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How a Bad Bill Becomes a Bad Law: A Convoluted Process of Good Intentions and Terrible Results

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Kate is the projected valedictorian, and will graduate as #1 in her class, with a 4.0 GPA. Before […]

Sharon Murchie November 23, 2020 Education, law, Michigan, Policy history, politics, teaching

What Have We Done to Each Other?

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In the time of COVID, we are all married to each other. But some of our spouses are sociopaths.

Alex Sayf Cummings November 22, 2020 class, coronavirus, film, gender, prisons, religion

Chicano Park: A Community’s Legacy of Resistance

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The pillars that once divided Barrio Logan are now the foundation that shapes this rich Chicanx landscape.

Guest November 16, 2020 arts, California, Chicano, Chicano history, cities, San Diego, street art

The Biggest Breath You’ve Taken All Day: How Adriene Mishler Became Your New Best Friend

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Alex loses her mind while doing a core strength ritual.

Alex Sayf Cummings November 12, 2020 media studies, mental health, social media

The David Bacon Photography Archive: Capturing the Struggle for Social Justice in Photos

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Bacon documented workers in the fields, strikes by teachers and hotel workers in cities, poverty and homelessness in the streets, marches for immigrants’ rights and much more.

Nick Rahaim November 11, 2020 capitalism, labor, Mexican Americans, Photography

Loss, Hope, and Gift-Giving: Teaching Iep Jāltok During the Pandemic

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We are hopeful not because what is lost can be recovered, but because an irrecoverable loss does not determine one’s sense of self and future.

Yi-Ting Chang November 3, 2020 Asian and Pacific Islander History, Cold War, poetry, teaching, The Pacific

Race-ing the NFL: How Anti-Black Standards Are Built into the 2015 Concussion Settlement

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Overshadowed by August’s unprecedented wildcat strikes in professional sports, an equally significant labor action went relatively unnoticed. On […]

Guest November 1, 2020 football, healthcare, law, mental health, race, sports, whiteness

What Tropics of Meta Knows About Politics

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Our people are troubled, but they wrote a lot of good shit.

Alex Sayf Cummings October 29, 2020 Best of, elections, politics

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