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Traumatic Brain Injury is Much Bigger than a Sports “Concussion Crisis”
Sep 24 2025
Authors Kathryn Henne and Matt Ventresca explain the larger story of inequality behind today's concussion crisis—and why many more people experience brain injury without the same attention afforded athletes.
How to Reexamine our Nation’s Past with a Critical Eye
Sep 23 2025
"Challenging the Myths of US History" offers a meditation on the soul of America and asks: what narrative should we tell ourselves about the nation’s past?
How Immigrant Workers Hold Up the Food System
Sep 23 2025
Authors Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and Teresa Mares on why there can be no quality or sustainable food for consumers if frontline immigrant workers are not treated with dignity and justice.
When Parental Expectations Shape Our Legal Consciousness
Sep 16 2025
Author Qian Liu on why she wrote "Leftover Women in China."
“Labor Freezing” and the Quiet Skills Behind the West’s Sheep Industry: A Q&A with Iker Saitua
Sep 15 2025
Who counts as a "skilled" worker for immigration purposes, and who doesn't and why?
A Sad Prediction Born Out by Events
Aug 13 2025
Twenty-two years ago, author James Ron published a book that predicted much of what we see today in Gaza. He reflects on what the book got right and wrong, in the wake of current events.
The Ideals, Imaginaries, and Symbolisms of Hospital Nursing: A Q&A with Claudia Agostoni
Aug 05 2025
We talk with Claudia Agostoni about her "Mexican Studies" article examining the training, work, and qualities of hospital nursing staff in Mexico City during the 1940s and 1950s.
Is There a Way to Fight Back?
Aug 05 2025
Author John Chalcraft discusses a new theory of popular mobilization, helping us to fight for an alternative to the multiple crises of the present—from authoritarianism to genocide.
How Black Workers Drove Interracial Labor Solidarity
Aug 04 2025
The elusive promise of interracial solidarity is an age-old question, one made all the more urgent in the current political climate. Can Black and white workers stick together against their bosses?
Epidemics, Quarantine, and Japanese American Incarceration: A Q&A with Jonathan van Harmelen
Aug 01 2025
Inspired by the COVID pandemic and his ongoing research on Japanese American history, historian Jonathan van Harmelen investigates the medical history of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II.