Dr. Mitch R. Murray is a scholar who teaches literature, culture, and media in the School of HASS at RPI. In this article, he shares his thoughts on the importance of the arts now, more than ever, in ...

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For many years, I’ve held a pet theory that cultural consumers can be grouped into two broad categories: Primary Source People and Secondary Source People. The former are the book lovers, cinephiles, ...

Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports — a ...

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Podcast Episode · Less Worse · May 11 · 1h 34m

Society & Culture Podcast · An ever-growing academic conversation about why the future sucks. But also how it could be better—or, at least, less worse.

Society & Culture Podcast · An ever-growing academic conversation about why the future sucks. But also how it could be better—or, at least, less worse.

Podcast Episode · Less Worse · May 6 · 1h 34m

In the name of progress, public education is now pressed into the service of agendas that align with corporate profit, workforce readiness, ideological reproduction and demand for quantifiable results...

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