can the power grid survive a cyberattack?
Michael McElfresh, Santa Clara University
It’s very hard to overstate how important the US power grid is to American society and its economy. Every critical...
How to save California’s precious groundwater, the ‘dark matter’ of our...
Graham Fogg, University of California, Davis
As California suffers its fourth year of drought, much of the attention is focused on the state’s groundwater –...
Women compete to be thin for men – a pursuit exacerbated...
Helen Driscoll, University of Sunderland
Plus Sized Wars, Channel 4’s exploration into the rise of the plus-sized fashion industry is part of an ongoing debate...
Paid sick days and physicians at work: ancient Egyptians had state-supported...
Anne Austin, Stanford University
We might think of state supported health care as an innovation of the 20th century, but it’s a much older tradition...
Choose your future: a new law aims to provide better support...
V Scott Solberg, Boston University
Like many, my friend Paul stepped out of college and has struggled to find jobs with decent wages.
It is hard...
Growing up in the age of apps doesn’t have to be...
Janine M. Cooper, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Interactive devices allow parents to occupy their children for a time so they can complete a range of...
Rebirth of Progressivism may breathe new life in labor unions
Bob Bussel, University of Oregon
A decade and a half into the 21st century, the American labor movement resembles a chronically ill patient suffering from...
EXPLORING NATURE
Research about global fishing shows value of detailed environmental data, which...
Mark Axelrod, Michigan State University
To help people who are affected by pollution and other environmental harms, it’s common...
