Tag: music
Hip-hop at 50: 7 essential listens to celebrate rap’s widespread influence
Howard Manly, The Conversation; Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation; Matt Williams, The Conversation; Molly Jackson, The Conversation, and Nick Lehr, The Conversation
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a potent reminder that the internet...
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College
In the weeks leading up to June 16, 2023, when I attended the Pittsburgh leg...
Sinead O’Connor was once seen as a sacrilegious rebel, but her...
Brenna Moore, Fordham University
When news broke July 26, 2023, that the gifted Irish singer Sinead O’Connor had died,...
Deaf rappers who lay down rhymes in sign languages are changing...
Katelyn Best, West Virginia University
In April 2023, DJ Supalee hosted Supafest Reunion 2023 to celebrate entertainers and promoters...
Street scrolls: The beats, rhymes and spirituality of Latin hip-hop
Alejandro Nava, University of Arizona
As a first-generation college graduate and a Latino from a family that constantly scrambled...
Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the enduring devastation of the opioid crisis
William Nash, Middlebury
Barbara Kingsolver’s literary honors range from the National Book Prize of South Africa to the PEN/Faulkner...
Harry Belafonte leveraged stardom for social change, his powerful voice always...
Aram Goudsouzian, University of Memphis
In May 1963, as civil rights demonstrations rocked the city of Birmingham, Alabama, Harry...
Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops – but biblical...
David W. Stowe, Michigan State University
Thanksgiving doesn’t ring in the ear for months on end, unlike another holiday...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the...
Jonathan Levy, Boston University; Howard Frumkin, University of Washington; Jonathan Patz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Vijay Limaye, University of Wisconsin-Madison
