A book review with an Adar / Purim theme

Questions of health are more urgent than ever. The new Hopkins Health Humanities Series at Johns Hopkins University Press aims to set a research agenda for the health humanities through innovative …

The 1911 Nevada statute is one of a wide variety of laws that have been used in rare cases across the country to prosecute women for trying to end a pregnancy.

Visiting a politically unfriendly state can be a way to make a splash and send a message about taking on a fight.

Explore a world where everyone is face blind and discover how society might adapt in our latest mind-bending episode.

<p>The Resources, Science and Industry Division of the Congressional Research Service is seeking an Analyst in Science and Technology Policy with a focus on emerging technology and advanced computing ...

Y’all, this is Texas. And, much to my surprise and the surprise of everyone who knows me, my family and I live here now. We joke that it makes perfect sense: Where else would a progressive Jewish vege...

Kris Kristofferson has been in more than 70 films; Ethan Hawke looks at his time spent as Army Airborne Ranger, boxer, helicopter pilot.

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ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is standing in front of a wall with papers on it .

The National Archives and Records Administration has been starved for resources for many years.

I’m co-organizing a panel for ICA 2025 with Hendrik Theine and Sydney Forde that aims to trace forms of media (including but not limited to traditional media and telecom, platforms, AI companies, etc....

Put aside for a moment Frank Luntz’s implication that female political faces need to be trained, like small dogs or cucumber plants.

The definitive analysis of how the presence of women politicians affects young people. From Kamala Harris to Nikki Haley, women in public life are widely expected to inspire young people, especially g...

Every year, international students offer a welcome infusion of financial aid to communities across the US.

Four ways to approach what may be yet another “unprecedented” year in higher education.

It is hard to fully be ourselves with someone else, a compelling debut novel, City of Laughter (Grove Atlantic, $27.00) by Temim Fruchter insists, It is also profoundly worth it, if we can figure o…

The presumptive Democratic nominee’s speech on Monday showed how she can position herself as the candidate of change—on one issue in particular.

The Republican National Convention featured multiple speakers who have been violent towards women or minimized rape

By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Civil War Institute director and history professor Peter Carmichael, 58, has died from a sudden illness. President Bob Iuliano announced his death in an email to…

<p>In recent years, schools, colleges, universities, and libraries, along with individual scholars, teachers, and librarians, have faced a rapidly growing panop

Profs and Pints Philadelphia presents: “How We’re Watched,” on the long history and chilling future of the surveillance of faces and bodies, with Sharrona Pearl, associate professor of bioethics and …

It’s not just the loss of life we mourn. It’s the loss of personhood.

When we see a familiar face, a flood of information comes rushing in. It’s an extremely important skill that we often take for granted.