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A 6-year-old boy in Buras, LA sits down with his father to read Patti the Pelican and the Gulf Oil Spill. Buras was devastated … Read MoreWhat’s So Cultural about Hookup Culture?
Arman was 7,000 miles from his family, one of the roughly million international students who were enrolled in U.S. colleges last year. Dropped into the … Read MoreHamilton’s Immigrant America
On the same day Donald Trump won the Indiana Republican Primary, virtually sealing his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States—May 3, 2016—the American … Read MoreDorothea Lange and the Art of the Caption
Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” is one of the most reproduced photographs in the world. Like other iconic images, it has taken on a life of … Read MoreLearning From NASA’s Robotic Planetary Missions
The scientist at the front of the room hunched over and splayed his arms out to his sides. Waddling a bit like a penguin, he … Read MoreWords Burn Lips
Rami and Hassan took the author to visit the abandoned cemetery of an Arab village destroyed in 1948 before … Read MoreHiking the West Bank
New construction in the settlement of Betar Illit overlooks the fields of Wadi Fukin village. ©2012 Andy Clarno. In … Read MoreLesbian Geographies
When we think about gay neighborhoods, many of us are not immediately imagining lesbians. But like gay men, lesbians also have certain cities, neighborhoods, and … Read MoreNarrating the Transgressive Self
Since Augustine penned his Confessions, authors of memoirs describing their transgressive behavior have teetered on a balance beam between telling an interesting, exciting, naughty story, and exculpating their character for their participation in it, through the use of deviance neutralizing devices; here sociologist Erich Goode explains how this balancing act is accomplished. Read More