The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or …
Read More >by Maurice Rafael Magaña, author of Cartographies of Youth Resistance: Hip-Hop, Punk, and Urban Autonomy in Mexico Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and global stay-at-home orders, 2020 has been a year of historic …
Read More >This post is part of our #MESA2020 blog series. Learn more at our MESA virtual exhibit. We’re thrilled to announce Salih Can Açiksöz has won MESA’s 2020 Fatima Mernissi Book Award for …
Read More >This post is part of our AAA #RaisingOurVoices2020 event blog series. Check out our virtual exhibit page for more. by Roberto J. González, author of Connected: How a Mexican Village Built Its …
Read More >Is there such a thing as a “male biological clock”? What do we really know about men’s reproductive health? The answer, accordingly to author Rene Almeling, is surprisingly little. In contrast, the …
Read More >“Researchers can use autoethnography to demonstrate how abstract, abrupt, and vast changes affect particular lives: specific and contextual experiences of stress and survival, grief and loss, loneliness and connection, desires for structure and normalcy.”
Read More >While many of us might associate archaeology with the pop culture adventure icon Indiana Jones, the truth of the field is just as fascinating and more accessible to all of us. Being …
Read More >by Charles L. Briggs, author of Stories in the Time of Cholera: Racial Profiling during a Medical Nightmare In New York City, low-income, especially racialized communities are trapped as the rich flee …
Read More >By Sarah Besky, author of Tasting Qualities: The Past and Future of Tea, posted in honor of International Tea Day. Pandemic reporting is peppered with human interest stories of toilet paper hoarding …
Read More >By Mark D. McCoy, author of Maps for Time Travelers: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past We all now find ourselves in some kind of isolation. As …
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