Spring 2023: Table of Contents

from the editors

in brief:

  • “A COVID-19 Trust Paradox,” by Rose Xueqing Zhang
  • “Anti-Immigrant Influence,” by Sophie X. Liu
  • “Behind Bullying,” by Rose Xueqing Zhang
  • “More Family, More Time?” by Rose Xueqing Zhang
  • “Determining ‘Hate,'” by Sophie X. Liu
  • “What It Is To Be Ukranian,” by Parker Muzzerall
  • “Companions in Conspiracy,” by Parker Muzzerall
  • “The Racist Palate,” by Sophie X. Liu

q&a:

features:

  • America’s Hidden Equalizing Machine,” by Jessi Streib. Inside a labor market luckocracy, where low information and class-neutral hiring criteria even the odds for high earnings.
  • Crypto, Meme Stocks, and Threatened Masculinity,” by Dan Cassino. They’re not good investments, so what’s driving their popularity? The answer lies in who is buying Bitcoin, meme stocks, and similar financial instruments.
  • The Retirement Paradox,” by Michelle Pannor Silver. Aging and retirement have changed dramatically in recent decades, and expectations about both need updating. Today, those willing and able to retire must also consider their hopes, capacities, and creative potentials.
  • Eating for Two Trillion,” by Sarah Elton. Thinking of the gut microbiome as part of the foodscape reorients us to a food justice perspective on equality and access to human health and flourishing.
  • Fool’s Gold: DEI and the Performance of Race-Consciousness,” by Leah E. Glass. Despite expensive investments in DEI programs, research within a non-profit reveals rhetorical race-consciousness rather than real-deal change.

in pictures:

culture:

trends:

books:

  • Science Wars.” Charles J. Gomez on The Quantified Scholar and Study Gods.

policy brief:

one thing i know: