Tag: lifeandnews
How much government surveillance will Americans accept?
Darren Davis, University of Notre Dame
The expiration of key provisions of the US Patriot Act – and the passage of the USA Freedom Act...
How national security gave birth to bioethics
Jonathan D Moreno, University of Pennsylvania
Starting near the end of World War II and continuing until the 1970s, the US government sponsored radiation experiments...
Are parents morally obligated to forbid their kids from playing football?
Kathleen Bachynski, Columbia University
In March 2015, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland shocked football fans when he announced his decision to retire after just...
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...
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...
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...
