Summer 2013
Volume: 12 | Number: 3
The Hug Treatment
by Cassandra ConlinAt a world economic summit in Cannes in 2011, Barack Obama walked into the room, shaking the … Read More
Food Deserts
by Shirley CannonSince 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama has led the fight against childhood obesity. In “Let’s Move,” an … Read More
Masculinity in Many Forms
Weekend warriors in suburban basements, basketball stars who are also ethnic icons, ex-cons on the streets of New York—masculinity comes in many forms. While we … Read More
Meet Our Department Editors
Viewpoints Syed Ali studies emigration and assimilation, has done fieldwork in Hyderabad, India, New York City, and Dubai, and is the author of Dubai: Gilded … Read More
Don’t Say Gay
For now, “the love that dare not speak its name” won’t be silenced in Tennessee. Since 2008, Republican Senator Stacey Campfield has been trying to … Read More
The Armstrong Effect
When cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted to doping, he joined a growing list of professional athletes with ruined reputations. But public humiliation is not the end … Read More
Shaming Obesity
Although many public health experts consider obesity to be among the most serious health challenges in the U.S. and … Read More
Bushels of Misconduct
When ethics violations occur in business, we often hear it is the result of “a few bad apples”—individuals like … Read More
Keeping it in the Family
For a while when people asked what I did for work, I’d mumble that I’d gone into the family business. Then I took to calling … Read More
Schooling Elites
Lisa M. Stulberg reviews two new books on education and the creation of each new generation of American elites: Shamus Rahman Khan's Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School, and Amy J. Binder and Kate Wood's Becoming Right: How Campuses Shape Young Conservatives. Read More
