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The Healing Power of Virtual Cuteness
Violence underlies the whimsical colonizing of an island in “Animal Crossing.” But perhaps it holds promise for political repair, too.
Hiding in Plain Sight: Talking Aquifer Depletion with Lucas ...
“The everyday ways that people challenge environmental destruction can be quite powerful.”
How to Be a Prophet?
The US Religious Right wins elections, but advances nationalism and white supremacy. Why, then, should the Religious Left seek to emulate them?
The Stories Women Tell of Loneliness
“I have an appetite for silence,” Emily Dickinson wrote, for “silence is infinity.” But are women today relishing in their solitude?
Pedagogy of the Depressed
“At a certain point, it seemed like all my students were depressed… This was depressing.”
Building a Postcolonial Knowledge Commons
In responding to COVID, how should research libraries use the opportunity to tackle the ongoing crisis of postcoloniality?
How to Educate an American Citizen
What should schools teach about the Constitution? And should they teach feelings, aspiration, or fact?
More Mobility, More Problems
A philosopher examines how upwardly mobile students might thrive, and why they often will not.