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Category: American Society
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Two people—a black woman and a white man—confront the legacy of slavery and racism head-on.
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In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, we interviewed author Kim E. Nielsen, author of A Disability History of the United States, about the history of disability in North American Indigenous culture.
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The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present,A Disability History…
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J. Jack Halberstam explains why he has a loosey-goosey attitude about pronouns.
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It is hard to achieve academic parity in the face of massive economic disparity.
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Why are so many women single, so many men resisting marriage, and so many gays and lesbians having babies?
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On this day eleven years ago, life in America was altered in ways we still grapple with today. Most of us have vivid memories of the day–the phone calls urging us to turn on the television, the shock of realizing the deliberateness of what at first we imagined could only be a horrible accident, the…
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As Isaac batters the Gulf Coast on the anniversary of Katrina, Tom Wooten discusses the neighborhood-based recovery of New Orleans.
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One year after Steve Jobs stepped down from Apple, how have changes to the corporate culture brought the company closer to living up to the mythological status it has long held with ardent fans?
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The first book about the runaway slave phenomenon written by fugitive slaves themselves.
Beacon Broadside 