Society, Law & Politics
- Nathan Schneider, who studies how social media platforms are governed, says it’s time for users themselves to take back some power.
- ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· researcher Lori Peek emphasizes that the impact of natural disasters can be multiplicative. Peek, the director of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Ʒ’s Natural Hazards Center, has dedicated her career to understanding how disasters shape the lives of children and families.
- The 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter was known not only as the longest-lived American president but also as a great humanitarian. Professor Tom Zeiler gives his take.
- Assistant Teaching Professor Angelica Kalika discusses flak ABC News got for quickly settling a defamation lawsuit brought by Donald Trump.
- Ubochi Igbokwe used funding provided by the new Center for African & African American Studies Graduate Student Fellowship Program to study Igbo African masquerade music and the cultural impacts of the Igbo African émigrés—a previously unresearched area of African cultural expression.
- Trevor Egerton, a history doctoral candidate studying race and outdoor recreation in the 20th century American South, visited three formerly segregated state parks in Tennessee and South Carolina to interview local residents and workers and explore archival documents.
- Five years after a devastating fire at Notre Dame, Professor Kirk Ambrose reflects on the significance of the renowned cathedral’s Dec. 7 reopening.
- With FrontLine Farming, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· scholars and community colleagues focus on food security, food justice and food liberation.
- ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Æ· anthropologist Kathryn Goldfarb spearheaded a new book that examines the difficult aspects of family connection.
- The College of Media, Communication and Information’s Karen Ashcroft explains why young men’s politics are moving right.