Tag: Sociology
Pickleball’s uphill climb to mainstream success
Josh Woods, West Virginia University
Most newer sports are hybrids of older ones, and pickleball is no exception. The...
Breast cancer awareness campaigns too often overlook those with metastatic breast...
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University
Is there anyone who isn’t aware of breast cancer?
Since 1985,...
Barbara Ehrenreich helped make inequality visible – her legacy lives on...
Adia Harvey Wingfield, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Have you heard of Jaz Brisack, Liz...
New Englanders support more offshore wind power – just don’t send...
David Bidwell, University of Rhode Island; Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware, and Michael Ferguson, University of New...
Breast cancer awareness campaigns can do a better job supporting women...
Rachel Kraus, Ball State University
Since 1985, cancer-related nonprofits, along with pharmaceutical firms and other businesses, have sponsored an international campaign to observe October as...
Hip-hop professor looks to open doors with world’s first peer-reviewed rap...
A.D. Carson, University of Virginia
As a rap artist who is also a professor of hip-hop, I always make...
When fracking moves into the neighborhood, mental health risks rise
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University
Hydraulic fracturing has boomed in the U.S. over the past decade, but unless you live near it, you may not...
Want to reform America’s police? Look to firefighters
Roscoe Scarborough, College of Coastal Georgia
Freddie Gray. Eric Garner. Michael Brown.
The deaths of black youth and men at the hands of police have sparked...
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Violent crackdown on students engulfs Egyptian universities
By Randa Aboubakr, Cairo University
Egypt’s new academic year started in early October amid unprecedented repressive measures by the state against students. On October 11,...
